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...
EU Top Court Upholds Partial Ban on Bayer Pesticides May 6, 2021 By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS – The European Union’s top court on Thursday upheld the EU’s partial ban on three insecticides linked to harming...
EU Prepares to Get Tougher on Asset Managers that ‘Greenwash’ Sustainable Credentials March 10, 2021 By Simon Jessop and Kate Abnett LONDON/BRUSSELS – For money managers and advisers keen to market their sustainable investing credentials to European clients, going green is...
Warming Arctic Is Key to Understanding Climate Change Risks, Experts Say January 14, 2021 By Clare Baldwin and Kate Abnett HONG KONG/BRUSSELS – The environmental transformation happening in the Arctic is key to understanding the potential global impacts of climate...
EU Climate Service Says September Was World’s Warmest on Record October 7, 2020 By Matthew Green and Kate Abnett Last month was the world’s hottest September on record, with unusually high temperatures recorded off Siberia, in the Middle East,...
World’s Three Hottest Julys on Record Occurred During Last Five Years August 7, 2020 By Kate Abnett Last month was the world’s third-hottest July on record, new data show — the latest milestone in a global warming...