Oil industry flaring needs immediate action to keep net-zero hopes alive
Oil extraction is neither a clean nor simple process. Alongside the desired crude, vast quantities of water and natural gas…
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Inside BASF’s push to net zero
As the world’s largest chemicals producer, BASF emitted almost 22 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2018, equivalent to those…
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Litigation increasingly the ‘only option’ when big emitters fail to address climate change
In May 2021, a court in the Hague, the capital of the Netherlands, ordered oil major Royal Dutch Shell to…
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Exclusive natural gas data reveals trillions of dollars of upcoming projects
Among the many policy recommendations in the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) pathway to Net Zero 2050 was a line that…
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How far along are the G7 nations in their journeys to net zero?
Climate change is a global problem. Every nation will have to transition its energy system away from fossil fuels to…
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The paper industry’s burning secret
The fundamentals of paper-making haven’t changed much in the past 2,000 years. Soak some fibre (it used to be rice,…
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EU emissions reduction deal leaves many questions unanswered
When European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen took to the virtual stage at this weekend’s UN Climate Ambition Summit…
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Investment flows vindicate EU climate policy
The EU’s share of foreign direct investment (FDI) in renewables projects has risen from 15% of the global total in…
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What would a raised EU 2030 climate target mean?
When Ursula von der Leyen gave her first state of the union speech to the EU Parliament on Wednesday, she…
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Why Poland’s ‘win’ on the EU climate budget rings hollow
A five-day EU summit – one of the longest in history – ended in the early hours of 21 July…
