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...
Draft COP26 Climate Deal Tries to Balance Demands of Developing and Richer Nations November 12, 2021 By Kate Abnett, Elizabeth Piper and Simon Jessop GLASGOW – A new draft agreement for the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow on Friday presses countries to be more...
COP26 Coal Pledge Falls Short on Support From Big User Countries as Emissions Surge November 5, 2021 By Kate Abnett and Elizabeth Piper GLASGOW – A pledge to phase out coal gained the support of 23 more countries at the U.N. climate conference...
Coal in Crosshairs as UN Climate Summit Brings Raft of Clean Energy Pledges November 4, 2021 By Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop GLASGOW – Government representatives at the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow on Thursday will turn their focus to tackling the...
Rain Falls at Highest Point on Greenland’s Ice Sheet for 1st Time on Record August 23, 2021 By Kate Abnett and Andrea Januta Rain fell at the highest point on the Greenland ice sheet last week for the first time on record, another...
Polluters, Not Taxpayers, Should Pay to Clean Up Environmental Damage: EU Auditors July 6, 2021 By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS – Taxpayers are too often being forced to pay to clean up environmental damage while the companies responsible dodge...