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How Georgian creatives are fighting for their freedom
Artists in Georgia are weary but defiant as they face arbitrary arrests, tough new laws and financial hardship from the country’s repressive government.
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German engineer becomes first wheelchair user to visit space
German engineer Michaela Benthaus, who has paraplegia, traveled to space with Jeff Bezos’ company Blue Origin.
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Security Council hears of fading election prospects in Libya
The path to long-awaited elections in Libya is paved with complications but they can be overcome, the UN Special Representative for the country said on Friday in a briefing to the Security Council.
Recent COP hosts Brazil and Azerbaijan linked to “super-emitting” methane plumes
As countries come under growing pressure to tackle planet-heating methane emissions from the fossil fuel sector, oil and gas producers in COP host nations Brazil and Azerbaijan are struggling to prevent large leaks of methane, data shared with Climate Home News shows. Satellite observations detected “super-emitting” methane plumes in the two countries this year that […]
“House of cards”: Verra used junk carbon credits to fix Shell’s offsetting scandal
Verra has used nearly a million “hot air” carbon credits to compensate for bogus offsets generated by rice-paddy projects backed by energy giant Shell in China, Climate Home News can reveal. In a case described as “shocking” and “deeply alarming” by experts, the leading carbon registry replaced 960,000 credits issued for rice-field methane reduction activities […]
Indonesia and Vietnam set for surge in coal use this decade despite transition deals
Despite multi-billion-dollar energy transition deals agreed with wealthy nations and development banks in 2022, coal use in Indonesia and Vietnam will continue to grow until at least 2030, the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts. In its annual coal report, the Paris-based agency estimates that coal use will rise 4.5% a year between 2025 and 2030 […]
Tripling adaptation finance is just the start – delivery is what matters
Evans Njewa of Malawi is chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) group at UN climate talks. At COP30 in Belém, the world took a long-awaited step forward. Countries agreed to triple international finance for adaptation by 2035. Using the current goal as a starting point, as proposed by the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), the […]
Outdated geological data limits Africa’s push to benefit from its mineral wealth
Resource-rich African nations risk missing out on the investment needed to extract and refine their mineral wealth into high-value products for the clean energy transition because they lack accurate information on what they have, experts are warning. African countries have attracted huge interest as the world scrambles to access the minerals and metals needed for […]
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World News in Brief: More UN staff detentions in Yemen, peacekeepers killed in Sudan sent home, attacks in Ukraine
The UN Secretary-General on Friday condemned the arbitrary detention of 10 more UN personnel by Houthi de facto authorities in Yemen, warning that the growing crackdown is crippling humanitarian operations and putting millions of lives at risk.
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Rome to introduce entry fee for historic Trevi Fountain
Rome’s mayor said tourists will have to pay to get close to Trevi Fountain, one of the Italian capital’s most popular monuments, starting in February.