IRENA Assembly Centre-Stages COP28 Outcome of Tripling Renewable Power Capacity by 2030 17/4/2024

Ministers and energy leaders will travel to Abu Dhabi to advance the energy transition and ensure that the historic UAE Consensus moves towards implementation on the ground ...more

Debt-for-nature swaps could give $100 billion boost to climate fight, says report 16/4/2024

Debt-for-nature swaps, where poorer countries have debt written off in return for protecting ecosystems such as barrier reefs or rainforests, could provide $100 billion for the fight against climate change, a new report has calculated. ...more

Southeast Asia 'woefully off track' on green investment, Bain says 16/4/2024

South East Asia is "woefully off track" on green investments to reduce emissions and needs new policies and financial mechanisms to help bridge the gap, the global consultancy Bain & Company said on Monday. ...more

Greece to spend 780 mln euros to protect marine biodiversity, PM says 16/4/2024

Greece is pushing ahead with 21 initiatives worth 780 million euros ($830.9 million) to protect marine biodiversity and tackle coastal pollution, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday ahead of an international conference. ...more

Record number of river barriers removed across Europe in 2023 16/4/2024

Europe removed a record number of dams and other barriers from its rivers in 2023, a report has found, helping to restore its disturbed waterways to their natural states. ...more

‘We found 700 different species’: astonishing array of wildlife discovered in Cambodia mangroves 16/4/2024

One of the most comprehensive biodiversity surveys ever carried out in a mangrove forest has revealed that an astonishing array of wildlife makes its home in these key, threatened habitats. ...more

US surpasses renewable energy goal for public lands 15/4/2024

The Biden administration on Thursday said the U.S. had surpassed a goal of permitting more than 25 gigawatts of clean energy projects on public lands by 2025 and finalized a plan to slash project fees for wind and solar energy on federal acreage. ...more

Japan's greenhouse gas emissions fall 2.5% in FY22/23 to record low 15/4/2024

Japan's greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.5% to a record low in the fiscal year through March 2023, government data showed on Friday, helped by reduced emissions in the industrial and service sectors. ...more

Sweden will miss its climate goals without policy changes, environment agency says 15/4/2024

Sweden will not reach its climate targets without further political action to cut carbon emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday. ...more

Network of ‘ghost roads’ paves the way for levelling Asia-Pacific rainforests 15/4/2024

A vast network of undocumented “ghost roads” is pushing into the world’s untouched rainforests and driving their destruction in the Asia-Pacific region, a new study has found. ...more