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Buildings, industry and transport drive estimated 1.3% increase, in conflict with Paris targets.Continue readingUS greenhouse gas emissions rose again in 2022 despite climate goals
DfT refuses to publish emission figures, which campaigners say could make new road projects unviable.Continue readingUK government blocks release of CO₂ figures behind transport plan
The analysis, by the Global Carbon Project, calculates Earth’s “carbon budget“, which is how much CO₂ humans have released, and how much has been removed from the atmosphere by…Continue readingGlobal carbon emissions at record levels with no signs of shrinking
Before President Biden lambasted oil companies for excess profits and threatened to slap a “windfall tax” on them, several of his top energy advisers privately attempted to woo that…Continue readingBiden courted oil companies before threatening them with windfall tax
The building and construction sector’s energy consumption and CO2 emissions have rebounded from the COVID-19 pandemic to an all-time high. The sector accounted for more than 34% of energy…Continue readingClimate change emissions from buildings and construction hit a new high
Passenger traffic reached 74% of pre-pandemic levels in September as people rushed back to travel following the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA)…Continue readingGlobal air travel rebounds to 74% of pre-pandemic levels
The UN secretary general, António Guterres, stated:Continue readingUN: World is on ‘highway to climate hell’
There is “no credible pathway to 1.5C in place”, the UN’s environment agency has said, and the failure to reduce carbon emissions means the only way to limit the…Continue readingUN: ‘No credible pathway to 1.5˚C in place’
Pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions will lead to global heating of 2.5˚C, a level that would condemn the world to catastrophic climate breakdown, according to the United Nations.…Continue readingUN: Current emissions pledges will lead to catastrophic climate breakdown
Approximately 90 world leaders are attending COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt from November 6 to 18, 2022. However, key figureheads from some of the globe’s most polluting States are…Continue readingLeaders of world’s largest emitters a no-show at COP27
Greenhouse Gas Emissions on this site has been updated with newly published data from the Global Carbon Project.Continue readingUpdate to Greenhouse Gas Emissions
ExxonMobil’s Uaru development is targeting approximately 1.319 billion barrels of oil. MODEC has won a contract to undertake engineering and design for a floating production, storage, and offloading vessel…Continue readingMODEC wins contract for FPSO of ExxonMobil’s Uaru oil project
The Ugandan government has secured support from the African, Caribbean, Pacific -European Union (ACP-EU) for proceeding with the East African crude oil pipeline project (EACOP), a 1,443km (896 mile)…Continue readingUganda secures support from ACP-EU for East African crude oil pipeline
The fossil fuel industry is experiencing a remarkable rebound, with sudden momentum behind more than 80 projects that range from coal-fired power plants to hulking gas export terminals, many…Continue readingFossil fuel projects were stalled a year ago. Now they’re making a comeback.
MidOcean Energy, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) company formed and managed by EIG, has agreed to acquire the stakes of Tokyo Gas in four integrated LNG projects in Australia…Continue readingMidOcean to acquire Tokyo Gas’ stakes in Australian gas projects for $2.1 billion
Heatwaves will become so extreme in certain regions of the world within decades that human life there will be unsustainable, the United Nations and the Red Cross said Monday.…Continue readingHeatwaves will make regions uninhabitable within decades: UN, Red Cross
Fracking and drilling for new oil and gas in the North Sea is green and good for the environment, Liz Truss’s new climate minister said on Wednesday. Graham Stuart…Continue readingUK fracking and oil drilling good for environment, claims climate minister
A report published on Wednesday by the upper house’s environment and climate change committee urged ministers to lead a public campaign and use regulations and taxation to guide public…Continue readingThird of emissions cuts must come from behaviour changes, say Lords
The world’s chances of avoiding the worst ravages of climate breakdown are diminishing rapidly, as we enter “uncharted territory of destruction” through our failure to cut greenhouse gas emissions…Continue readingWorld heading into ‘uncharted territory of destruction’
Unless Australia reduces its energy consumption, a recent study finds it’ll be almost impossible for renewable energy to replace fossil fuels by 2050. This is what’s required to reach our net-zero…Continue readingCutting energy consumption key to replacing fossil fuels with renewables
The spot price of Australian thermal coal is higher than that of coking coal, an unprecedented situation that highlights just how the global market for the polluting fuel has…Continue readingSpot Australian thermal coal has surged
Despite enviable earnings, shares of Three Gorges Renewables are down 15% this year and trade at 20 times forward earnings, half the level of a year ago. Strict policy…Continue readingDroughts push China towards coal power
Australian oil and gas company Santos has decided to proceed with the $2.6 billion oil project in Alaska in a bid to further diversify its production portfolio. As the…Continue readingAustralia’s Santos takes Final Investment Decision on $2.6 billion oil project in Alaska
Australian oil and gas company Santos reported a half-year net profit after tax of $A1.66 billion ($US1.167 billion), up 230%. Its underlying profit was $A1.8 billion ($US1.267 billion), up…Continue readingSantos profit rises three-fold
Saudi Aramco posted the biggest quarterly adjusted profit of any listed company globally driven by high crude prices and production. Revenue climbed 80% to $150 billion and free cash…Continue readingSaudi Aramco posts biggest quarterly profit of any listed company
To understand why it is proving so hard to break up with coal, we worked with an international team of around 35 researchers to investigate the political economy drivers…Continue readingMany countries continue to invest in coal
Coal – France, Italy, Austria and the Netherlands have all announced plans to reactivate old coal power plants. But nowhere are the plans as extensive as in Germany, which…Continue readingGermany increases reliance on coal and oil
Wintershall Dea and its partners Sval Energi and Pandion Energy Norge have started production from the Nova oil field (previously Skarfjell) located in the Norwegian North Sea. The development…Continue readingWintershall Dea begins production from Nova oil field, offshore Norway
BP reported a profit of $8.5 billion for its second quarter on Tuesday, its biggest windfall in 14 years. Just days earlier, the two largest U.S. oil companies —…Continue readingBP profits highest in 14 years, raking in $8.5 billion
The nation’s biggest oil companies — ExxonMobil and Chevron — saw their profits roughly triple in the second-quarter. On Friday, Exxon reported net income of $17.9 billion for the…Continue readingExxon, Chevron post blockbuster profits on oil price boom
The UK-headquartered group, Europe’s largest oil company, reported adjusted earnings of $11.5 billion in the second three months of the year, breaking the record $9.1 billion posted in the…Continue readingShell reports record profits on surging oil and gas prices
The Ghasha gas project is located on the north-western shore of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is developing the project. ADNOC expects…Continue readingADNOC Drilling wins $2 billion worth of contracts for Ghasha mega-project
The more than 4,000km (2,485 mile) long onshore gas pipeline is planned to start in Warri in Nigeria, travel through Niger, and end in Hassi R’Mel in Algeria, from…Continue readingAlgeria, Nigeria, and Niger sign MoU for $13 billion Trans Saharan gas pipeline
Supporters of Australia’s coal export industry have been arguing for the past decade that global greenhouse gas emissions would go up if overseas customers had to source coal from…Continue readingAustralian Prime Minister parrots a pro-coal talking point as Ampol offers ‘carbon neutral’ petrol
The $2.17 billion Hunutlu coal fired power plant is the largest foreign direct investment in Turkey by China. Despite the efforts of campaigners, and several pending legal challenges, the…Continue readingTurkey’s new power plant exposes ‘huge contradictions’ of net zero pledge
INPEX CORPORATION (INPEX) announced it has signed a statement of commitment to a net zero emissions future with the government of Australia’s Northern Territory, where the Ichthys liquid natural…Continue readingINPEX gas company and Northern Territory Government sign statement of commitment to a net zero emissions future
GAZ-SYSTEM said that the Baltic Pipe project, a 900km long offshore and onshore natural gas pipeline has been connected to the Polish and Danish transmission systems. The pipeline project…Continue readingGAZ-SYSTEM connects Baltic Pipe to Polish and Danish transmission systems
Oil and gas giant Woodside Energy been given the green light to operate the North West Shelf gas processing facility on the Burrup peninsula, in the Pilbara, until 2070.…Continue readingFifty-year extension for Australia’s biggest CO₂ emitter
China’s year-old carbon market has given more than 2,000 power plants a taste of emissions trading, but design flaws and data fraud have meant limited large-scale greenhouse gas reductions…Continue readingA year on, China’s CO₂ market fails to drive big emission cuts
India’s thermal coal imports hit a monthly record in June of 20.9 million tonnes, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government called for increased purchases in order to overcome a…Continue readingGautam Adani ramps up share of coal imports as power crisis grips India
In the 2000s, Le Quéré was a lead author of the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which won a Nobel Peace Prize. Today she bridges science…Continue readingCorinne Le Quéré: ‘Could we just adapt to climate change? The answer is no’
Wildfires and heatwaves wreaking havoc across swathes of the globe show humanity facing “collective suicide”, the UN secretary general has warned. António Guterres told ministers from 40 countries meeting…Continue readingHumanity faces ‘collective suicide’
In the first quarter of 2022, Chinese regulators gave the green light to coal plants with a total capacity of 8.63 gigawatts. That is nearly half of the entire…Continue readingChina speeding up approvals for new coal plants
US president Joe Biden said he expected Saudi Arabia to take “further steps” to increase the supply of oil in the “coming weeks” following a meeting with Crown Prince…Continue readingBiden expects Saudi Arabia to take ‘further steps’ to boost oil supply
Mongolia expects Russia to begin construction of the “Power of Siberia 2” gas pipeline through its territory to China within two years, as Moscow moves to connect its Europe-supplying…Continue readingMongolia says Russia-China gas pipeline will break ground in 2024
In 2015, French oil giant TotalEnergies and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the governments of Uganda and Tanzania, to drill…Continue readingOil drilling to go ahead in Ugandan park despite threat to nature
In 2013, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report (Assessment Report 5; AR5) concluded that Northern Hemisphere temperatures had reached levels unprecedented in at least 1,400 years. The…Continue readingTechnical Note:Past and future warming – direct comparison on multi-century timescales
Hungary’s government has declared an “energy emergency” in response to supply disruptions and skyrocketing energy prices in Europe, an official said. There is “unlikely to be enough gas in…Continue readingHungary declares ‘energy emergency’ over threat of fuel shortages
New Fortress Energy (NFE) has signed a deal to sell 11 liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure vessels to a joint venture (JV) it will form with Apollo for a…Continue readingNew Fortress Energy to sell 11 LNG vessels to JV with Apollo for $2bn
Under the plans, gas can be classed as a sustainable investment if “the same energy capacity cannot be generated with renewable sources” and plans are in place to switch…Continue readingEU votes to class gas and nuclear as green
Restoring degraded environments, such as by planting trees, is often touted as a solution to the climate crisis. But our new research shows this, while important, is no substitute…Continue readingNature restoration no substitute for cutting fossil fuels
The proposed program for offshore drilling between 2023 and 2028 would ban exploration off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. But by leaving the possibility for new drilling in parts…Continue readingBiden opens door to more offshore drilling, despite earlier climate vow
Shell has become the latest international partner in the expansion of the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Qatar as global demand for the fuel soars. Europe’s…Continue readingShell signs up to Qatar project as LNG demand booms
The WA Environment Protection Authority (EPA) advised the state government it should give the greenlight to oil and gas giant Woodside Energy to run its North West Shelf gas…Continue readingWestern Australia’s EPA urges 50-year extension of country’s most polluting gas project
Queensland has granted environmental approval to a plan to expand an open-cut coalmine near Toowoomba and extend its life for another 12 years, in a move anti-coal campaigners say…Continue readingAustralian Queensland state government gives environmental approval to coalmine expansion
The US supreme court has sided with Republican-led states to in effect hobble the federal government’s ability to tackle the climate crisis. In a 6-3 decision that will seriously…Continue readingUS supreme court rules against EPA and hobbles government power to limit harmful emissions
In 2021, worldwide emissions from making cement for buildings, roads and other infrastructure hit nearly 2.6GtCO₂ (billion metric tonnes of carbon dioxide), which is more than 7% of the…Continue readingCement carbon dioxide emissions double in 20 years
US liquefied natural gas (LNG) producers have announced a string of deals to boost exports. Cheniere Energy, the biggest American exporter, said it had reached a final investment decision…Continue readingUS gas exporters sign flurry of deals