Energy Archives

Mar 26, 2025

Politics

UN, Germany say tackling climate crisis is path to economic and national security

Top diplomats urge governments gathered at conferences in Berlin to seize the opportunities offered by a green transition to shore up growth and peace

Mar 24, 2025

Energy

Electricity demand surges, expanding renewables and fossil fuels in 2024

Cooling demand as a result of record temperatures was a significant driver of power generation last year, according to the International Energy Agency

Mar 27, 2025

Q&A: China set to stay the course on green policies, despite Trump

China expert Rebecca Nadin of ODI Global tells Climate Home that Beijing will likely shrug off the US president’s attacks on climate action and trade relations

Mar 21, 2025

Energy

Clean hydrogen hype fades as high costs dampen demand

Analysts say governments are not doing enough to get companies to buy green hydrogen to clean up transport and heavy industry

Mar 20, 2025

Energy

Carbon colonialism? Malaysia and Indonesia plan storage hubs for Asian emissions

Japan and South Korea have signed deals to export CO2 captured at their power and manufacturing plants to Southeast Asia

Mar 19, 2025

Justice

This Australian coal community is co-designing its own green future

The mining town of Collie offers a promising example of how to survive – and even thrive – amid the global transition to net-zero emissions

Mar 14, 2025

Energy

US approves multi-billion-dollar loan for troubled Mozambique gas plant

The US export credit agency has unlocked key funding for TotalEnergies’ massive LNG project which was halted after militant attacks

Mar 7, 2025

Energy

US withdraws from coal-to-clean JETP deals for developing nations

Just Energy Transition Partnerships for South Africa, Indonesia and Vietnam will have to move forward without US backing as Trump walks away from international climate funding

Mar 3, 2025

Investigations

Oil giant Pemex fails to control methane emissions, threatening Mexico’s net zero goal

A Climate Home investigation shows Mexico’s state oil firm has struggled to cut its methane emissions as promised, risking the country’s net zero ambitions

Feb 26, 2025

Energy

Zimbabwe plans to expand coal use to address drought-induced blackouts

The Southern African nation faces severe power shortages but lacks the funding to shift to cleaner energy sources, campaigners say

Feb 21, 2025

News

Global tax on shipping emissions faces choppy waters despite growing support

A proposed levy gains new backers at IMO talks in London this week, but big emerging economies argue it will hit developing nations hard

Feb 20, 2025

News

Lula’s government pushes for new oil drilling in the Amazon – where it will host COP30

Pressure mounts on Brazil’s environmental agency as the government seeks expedited approval of a controversial oil drilling project

Feb 20, 2025

Energy

Big polluters funnel 75% of profits to shareholders, not clean energy

Research by Friends of the Earth found that Europe’s top high-carbon firms have handed shareholders most of their profits in the last 13 years – now they want public handouts

Feb 19, 2025

Energy

Japan disregarded widespread calls to raise its 2035 emissions goal

Around four-fifths of public comments had called for more ambition – but Tokyo said inputs had not changed its view that a 60% cut is enough

Feb 4, 2025

Comment

India can plug its green skills gap by elevating women in the workforce

The government and business can do much more to improve training in sectors such as renewables to include more women and help meet climate goals

Feb 4, 2025

Politics

African governments opt for gas-run cars over EVs to drive down transport emissions

Countries like Nigeria, Egypt and Tanzania are promoting CNG as a cheaper, cleaner fuel than petrol – but using gas could hold back a green transition

Feb 3, 2025

Energy

Arctic geoengineering experiment shuts down over environmental risks

US-based nonprofit Arctic Ice Project has cancelled tests in Alaska because of potential disruption to the food chain

Jan 31, 2025

Energy

EU backs North Africa hydrogen pipeline, but is it a green dream?

The EU, Algeria and Tunisia plan to build a subsea pipeline to start exporting green hydrogen to the bloc by 2030, but experts say the numbers don’t add up

Jan 30, 2025

Energy

We must challenge rising demand for transition minerals, says UN rapporteur

Elisa Morgera warns that environmental and human rights impacts must be fully assessed in decisions on new mining projects to power a green shift

Jan 29, 2025

Energy

African leaders seek investments in ailing grid infrastructure to achieve energy goals

The poor state of many networks across Africa is slowing growth in renewable electricity provision, while off-grid solar may be faster and cheaper for rural areas