Environment
Germany to allocate up to $3.8bn for future green hydrogen imports
Germany will allocate up to 3.53 billion euros ($3.8 billion) of public funds to buy green hydrogen and its derivatives between 2027 and 2036, the
Chinese capital closes motorways due to heavy snowfall
Authorities in Beijing closed some motorways on Wednesday after heavier-than-expected snowfall hit the Chinese capital, part of a cold snap that has gripped many parts
Company fined for large-scale methane leak in Kazakhstan
The owners of a well linked to one of the largest methane leaks ever recorded will be fined more than 350 million tenge ($774,000; £614,000),
Singapore will introduce a levy on clean fuel for flights from 2026
Travellers will have to bear the cost of switching to cleaner aviation fuel, Singapore’s transport minister said as he announced the city-state’s plans to levy
China’s Xinjiang is battling the most severe cold snap in six decades
Temperatures broke a 64-year record in China’s far western Xinjiang region, plunging to a blood-chilling minus 52.3 degrees Celsius (minus 63.4 degrees Fahrenheit) amid cold
COP28 president urges countries to develop plans to transition to fossil fuels
The United Arab Emirates, host of last year’s COP28 climate summit, urged governments on Tuesday to take action to transition away from fossil fuels.
China’s Xinjiang is battling the most severe cold snap in six decades
Temperatures broke a 64-year record in China’s far western Xinjiang region, plunging to a blood-chilling minus 52.3 degrees Celsius (minus 63.4 degrees Fahrenheit) amid cold
5.0 magnitude earthquake shakes Mexican city of Acapulco
A 5.0 magnitude earthquake shook the Mexican resort city of Acapulco on the Pacific coast at the weekend, according to the country’s national seismological service.
Singapore to impose green levy on flights from 2026
Singapore’s transport minister has announced the city-state’s plans to impose a levy on air fares. Travellers will have to bear the cost of the transition
Thousands homeless after DR Congo’s worst flooding in sixty years
At a makeshift camp for people displaced by flooding in the Democratic Republic of Congo, father-of-three Cyprien Seka watched anxiously as his child napped on