This Earth Day, explore the global shift to renewable energy and how citizens and governments are embracing clean power for a sustainable future.
Earth Day 2025: Embracing renewable energy for our planet
COP28: Al Gore in strong criticism of hosts UAE
Former US Vice President Al Gore criticized COP28 hosts, the UAE, for appointing the head of their national oil company as COP president. Gore highlighted that UAE’s greenhouse gas emissions rose by 7.5% in 2022 and questioned the participation and influence of fossil fuel companies in climate negotiation.
Analysis: Ambitious solar project to join a string of coal plants in Pakistan’s Thar district
UK-based Oracle Power is behind a new solar project in the Thar Desert, where the company is already exploring coal, as locals express scepticism about tall promises.
Analysis: Green jobs take off in China
Despite global layoffs, green employment is rising following China’s carbon neutrality pledge.
By 2025 all new homes built in Tokyo must include solar panels
Tokyo mandates that new homes must include solar panels.
Future costs of emissions three times higher than assumed finds study
The US puts a dollar figure on the damage caused by carbon emissions, but new research finds it’s too low, meaning the benefits of reducing emissions are being underestimated.
The world is edging closer to climate tipping points
The Global Carbon Project (GCP) has released its annual report which does not offer positive reading. It found there is now a 50% risk that a key climate threshold will soon be reached.
Climate change has already aggravated 58% of infectious diseases
Global warming has, in certain instances, amped up some of the world’s most deadly diseases.
Explainer: Why does chocolate have a high carbon footprint?
The high carbon footprint of chocolate explained.
Opinion: Has the German government now officially lost the plot?
Germany’s energy policy is becoming more extreme.
A greener life, a greener world 