The leaders of the seven traditional industrial powers of the planet (G7) held their annual, three-day Summit in the Bavarian Alps in southern Germany, which ended at noon on Tuesday. According to the final statement issued jointly by the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Italy and Canada are considering imposing a cap […]
Tag: Climate change
Bloomberg: Germany demands withdrawal of fossil fuels from the G7
Germany is pushing the G7 states to withdraw a commitment that would stop funding fossil fuel projects by the end of the year, according to Bloomberg-based insiders. This would be a major shift in policy towards climate change, as Russia’s war in Ukraine overturns access to energy supplies. A draft text seen by Bloomberg called […]
Nuclear power is the future – and Bill Gates knows it
By Anjani Trivedi As energy security becomes a source of growing stress, it is clear that large-scale, reliable use of renewable energy sources remains a distant reality for many countries. This allowed a more controversial – but almost perfect – alternative to return: nuclear energy. The problem is that no one wants a reactor in […]
The European Parliament wants a more ambitious emissions trading system
The EU ETS needs to be reformed and expanded to motivate industries to further reduce emissions and invest in low-emission technologies, MEPs say. On Wednesday, the European Parliament adopted its position on the revision of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) by 439 votes to 157, with 32 abstentions. The relevant plenary debate took place […]
Public Syntagmatos becomes the first zero-waste store in Greece
Public pioneers and presents an innovative program of sustainable business operation that focuses on the environment and climate change. Entitled Love Earth, the program begins with the opening of the first zero-waste Public store in Syntagma and the Just go Zero platform, giving together with Polygreen, a leader in the fields of circular economy and […]
YÏ€. Fiji: Asia’s biggest security threat is climate change, not conflict
Fiji’s defense minister said today that climate change posed the greatest security threat in the Asia-Pacific region, in a different approach to defense forums dominated by the war in Ukraine and the China-US conflict. The low-lying Pacific islands, including Fiji, Tonga and Samoa, are some of the countries most at risk from extreme weather events […]
How Israel enters Europe with its natural gas
By Zev Chafets Six months ago, at the Glasgow Climate Summit, then-newly elected Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett pledged to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2050. The small but noisy community of Israeli environmental activists was happy to overturn the aggressive gas drilling policy of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. As a sign that he was […]
Participation of Chr. Stylianidis at the 2nd meeting of the Cyprus Initiative for Climate Change in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East
The adoption of a Regional Action Plan (Regional Action Plan) to launch specific medium-long-term initiatives to address the overall impact of climate change in the wider region, was the focus of the 2nd meeting of ministers in the framework. The meeting taking place in Cyprus was attended by the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil […]
ECA: EU budget contribution to climate action overestimated
According to a special report published today by the European Court of Auditors (ECA), the EU failed to spend at least 20% of its 2014-2020 budget on climate action, a goal it had set for itself. . The European Commission had announced that the EU had achieved its 20% target, stating that it had spent […]
Australia wants to co-host the next UN Climate Summit
Australia will present “very soon” its most ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gases and will be a candidate to host a UN Climate Summit with the Pacific Islands, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced today. During her first official visit abroad since the election of Australia’s new center-left government, Wong explained that the country would […]
