Deal had been thrown into doubt during election campaign in Tuvalu over sovereignty concernsAustralia and Tuvalu will go ahead with a security and climate migration pact, after the latter’s new government agreed not to change the deal, Australia’s Pacific minister, Pat Conroy, has told parliament.The two countries had announced the deal in November, but it was thrown into doubt during an election campaign in the remote Pacific atoll of 11,000 people that is threatened by rising sea levels....
Jeremy Hunt said public services needed to undergo a "productivity revolution" to ensure that the quality of public services did not suffer.
Just 2% of continent’s gas capacity has planned retirement date despite pledges to decarbonise, study showsEurope’s “tone-deaf” expansion of fossil gas is accelerating climate breakdown and increasing reliance on hostile regimes, campaigners have warned.Just four of Europe’s gas-fired power plants have a retirement plan and new projects will increase the continent’s gas generation capacity by 27%, according to analysis from the campaign group Beyond Fossil Fuels. Continue reading
South Africa wants to develop national biodiversity goals similar in scale to those it’s pursuing to transition its economy to the use of climate-friendly
France will soon be able to deliver 78 Caesar howitzers to Ukraine and will boost its supply of shells to meet Kyiv’s urgent needs for ammunition to fight Russia’s full-scale invasion, the defense minister said Tuesday.
Professor Duncan Agnew, a geophysicist at UC San Diego, says one second should be removed from the year in 2029.
MONROVIA – The World Bank Group’s new Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) for Liberia explores the mounting risks that climate change could undercut Liberia’s economy and push more Liberians into poverty. Highlighting the role of proactive action, the report calls for adaptation and better planning for low-carbon growth, land use, and investment. While Liberia is among []
Melting ice is slowing the Earth's rotation, affecting how time is calculated, a new study says.
The Ministry of Energy will propose the repeal through an emergency ordinance of the “solar tax” for prosumers, Sebastian Burduja, the responsible minister, said on Monday. This after the European Commission replied that each country can decide whether or not to introduce this tax. “The Ministry of Energy supports the elimination of the tax on […]
The gene-editing method used might ultimately offer a way to remove HIV, experts say.
Humanity's failure to reduce planet-heating carbon pollution—at record levels in 2023—has thrust once-marginal options for capping or reducing CO2 in the atmosphere to center stage.
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused conservative politicians across Canada, including premiers, of lying to Canadians about the carbon price. Trudeau's government is buckling as attacks mount against carbon pricing and voters increasingly side with politicians who say the policy is making their lives less affordable. Most premiers and the federal Conservatives want the Liberals to cancel Monday's scheduled increase of the carbon price by $15 per tonne, adding 3.3 cents to a...