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Google and Microsoft named as founders of new European hub to decarbonise data centres
…carried out in New York, was a success. The firm worked with fuel cell system developers Plug to install hydrogen fuel cells in two 40-foot shipping containers on its land…
28 voices on COP28: What we want from the climate summit (part 2)
…this is the end of the fossil fuel era. It is not about fossil fuel emissions. It is actually fossil fuel industry and behaviour. It is coming to an end,…
Council-run pension schemes ‘funnelling £8bn into oil and gas expansion’
…Schemes (LGPS). The requests found that the average scheme in London has 4% of its portfolio invested in fossil fuels. This falls to 2% in Wales, where the Government has…
COP28: ‘Time for maximum ambition’, UN chief says as talks enter final hours
…to either a fossil fuel phase-out or phase-down, the difference between which is significant. More than 130 parties want to see a phase-out, including alliances of the most climate-impacted developing…
Global climate briefing: Sunak snubs UN meetings as California moves to mandate corporate climate disclosures
…and just phase-out of fossil fuels. More than 780 organisations globally are taking part in the ‘Global Fight to End Fossil Fuels’ from 15 to 17 September, with the date…
UK universities threaten to divest billions unless banks accelerate net-zero plans
…indirect fossil fuel investments by 2030, while Oxford has faced criticism for indirect exposure to fossil fuels in its £6bn fund. Last year, the Make My Money Matter campaign revealed…
CCC Progress Report: Are any UK sectors on track to meet net-zero?
…fuel supply accounted for 7% of total emissions, predominantly deriving from fossil fuel supply. The Government is targeting a 21 MtCO2e reduction in emissions from the sector to comply with…
COP28 into overtime following ‘disappointing’ draft Global Stocktake text – here’s what’s included
…what the draft document signifies for key agendas including phasing out of fossil fuels, climate adaptation, finance, loss and damage, and nature conservation. Fossil fuel transition The draft text acknowledges…
Chris Skidmore requests emergency debate on North Sea oil and gas as criticism for Sunak rolls in
…with businesses and academics working in renewables and nuclear, but it was the fossil fuel sector taking the spotlight today. Suank confirmed that, in partnership with the North Sea Transition…
COP28: Final deal struck without objections, but no fossil fuel phase-out or phase-down
…COP28 text. Fossil fuels: Phase-out, phase-down or transition? On fossil fuels, the previous draft stated that nations should “reduce both consumption and production of fossil fuels, in a just, orderly…
COP28 preview: Here’s everything you need to know about the climate conference in Dubai
…fossil fuel plants to be framed as an alternative to renewables and nuclear. Also advocated was a pledge to reduce “inefficient” fossil fuel subsidies rather than all fossil fuel subsidies….
WATCH: The Energy Transitions Commission’s Mike Hemsley on the clean energy revolution
…replace all of that within a very short period of time.” He addressed the misconception that increased fossil fuel investment could have avoided the energy crisis. “New fossil fuel investment…
Google signs up to blockchain-powered sustainable aviation fuel programme
…as a suitable drop-in fuel for aviation. Currently, SAF makes up less than 0.1% of the global jet fuel supply and sells at a significant premium to fossil jet fuel….
IEA: Net-zero by 2050 means ending fossil fuel expansion now
…advocated for a “phase down” of “fossil fuel emissions” rather than a phasing out of fossil fuels themselves. UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres subsequently slammed this rhetoric and the COP28 organising…
Airlines push back against SAF mandates in UK, EU
…as pricy as traditional kerosene jet fuels. In the EU, fuel suppliers will be mandated to ensure that 2% of fuel available at airports is SAF by 2025. This will…
British Museum cuts ties with BP after 27 years
…Unlocking Ancient Egypt” closed on 19 February 2023. The long-standing partnership between the fossil fuel major and the museum had angered campaigners, who have been lobbying for decades for the…
Repsol has renewable hydrogen ad banned in the UK over greenwashing worries
…fossil fuel industry. These companies are intent on promoting technologies that allow them to continue expanding fossil fuel production, directly contradicting what experts are telling us is needed, while falsely…
Why the benefits of trebling renewables by 2030 outweigh potential negatives
…fuels even though they require materials such as cobalt and lithium. In 2021 alone, fossil fuel extraction surpassed billions of tonnes, far exceeding the relatively minimal material extraction for renewables….
AI for good: Google unveils raft of new tech schemes for sustainability
…both Green Light and TfGM brought expertise and ideas to the table to improve journeys by up to 18% and reduce emissions.” Fuel-efficient routing The second initiative, fuel-efficient routing, will…
Phase out fossil fuels by 2040, business giants urge world leaders
…increasing extreme weather events resulting from climate change” and single out fossil fuels as “the primary cause”. The letter is coordinated by the We Mean Business Coalition. It states that…
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