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Oil majors boost investments in Latin American

Aramco, Chevron, and other Big Oil companies have invested billions in Latin America as the region’s government seeks to exploit its oil and gas deposits.

The world’s biggest climate fund wants to get bigger

The U.N.’s Green Climate Fund wants to triple in size. But even more is needed to help developing economies decarbonize.

IEA says road to 1.5 C of warming is narrow, but still possible

The International Energy Agency’s report said the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius was still within reach, aided by moving towards renewable energy.

Solar panels of Germany's largest solar park Weesow-Willmersdorf by energy supplier EnBW AG are seen next to wind turbines in Werneuchen, Germany September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

Can $82 million stop the first modern-day extinction of a great whale?

The North Atlantic right whale is fast approaching extinction, with just 70 females of reproductive age amid its dwindling numbers.

A North Atlantic right whale with five dolphins around the head in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.

World’s rhino population rebounds

The global rhino population increased to 27,000 last year, with southern white rhino numbers rising for the first time in more than a decade.

A mother rhino and her calf wallowing at the Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam, India

The bottlenecks holding back the energy transition

Bad data and misunderstood risk are holding corporate executives back from the enormous profit potential of fighting climate change.

The UN’s climate summit was a bust

The plans world leaders laid out on Wednesday are ‘like trying to put out an inferno with a leaking hose.’

The SEC cracks down on greenwashing

The long-awaited rule will require fund managers to ensure that at least 80% of their portfolio is invested in companies that match the fund’s name.

Climate tech goes from sleepy side event to center stage

Startups pitching everything from EV tires to fake eggs — with hordes of investors standing by — are the most exciting scene at Climate Week.

UK set to water down climate commitments

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is reportedly considering weakening key climate policies to achieve 2050 net zero in a “more proportionate way”.

How the UAE plans to rescue the Paris Agreement

COP28 Director-General Majid Al-Suwaidi wants to put climate diplomacy back on track — without abandoning fossil fuels.

Saudi Arabia hits out at IEA forecasts

Saudi Arabia’s energy minister has accused the IEA International Energy Agency of moving “from being a forecaster to creating political advocacy”.

The voluntary carbon market is broken. Meet the companies trying to fix it.

Few elements of the energy transition are more hotly debated.

California sues oil and gas giants in major climate litigation action

California is suing five oil and gas companies, accusing them of causing tens of billions of dollars in damage.

China’s ‘post-industrial’ climate challenge

A renowned Chinese urban architect says Western-style infrastructure won’t help Chinese cities prevent flooding.

Chevron workers escalate strikes, putting global gas supplies at risk

Strikes at two Chevron-owned LNG plants, which account for roughly 7% of global supply, could send gas prices soaring.

A government shutdown won’t shut down the U.S. clean energy boom

Clean energy is becoming insulated from budget squabbles, but it is still at risk in the presidential election.

China will overtake US as the world’s largest nuclear power producer

As the world’s largest consumer of coal, China is betting heavily on clean energy.