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Coal use hits record in 2023, Earth's hottest year
AFP, Published on 15/12/2023
» PARIS - Global consumption of coal reached an all-time high in 2023, the IEA energy watchdog said Friday, as Earth experienced its hottest recorded year.
World could breach 1.5C warming threshold in 7 years: study
AFP, Published on 05/12/2023
» PARIS - The world may cross the crucial 1.5C global warming threshold in seven years as fossil fuel CO2 emissions continue to rise, scientists warned Tuesday, urging countries at the COP28 talks to "act now" on coal, oil and gas pollution.
Five elections in 2024 that will shape the global order
AFP, Published on 29/11/2023
» PARIS - Could Donald Trump make a comeback? Will anyone in Russia challenge another six years for Vladimir Putin?
Deadly storm cuts power to nearly 2m people in Russia, Ukraine
AFP, Published on 27/11/2023
» MOSCOW: Almost two million people in Russia and occupied Ukraine were left without power on Monday, after hurricane-force winds and heavy rains cut electricity lines and caused widespread flooding.
UAE: fossil fuel power and COP28 host
AFP, Published on 24/11/2023
» PARIS - A gas-guzzling fossil fuel exporter trying to spearhead more ambitious climate action, the United Arab Emirates remains heavily dependent on hydrocarbons for its prosperity.
German big wave surfer turns to science to tame the breakers
AFP, Published on 12/11/2023
» MUNICH (GERMANY) - Sebastian Steudtner already holds the world record for the largest wave ever surfed, but as the giant wave season begins, the German is looking to science and technology to chase a new high.
UN: Fossil fuel producing nations' plans threaten climate goals
AFP, Published on 08/11/2023
» PARIS - Plans to expand oil, gas and coal production by major fossil fuel countries would push the world far beyond agreed global warming limits and are "throwing humanity's future into question", the UN warned Wednesday.
Fossil fuel plans by producing nations threatens 1.5C limit: UN
AFP, Published on 08/11/2023
» PARIS - Plans to expand oil, gas and coal production by major fossil fuel countries would push the world far beyond the Paris deal's 1.5C global warming limit, the UN warned Wednesday.
Top consultancy undermining climate change fight: whistleblowers
AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» PARIS - The world's top management consultancy McKinsey & Company is using its position as a key advisor to the UN's COP28 climate talks to push the interests of its big oil and gas clients, undermining efforts to end the use of the fossil fuels driving global warming, according to multiple sources and leaked documents.
Five dead as Western Europe hit by record winds of Storm Ciaran
AFP, Published on 02/11/2023
» BRUSSELS - Five people were killed by falling trees as Storm Ciaran battered Western Europe on Thursday, bringing record winds as high as 200 kilometres per hour, floods, blackouts and major travel disruptions.