UK Government announces plans to bolster energy security and embrace renewables amid global turmoil
The UK unveils its plan to boost energy security and embrace renewables, following a 500% increase in renewable energy since 2010.
'It is just the beginning' – Climate scientists say that July is the warmest month on record
Climate extremes have intensified and are affecting developing countries the most, with experts saying "the era of global boiling has arrived".
Mercury hits new highs as heat waves scorch the globe
Temperatures reached new highs on Monday as heatwaves and wildfires scorched swathes of the Northern Hemisphere, forcing the evacuation of 1,200 children close to a Greek seaside resort.
Global goals on fighting poverty, inequality 'in peril': UN
The goals the world set to ease extreme poverty, improve access to drinking water and take steps toward sustainable development for all humanity are "in peril," the United Nations has said in a report published Monday.
The UK and US team up to support emerging nations fight climate change
The Climate Finance Mobilisation Forum will allow discussions to take place over the capabilities of emerging economies dealing with climate change and how necessary support can be provided to them.
UK saved 1,800 jobs in the steel industry with a £30mn emergency COVID loan
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Celsa secured a £30 million COVID emergency loan for their facility in Cardiff which saved 1500 pre-existing jobs directly and created 300 jobs indirectly.
Britain and France launch Global Biodiversity Credits Roadmap
Launched at the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, the new biodiversity credits initiative aims to mobilise finance to support Earth's natural environments.
UK Geospatial Strategy 2030 aims to revolutionise location data
UK Government's Geospatial Strategy (up to 2030) aims to advance location data and technologies, benefiting the economy and consumers.
British ministers attend IISS Shangri-La Dialogue to promote security in the Indo-Pacific
Britain's Defense Secretary Ben Wallace and Foreign Office Minister of State Anne-Marie Trevelyan have attended Asia's "foremost defence summit".
Britain and India to deepen ties in science, research and innovation
The Minister of State for the Middle East, South Asia and the United Nations, Lord Ahmad, has visited India to further develop the science and technology relationship between the two powers.
Britain and Japan to build Renewable Energy Partnership as Japanese firms commit £18 bn to British economy
The partnership between Britain and Japan responds to the "current energy crisis and to climate change" with the aim of advancing clean energy technologies. Meanwhile, Japanese firms have committed to investment just shy of £18 billion into the British economy.
Just Stop Oil protest for the second time in 48 hours after UK Government's Public Order Act returns
Just Stop Oil marches continue in London after more than 20 protestors were arrested on Wednesday, to show their defiance against the new anti-protest legislation.
UK and South Korea give joint statement on clean energy transition
The UK and South Korea have made a joint statement outlining plans for cooperation on the transition to a clean energy future based on renewable and nuclear technology.
Nasdaq Ventures invests £3.5m into UK-based governance platform
Today, Nasdaq Ventures announced the completion of a £3.5m Series A investment into Kuberno. The company's co-founder believes this will help "Kuberno accelerate its international growth and expansion into new markets".
Yellen rejects World Bank capital increase; no challengers to U.S. nominee to lead lender
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday rejected the idea of a near-term capital increase for the World Bank
Around 1,400 offshore oil and gas workers in UK threaten strike over better job conditions and pay
The strike call by the offshore oil and gas workers is set to hit several rigs from March 29 and until June 7 in a series of 24, 48 and 72-hour stoppages.
UN Development chief sounds alarm over debt distress
UN development chief sounds alarm over debt distress
UN chief condemns rich countries 'vicious' tactics against poor
At the summit opening, UN leader Antonio Guterres hit out straight away at the way poor nations are treated by the more powerful.
Big oil to take centerstage at Houston meet as markets, alliances shift
Top energy executives and officials from around the world will descend on Houston next week just as the political fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine a year ago continues to distort global oil supply lines
BP posts record profit, dilutes green target
BP on Tuesday also said its carbon emissions would not fall as quickly as anticipated.
Europe in crossfire of US-China economic rivalry
Europe's fears have deepened in the wake of economic and supply crises sparked by the Covid pandemic and war in Ukraine.
UK Labour party outlines its vision for government
Labour's slogan contrasts with the "Global Britain" promised by Boris Johnson when he took the country out of the EU at the start of 2020.
UK outlines US green subsidy opposition in letter: media
Britain outlined in a letter to Washington its opposition to US green subsidies, claiming they would "harm multiple economies" and "undermine UK-US trade and investment flows", UK media reported Friday.
COP27 delivers climate fund breakthrough at cost of progress on emissions
Countries closed this year's U.N. climate summit on Sunday with a hard-fought deal to create a fund to help poor countries being battered by climate disasters, even as many lamented its lack of ambition in tackling the emissions causing them.
COP27: We're on a highway to climate hell, U.N. boss says
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told countries gathered at the start of the COP27 summit in Egypt on Monday they face a stark choice: work together now to cut emissions or condemn future generations to climate catastrophe.
Aston Martin showroom hit as UK vows action on climate protests
Members of the group Just Stop Oil also staged a sit-in protest on Park Lane where the sports carmaker's store is located in an exclusive area of the British capital.
UN urges 'complete transformation' of global energy system
The energy security crisis caused by the war in Ukraine and disrupted access to Russian gas has sparked fears that countries will fall back on dirty fuel sources like coal.
Female staff complain of sexual harassment at Australia's Antarctica research stations
Female staff working at Australian research stations in Antarctica have had to endure sexual harassment in the workplace.
Why fracking holds such symbolic power for the Conservative right
The right wing of the Conservative party has often demonstrated scepticism if not hostility towards renewables and the transition to a low-carbon economy.
UK government lifts gas fracking ban in England
The UK had in 2019 called a halt to fracking -- or hydraulic fracturing which is used to release hydrocarbons locked deep underground -- due to fears it could trigger earthquakes.