US stocks ended the day higher and bourses in Europe were mixed Wednesday, while European gas prices hit six-month highs on supply constraints.

Despite mounting efforts to limit climate change, the OPEC oil cartel said Monday it expects demand for crude to continue to grow for the next two decades.

On Wednesday this week, a group of activists for Just Stop Oil took to the stage of a West End Les Miserables production to protest Rishi Sunak approving the drilling for more oil in the North Sea.

Climate scientists are shocked by a report that found September 2023 to be the hottest month ever recorded. Experts also warn of another heatwave hitting Europe in October.

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has confirmed a comprehensive five-year intervention at Birmingham City Council to address its serious financial and governance challenges.

The president of the upcoming COP28 climate talks told an Abu Dhabi oil conference on Monday that the fossil fuel industry would play an essential role in addressing the climate crisis.

The Netherlands halted extraction from Europe's biggest gas field on Sunday, which was resulting in earthquakes that have shaken local residents for decades and threaten to persist.

The UN called for rapid decarbonisation of the shipping industry on Wednesday, warning that the price tag could top $100 billion a year as the sector's emissions continue to swell.

Britain on Wednesday authorised oil and gas production in its largest undeveloped field to bolster its energy security, one week after the government diluted its net zero targets, triggering further condemnation by environmentalists.

The approval of the Rosebank development follows an extensive regulatory process, including a detailed environmental impact assessment and public consultation. All new projects, including Rosebank, align with the natural decline of the North Sea basin.

As many as 28,000 people have been forced to flee the region due to horrific violence.

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday insisted he was "not slowing down efforts" to tackle climate change, a day after softening green policies aimed at achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

In his speech, Prime Minister Sunak made a series of key announcements, which include a delay in the mandate for new rental properties to attain at least an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of 'C' from the original target of 2025 to 2028.

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of New York on Sunday, calling for increased action against climate change ahead of the opening of the UN General Assembly.

At least two dozen people were arrested after hundreds of climate protesters crowded the entrances to Citigroup's Tribeca headquarters Thursday morning.

British energy giant BP said Tuesday that its chief executive Bernard Looney has resigned "with immediate effect", after admitting he had not been "fully transparent" about historical relationships with colleagues.

With the provision of a swathe of new oil and gas exploration licences and a crisis in offshore wind energy, clouds are gathering over the UK's net zero promises.

Statements by G20 ministers ahead of a key summit are "woefully inadequate" about addressing the climate emergency, the UN's climate change chief told AFP in an interview Wednesday, calling for stronger action from the nations responsible for most planet-heating pollution.

According to the report, the global market size is set to reach a staggering US$ 8.11 billion by 2030, soaring from its 2021 evaluation.

The NLC has threatened to completely shut down the economy if the Nigerian Federal Government fail to meet their demands within the two-day strike.

The head of the International Energy Agency urged the United States and China to set aside their differences and align on climate change, warning in an interview Monday that "geopolitical fractures" risked holding back the clean energy transition.

Stock markets extended a global rally Tuesday as the first of a series of data due out this week gave no reason for the US Federal Reserve to hike interest rates further.

A brief look at the six countries which will be admitted in January 2024 to the club of large and populous emerging economies known as the BRICS:

Weeks of heavy rain have again battered Pakistan, leaving thousands stranded and stuck.

A quarter of the world's population currently faces "extremely high water stress."

Thousands ordered to flee wildfires advancing on one of the largest cities in Canada's far north started leaving on emergency evacuation flights Thursday, as convoys snaked south to safety on the only open highway.

After riding a fossil-fuel boom for decades, Gulf Arab states are eyeing "green" hydrogen as they try to transition their economies and ease the climate crisis at a stroke.

The UK risks being left behind in the production of "green" electricity, despite having once being considered a leader in the energy transition, according to a new study.

The historic 2030 ICE ban will see the UK en route to be the quickest G7 nation to decarbonise cars and vans and expedite a greener transport future.

Stock markets rose Thursday as highly anticipated official data showed that US consumer inflation inched up in July but held at a moderate level.