The number of COP27 summit delegates with links to fossil fuel-related entities is up by 25 per cent since the last summit in Glasgow last year, reports said. According to the campaign group Global Witness, over 600 delegates at the talks in Egypt are linked to fossil fuel industries.

COP27, a 'fossil fuel industry trade show'? Deluge of industry delegates at summit shocks many

A climate activist group named as 'Just stop oil' recently targeted landmark buildings in London by spray painting them in an act of protest against fossil fuels.

WION Climate Tracker: 'Just stop oil' supporters spray paint over government buildings in London

The International Energy Agency said Thursday it believes global energy emissions will peak in 2025 as surging prices due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine propel investment in renewables.

IEA sees global energy emissions peaking in 2025

Two woke anti-oil activists on Friday created a ruckus at the National Gallery in London by throwing tomato soup at Vincent Van Gogh’s painting ‘Sunflowers'. The said perpetrators have been linked to a group named 'Just Stop Oil'.

'Woke' climate activists throw tomato soup at $84 million Van Gogh painting

Since the Paris agreement was inked in 2015, the World Bank has financed fossil fuel related projects worth around $15 billion, a study has claimed. Big Shift Global, a coalition of more than 50 NGOs, in its report ‘Investing in Climate Disaster: World Bank Group Finance for Fossil Fuels’, said that the global institution and its subsidiaries have been funding “upstream” oil and gas projects for several years.

World Bank financed fossil fuel projects worth $15bn since Paris Agreement: Report

German energy major RWE said on Tuesday that it will phase out coal power by 2030 due to concerns that the country's intentions to do away with fossil fuels may be in jeopardy in the wake of the energy crisis brought on by Russia's war in Ukraine.

German energy giant RWE to exit from coal power by 2030, says CEO

United Nations Secretary Antonio Guterres has urged countries around the world to impose some form of “windfall taxes” on fossil fuel companies. During the UN general assembly, he said that the money should then be distributed among nations which are suffering from major climate crisis.

‘Polluters must pay’: UN chief urges countries to impose tax on fossil fuel companies

One-of-its-kind database for tracking the world’s fossil fuel production, oil and gas reserves, and emissions was launched on Monday, said the Carbon Tracker and Global Energy Monitor.

Think tanks launch world’s first public global database on fossil fuels

Over the years, humans have been extensively burning fossil fuels to generate power but if we continue on this path and burn the remaining fossil fuels, at least 3.5 trillion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions will be released and this will trigger an almost irreversible change in the Earth's atmosphere.

Fossil fuel reserves could emit 3.5 trillion tonnes of carbon dioxide: Reports

Burning the world's remaining fossil fuel reserves would unleash 3.5 trillion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions -- seven times the remaining carbon budget to cap global heating at 1.

Global fossil fuel reserves 'could emit 3.5 trillion tonnes of carbon dioxide'

More than 1,000 health workers and 200 organisations, along with the World Health Organisation (WHO), have given a clarion call to address the climate change issue seriously by enacting and legally enforcing non-proliferation treaty to cut global dependence on fossil fuels.

WHO joins over 200 health organisations calling for fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty

There is an urgent need to cut greenhouse gas emissions in order to avoid global warming and create a society without fossil fuels. The solution is emission-free electrification 3 scientists received the 2019 Nobel Prize for their work on lithium-ion batteries.

Fossil fuels will have to end. Are batteries the new 'oil'?

In a major reversal on tackling climate change, Germany is pushing for Group of Seven nations to walk back a commitment that would halt the financing of overseas fossil fuel projects by the end of the year, as energy supplies dwindle due to Russia Ukraine war, as reported by Bloomberg.

Germany pushes G7 to backtrack on fossil fuel finance rule, may affect climate targets

India is facing a dilemma to remain dependent on fossil fuel to drive the economy or to shift to clean energy. Both the scenarios are tricky especially at a time when India faces record heat wave but also needs energy to avoid power shortages

Delhi tries to shift to green fuel

The environment ministers from the Group of 7 (G7) wealthy countries pledged to curb the use of coal and other fossil fuels for power generation, with the aim of eventual and complete phaseout.

G7 pledges to phaseout coal and fossil fuel for electricity generation, but no date fixed

The Gulf nations are embracing Nuclear power, a move to transition from fossil fuel to cleaner energy. The countries say, it is for peaceful purposes. WION tells you more in this report.

West Asia uses Nuclear power to shift to cleaner energy

Britain insisted Thursday it was sticking to its climate change goals despite unveiling a new energy strategy that foresees new drilling for North Sea fossil fuels.

UK denies climate retreat despite rethink on fossil fuels

In a major crossing of a milestone, India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has said that India has achieved its non-fossil fuel-based energy target, something that was to be completed by 2030 “At COP-21, as part of its NDCs, India had committed to achieving 40 per cent of its installed electricity capacity from non-fossil energy sources by 2030.

India reaches non-fossil fuel milestone much ahead of 2030 deadline

More than 40 countries have agreed to ''consigning coal to history'' and phase out the world's dirtiest fossil fuel. The agreement in the COP26 summit will help to keep the United Nation's goal to limit global heating to 1.

'Consigning coal to history': Over 40 countries agree to phase out dirtiest fossil fuel

Protesters stage protest in several parts of the globe to lobby against the use of fossil fuels in the run-up to the start of the UN climate summit in the Scottish city of Glasgow. The protesters are demanding that the global financial system stop investing in the use of fossil fuels.

COP26 summit: Protests across globe ahead of climate summit

Over 2,000 academics from 81 nations and a wide range of fields have signed a letter to governments gathered at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday, calling for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty to manage a worldwide phase-out of coal, oil, and gas.

Scientists call for 'Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty'

The use of leaded petrol has been eradicated from the globe, a milestone that will prevent more than 1.2 million premature deaths and save world economies over $2.

Leaded petrol use eradicated globally, will prevent 1.2 million premature deaths: UN

A bombshell climate science report "must sound a death knell" for coal, oil and gas, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday, warning that fossil fuels were destroying the planet.

Climate report must be 'death knell' for fossil fuels: UN chief

Paleontologists have discovered a new species: a microsaur from a finger-sized fossil from 308 million years ago unearthed in the United States. Researchers have revealed that the discovery gives tantalising clues to the habits of tiny dinosaur-like creatures that may be the forerunners of reptiles.

Paleontologists discover new species called microsaur

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