What's behind oil companies' advocacy for climate change technology

The oil industry appears to be doing well by most accounts. The demand for oil and gas is still very strong, and the industry made remarkable profits last year. But the industry is also feeling the heat to solve the climate crisis, and it wants a piece of the federal government's massive pie ...

German police arrest climate campaigner Greta Thunberg at coal mine demonstration

At a demonstration in the west German village of Lützerath against the construction of a coal mine, police detained climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, according to a CNN station. As reported by the German news agency dpa, hundreds of climate activists continued their demonstrations across we...

As a platform, Twitter has long been a hub for spreading false information on climate change.

As a platform, Twitter has long been a hub for spreading false information on climate change. A study of climate-related chats conducted under new owner Elon Musk and released exclusively with USA TODAY found that misinformation about the warming globe was spreading at a rapid pace. Similar findi...

According to a survey, 69 percent of Indians are experiencing serious repercussions from climate change

A recent study for the World Economic Forum found that almost two-thirds of Indians believe that climate change has already had a significant impact on the locations where they live and that it is possible that their families will be uprooted within the next 25 years. Between July 22 and August 5...

As industry seeks access to renewables, the global oil and gas map is changing

According to consulting firm Wood Mackenzie Ltd., the oil industry's relationship with renewable energy is reshaping the global oil map.

According to Andrew Latham, vice president at Wood Mackenzie, in a new report, oil majors that want to reduce their carbon footprint will need to ...

MEP believes discussing climate change shouldn't exclude health

Sara Cerdas, a socialist MEP, argues that the conversation on how climate change affects health needs to be expanded since, if we do nothing, society would incur unthinkable health expenditures.

The health (ENVI) and COVID-19 committees of the European Parliament are both served by soci...

The Chemical Industry in the United States Faces a Wide Range of Climate Risks

Since the Industrial Revolution, climate change has been mostly driven by human activity, posing a serious threat to the chemical industry as well as employee health and safety. The weather is getting warmer, and the fact that the worldwide sea level has increased by almost 8 inches since 1880 is...

New York University Abu Dhabi is establishing research centres to study climate change and artificial intelligence

New specialised sections will study engineering and robotics.

New York University Abu Dhabi has announced four new research centres as part of its ambitious aims to combat climate change and enhance artificial intelligence.

The Research Institute at NYUAD will be the driving f...

The silence on climate change is deafening in Australia's election campaign

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) delivered its third and final report on the IPCC's evaluation of climate science the week before the election, indicating the chance of temperatures climbing 1.5C (probably likely) and 2C over pre-industrial levels. It was rather upsetting ...

The EU has announced a €55 million budget for climate change monitoring

The EU announced a total of 44 pledges for the 2020-2022 period at the Our Ocean Conference (OOC) in Palau. The Commission will fund greater maritime environmental monitoring through Copernicus over two years.

Copernicus investigates the global and regional scales of the maritime enviro...

The world must prioritise public health: climate change and natural disasters must be addressed urgently

Public health as an agenda has grown in prominence over the last two decades and is unquestionably poised to define the present and future risk-scape. Prudence suggests that incorporating public health into all policies may benefit the Asia Pacific Region in addressing the adaptation gap caused b...

18 countries have gone green on climate, and they have reaped the benefits

Clean energy advocates and think tanks have long claimed that it is feasible to cut emissions while maintaining economic growth. According to the most recent study from the world's top climate scientists, 18 nations have done just that, sustaining emissions reductions "for at least a dec...

Australia Considering to Import Carbon and Export Hydrogen

Recently, the liquefied hydrogen was successfully shipped from Australia to Japan. For the first time, the export of commercially produced hydrogen as a pressurized liquid at -253o C temperature would be done. Geology of the land is a big factor in the convenient transportation of gaseous hydroge...

Australia’s Climate War

In 2001, Australia began to work on its national energy policy.

John Howard calls himself a climate change agnostic despite the fact that his government had proposed a trading scheme for emissions before the 2007 election. Had he not lost the election, the Australian response to climate...

Covestro Thailand’s Goal of Being Fully Circular

Covestro is a leading producer of high-tech polymer materials across the world. The Managing Director of the Thai unit of Covestro, Timo Slawinski, says that the world needs to play a better role in creating a circular economy.

Awareness regarding climate change has caused the global cl...

The Labor, Australia Rules out Climate Deals after Election

As elections are just a year away, the Australian opposition has announced sharply that it will unify to rule out any negotiations in the 2022 reduction target of stronger emissions.

Chris Bowen, the senior Labor frontbencher said that their party had paid a huge price in climate wars i...

BANK OF JAPAN TO INVEST FUND TO BATTLE CLIMATE CHANGE

Highlights

• As per the statement, the Bank of Japan will he releasing a preliminary outline of its plan at its upcoming policy-setting meeting scheduled in July

According to a statement issued by the Bank of Japan on June 18, it has decided to invest a fund in order to h...

BECAUSE PM MODI COMMITTED TO DEPLOY 450 GW RENEWABLE ENERGY, US PARTNERED WITH INDIA: KERRY

Highlights

• The US has joined hands with India on climate change in order to help it meet its commitment to deploy 450 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy said Kerry

• When asked about China and its emissions, Kerry said the Asian country produces more emissions as c...

US PRESIDENT BIDEN ORDERS TO SET UP CLIMATE CHANGE SUPPORT OFFICE (CCSO)

Highlights

• The CCSO has been established within the State Department as a temporary organisation in accordance with section 3161 of title 5 of United States Code

• It will support the US Department of State and other executive departments and agencies in taking for...

FOSSIL FUEL TO PLAY LESS DOMINANT ROLE IN ENERGY MIX IN CHINA

Highlights –

• Fossil fuel to play less dominant role in energy mix in China.
• Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged at last week's climate summit to not use coal on a wide scale.
• China’s new coal power plants are said to be unl...