Kate Abnett
Divisions over fossil fuels colour COP28 final phase
The president of the COP28 climate summit has urged negotiators to work harder to find consensus as the conference entered the final...
EU sued for labelling gas and nuclear investments green
Greenpeace and other campaign groups are taking the European Commission to court, seeking to overturn European Union rules that class nuclear energy...
European Union nations strike gas deal amid Russia cut-off fears
European Union countries have approved a weakened emergency plan to curb their gas demand, after striking compromise deals to limit the cuts...
EU Parliament backs gas and nuclear as climate-friendly investments
The European Parliament has backed EU rules labelling investments in gas and nuclear power plants as climate-friendly, throwing out an attempt to...
EU agrees to phase out fossil fuel cars
EU countries have clinched deals on proposed laws to combat climate change, backing a 2035 phase-out of new fossil fuel car sales...
G7 nations vow to quit coal – but they won’t put a date on it
Ministers from the world’s richest democracies have agreed to work to phase out coal-power, although they failed to set a date for...
EU holds Russian gas crisis talks
Energy ministers from European Union countries are set for emergency talks as the bloc strives for a united response to Moscow’s demand...
Thousands of volunteer stool pigeons join Australia’s great echidna hunt
Citizen scientists have helped researchers track Australia’s widespread but elusive echidna population – and their poo – to discover the spiny mammal...
2021 the world’s fifth hottest year on record
Last year was the world’s fifth hottest on record, while levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere hit new...
UK tells COP26 ‘end of coal is in sight’
The United Kingdom has called an end to the era of coal, saying it had 77 signatories to a pledge to phase...