Seven European countries pledge CO2-free power systems by 2035
Brussels, BelgiumReuters Seven countries including Germany, the Netherlands and France pledged on Monday to eliminate CO2-emitting power plants from their electricity systems by 2035. Taken together, the countries account for nearly half of EU power production – largely thanks to the contributions from Germany and France, Europe’s two biggest power producers. Steam rises from the […]
The Long Read: Children of India’s burning coalfields dream of a fire-free future
ROLI SRIVASTAVA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
COP26 coal pledge falls short on support as emissions surge
Glasgow, UKReuters A pledge to phase out coal gained the support of 23 more countries at the UN climate conference on Thursday, but was shunned by big users of the dirtiest of the fuels that cause global warming. The COP26 summit hopes to find ways to keep within reach a target of limiting the global […]
UN urges Australia to speed up efforts to drop coal
Reuters Australia’s government should increase its efforts to phase out coal or else climate change will dramatically damage the country’s economy, Selwin Hart, the United Nations special adviser on climate change, said on Sunday. Australia’s reliance on coal-fired power makes it one of the world’s largest carbon emitters per capita, but its conservative government has […]
UN chief urges wealthy nations to phase out coal use by 2030
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on wealthy nations to end coal use by 2030 so the world can meet its goals to curb global warming, urging G7 nations to make that commitment before or at a leaders’ summit in June. In a video message to a virtual gathering of […]
The Long Read: Battle from below – How South African miners are fighting climate change
KIM HARRISBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how, in a country which is the world’s seventh largest coal producer, there’s a push among informal miners for cleaner energy…
UN chief warns India over “bad economics” of coal
New Delhi, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation With India facing deadly air pollution, high healthcare costs and growing disaster threats from global warming, the head of the United Nations warned the country’s leaders Friday that investing more in coal was “bad economics”. India, the world’s third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, has been ramping up its use of […]
End world’s “coal addiction” to avert climate devastation, UN chief says
Copenhagen, DenmarkThomson Reuters Foundation Too much of the world is still addicted to coal power even as climate change “threatens the viability of human societies”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday, singling out Asian nations over their ongoing use of the fossil fuel. The UN chief told a gathering of world mayors in Copenhagen […]
Australia should reduce emissions, coal mining – Pacific leaders
Funafuti, TuvaluReuters Australia should do more to reduce its carbon emissions and giving cash to countries battling climate change was not enough, Pacific island leaders said on Tuesday in a rebuke of Canberra’s latest attempt to improve ties with the region. Australia will give $A500 million to Pacific island nations for renewable energy projects and […]
POLLUTION: ASIA’S COAL ADDICTION PUTS CHOKEHOLD ON ITS AIR-POLLUTED CITIES
With air pollution killing about seven million people prematurely worldwide every year, MICHAEL TAYLOR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how worsening air pollution in Asian cities is contributing to the problem…