Tag: climate crisis

26 May 2023

A climate protest blockaded the entrance to an annual general ...

The G7 sit for discussions at the Hiroshima summit.

The G7 summit’s renewed backing of public financing for fossil gas is nothing short of energy colonialism

25 May 2023

Energy colonialism was on full display at the latest meeting ...

G7 leaders stand together in a line at the Hiroshima summit in May 2023.

The G7 expanding the use of fossil gas is ‘shock doctrine’ politics

23 May 2023

From 19 to 21 May, the Group of Seven (G7) ...

Ships rusting on the Aral Sea, an example of lakes drying out due to the climate crisis

Many of the world’s lakes and reservoirs are drying up due to the climate crisis, a new study finds

22 May 2023

A new study has discovered that "more than half of ...

Lots of plastic bottles and other pollution on a beach in Ghana.

Circular economy approach to plastic pollution won’t fix the problem

19 May 2023

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In March 2022, 175 member states agreed to end plastic ...

Aerial view of the Amazon with a river winding through dense rainforest.

Drop in Amazon deforestation does not let Global North nations off the hook

17 May 2023

Figures for the first four months of 2023 show promising ...

Spain's 2023 drought, made worse by the climate crisis, has left the agricultural sector in chaos

Spanish government approves financial measures amid devastating droughts

15 May 2023

Spain's cabinet approved measures worth more than €2bn on 11 ...

$A 'nodding donkey' fracking installation in Vaca Muerta, Argentina, activists challenge fossil fuel polluters$

Indigenous activists take their climate fight to the ‘belly of the beast’

15 May 2023

Between 10 and 17 May, members of the Indigenous Mapuche ...

Fracking site Vaca Muerta in Argentina. Image shows industrial oil and gas operations on the Patagonian landscape.

Indigenous Mapuche travel to Europe to highlight impacts of fracking megaproject

23 January 2024

Representatives of the Indigenous Mapuche community, along with a Human ...

dunkerque takes french government to court over emissions levels

Top court orders French government to urgently reduce greenhouse gas emissions

by The Canary

10 May 2023

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France's top administrative court has ordered the government for a ...

fossil fuels giant BP regularly holds meetings with government ministers, and receives investments from 'green' firms

‘Green’ investment funds are supporting fossil fuels, a new report finds

9 May 2023

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Major financial firms that publicly support efforts to limit the ...

EACOP TotalEnergies named one of the worst companies for attacks against human rights defenders

4 May 2023

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On 27 April, TotalEnergies announced staggering profits of $6.5bn for ...

Sultan Al Jaber, oil exec that will head up UN's COP28 climate conference

Head of the UN’s COP28 climate conference claims fossil fuels still have a role to play

4 May 2023

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will host the UN's COP28 ...

Huge payouts to Big Agriculture investors spur calls for food sovereignty

by Tracy Keeling

3 May 2023

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In recent years, agricultural giants have made a financial killing. ...

El Niño set to return and fuel record global temperatures, UN warns

3 May 2023

The UN has warned that the weather phenomenon El Niño ...

Offshore oil rig in the North Sea, where workers are preparing to take strike action. Fossil fuels

Offshore workers forced to strike for better conditions prove that greedy bosses need to go

7 October 2025