UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres called on Wednesday for a “windfall” tax on the profits of fossil fuel companies to help pay for the fight against global warming, calling them the “godfathers of climate chaos”.
There is an "emissions canyon" between current policies and what is required to stop the Earth heating beyond safe limits, the UN has warned.
The United Nations chief has sharply criticised the "grotesque greed" of oil and gas companies for making record profits from the energy crisis on the back of the world's poorest people, "while destroying our only home".
Investing in new fossil fuel production and power plants is "moral and economic madness", UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned.
An “alarming” new report setting out the impact of climate change on the planet should spell the end for oil and gas, according to a senior international figure.
Groups opposing TotalEnergies’ plan for an East African pipeline have called on insurance and reinsurance brokers to steer clear.
Israel and Lebanon have begun discussions on shared boundaries, under an agreement brokered by the US.
The recovery from the coronavirus pandemic must put the world on track to a greener future, it has been urged, as online events mark Earth Day.