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Renewable power remains cost-competitive amid fossil fuel crisis

Costs for renewables continued to fall in 2021 as supply chain challenges and rising commodity prices have yet to show their full impact on...

Fossil fuels will only deliver ‘climate chaos,’ UN chief warns

UN Secretary General, António Guterres, says the current global economic paradigm of infinite growth based on using up a finite number of resources, such...

Parents call for a global treaty to end fossil fuels ahead of Stockholm+50

Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the first international UN summit on the environment, parents, grandparents and carers from 32 countries have come together...

Thought leaders: IPCC report reaffirms urgency to phase out fossil fuels

The latest publication from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) further strengthens the scientific consensus that tackling fossil fuel production head on is...

Energy transition: Shell boss urges Nigeria to optimise resources

The Country Chair of Shell Companies in Nigeria, Mr. Osagie Okunbor, has advised that Nigeria should adopt a two-pronged strategy for its energy transition programme in...

Activists call out govts, financiers, fossil fuel companies over continued involvement in fossil fuels

As the UN climate talks continue in Glasgow, energy stakeholders in Africa are congregating in Cape Town, South Africa, for the Africa Energy Week...

New report urges equitable phase out of fossil fuels to keep alive 1.5°C

A global coalition of civil society organisations from social movements, environmental and development NGOs, trade unions and faith groups on Wednesday, November 3, 2021...

Banks have poured $3.8tr into fossil fuels since Paris Agreement, says report

In the five years since the Paris Agreement was adopted, 60 of the world’s largest banks have pumped over $3.8 trillion into the fossil...

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COP29: Nigeria reviews climate commitments ahead of Baku summit

Ahead of the 29th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on...
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Africa proposes treaty sales ban on mercury skin lighteners

Recently, the African Region proposed to amend the Minamata Convention to ban the sale and offering of sales of...

$38tr in yearly damages: World economy committed to income reduction of 19% due to climate change

Even if CO2 emissions were to be drastically cut down starting today, the world economy is already committed to an...

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COP29: Nigeria reviews climate commitments ahead of Baku summit

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