Two-thirds of world see ‘climate emergency’: UN survey
Nearly two-thirds of 1.2 million people polled worldwide say humanity faces a climate emergency, according to a UN survey, the largest of its kind ever undertaken
Renewables now EU’s biggest source of electricity: study
Renewable energy sources such as the wind and the sun overtook fossil fuels as the EU's main generators of electricity in the first half of this year, according to a new study
Electric shock: could Brexit scar Britain’s energy landscape?
Britain's exit from the EU has sparked fears of disruption to its electricity market, amid fears of higher bills, power cuts and stalled de-carbonisation efforts
EU lays out trillion-euro ‘Green Deal’
The EU's executive body has launched a one-trillion-euro ($1.1-trillion) plan to finance its goal of making the bloc carbon neutral by 2050
Polish holdout mars EU climate target deal
EU leaders have agreed to a target of making the bloc carbon neutral by 2050, but the deal was immediately undermined by Poland's refusal to implement the aim
Germany reaches 100 bn euro climate plan deal as protests heat up
German Chancellor Merkel's government reaches a deal on a broad climate plan for the country that commits at least 100 billion euros by 2030 to environmental protection
The long road to clean energy
Can green energy curb climate change, which is accelerating at an alarming pace?
Fuel subsidies defy green trend amid rising climate alarm
Even as warnings of climate catastrophe grow ever louder, new data shows the world is still spending billions of dollars every year to subsidise fossil fuels
Germany opens massive Baltic wind farm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel opens a wind farm in the Baltic Sea and hails its "national significance" for the country's "energy transition" towards renewables.
How Europe is faring on renewable energy targets
The EU's use of renewable energy reached 17.5% in 2017, keeping it on track for a target of 20% by 2020, but some countries will need to make an extra effort to fulfil their obligations.
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