UK must provide real climate leadership
While the UK talks tough, its agencies have continued to plough public funds into fossil fuels, writes Angela Picciariello.
You might also be interested in
Policy Watch: UK's windfall tax shows why the drive to stop fossil fuel subsidies is still stuck in first gear
When the UK government announced a windfall tax on oil and gas companies to partly offset soaring household fuel bills in May, it sweetened the pill with a tax break on new oil and gas production.
Doubling Back and Doubling Down: G20 scorecard on fossil fuel funding
This study tracks, for the first time, each G20 country's progress on ending support for fossil fuels—ranking their transparency, commitments, and financial support to oil, gas, and coal.
At long last, Canada restricts oil and gas subsidies (except for all the loopholes)
Environment and Climate Minister Steven Guilbeault has unveiled detailed plans to phase out "inefficient" oil and gas subsidies, based on guidelines released yesterday morning that take effect immediately and are meant to fulfill a 14-year-old pledge by G20 countries.
Heatwaves to hit China once every 5 years as global extreme weather events multiply, study finds
Record-breaking heatwaves that have scorched North America, Europe and China are set to worsen in future unless the world stops burning fossil fuels, according to a study by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) academic initiative.