Environment
France wants to replace gas and fuel heaters with heat pumps
France wants to replace household fuel and gas heaters with heat pumps and create an industry to produce the devices to cut greenhouse gas emissions,
Europe faces resistance to green policies
Europe is facing growing resistance to policies to combat climate change and protect the environment, which is causing its green agenda to crack. For example,
Russia considering joining China in ban on Japanese seafood imports
Russia may join China in banning imports of Japanese seafood after Japan dumped treated radioactive water from the accident-prone Fukushima nuclear power plant into the
Antarctic winter sea ice reaches ‘extreme’ record low level
The sea ice that covers the ocean around Antarctica reached a record low this winter, the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre said on
India to set emission reduction mandates for 4 sectors
India will set carbon emission reduction targets for four fossil fuel-dependent sectors as the Asian country seeks to align its industry with the country’s greenhouse
Indonesian president launches carbon trading
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Tuesday launched the country’s first carbon trading to create a market to finance greenhouse gas emission reductions and become a
At least 43,059 people have become refugees due to floods in Libya
The International Organisation for Migration said on Thursday that at least 43,059 people have been displaced due to severe flooding in northeastern Libya. In a
Brazil aims to reduce emissions by 48% by 2025
Brazil aims to cut its emissions by 48 per cent by 2025, the country’s environment minister Marina Silva said at the UN Climate Ambition Summit
Europe’s power industry warns that ageing grids jeopardise green targets
Europe’s electricity industry has warned that unprecedented investment is needed to modernise ageing electricity grids, or else the EU will fail to meet its clean
Somalia suffers its worst drought in four decades
The Horn of Africa region is facing the driest conditions in more than four decades after three consecutive rainy seasons failed. It has been two