EU Proposes Clampdown on Companies Using Misleading ‘Green’ Labels March 22, 2023 By Kate Abnett The European Commission proposed rules on Wednesday that would require companies in Europe to back up climate-friendly claims about their...
Four Countries Urge EU to Set Date for New CO2-Emitting Trucks January 20, 2023 By Kate Abnett The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Luxembourg have urged the European Union to fix a date by which new trucks and...
G7 Price Cap on Russia Oil Not to Blame for Tanker Queues: EU Says December 9, 2022 By Kate Abnett The Group of Seven countries’ price cap on Russian oil is not responsible for a queue of tankers waiting in...
EU Takes ‘First Step’ to Certify Removals of Carbon Dioxide From Atmosphere December 2, 2022 By Kate Abnett The European Union set out plans on Wednesday to certify removals of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, while leaving key...
COP27 Kicks Off With Deal to Discuss Compensating Poor Nations for Global Warming November 7, 2022 By Gloria Dickie and Kate Abnett Delegates from nearly 200 countries kicked off the U.N. climate summit in Egypt on Sunday with an agreement to discuss...
How Climate Change Drives Heatwaves and Wildfires July 21, 2022 By Kate Abnett Brutal heatwaves are gripping both Europe and the United States this week and are forecast to dump searing heat on...
VW Sees EU Top Court Ruling Against Its Emissions Software as Confirmation July 14, 2022 By Kate Abnett and Victoria Waldersee Volkswagen’s software that altered car emissions constituted an illegal defeat device in certain driving conditions, the EU’s top court ruled...
Russia’s War With Ukraine Must Not Derail Climate Action: Envoys Warn May 12, 2022 By Simon Jessop and Kate Abnett The world needs to speed up decarbonization and not let a focus on energy security in the wake of Russia’s...
ANALYSIS-Who Pays? UN Climate Report Reignites Global Fight for Compensation March 4, 2022 By Kate Abnett With this week’s U.N. climate science report laying bare the staggering economic costs and losses already faced from climate change,...
COP26 Climate Agreement Targets Fossil Fuels as Key Driver of Global Warming November 15, 2021 By Valerie Volcovici, Kate Abnett and William James GLASGOW – U.N. climate talks ended Saturday with a deal that for the first time targeted fossil fuels as the...