UN to discuss “floating oil bomb” offshore Yemen
The United Nations Security Council will discuss the outlook for the Safer tanker, a floating oil storage vessel off Yemen in a state of disrepair.
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French navy and UN intervene to stop Libya-bound tanker
A French navy frigate intervened along with the United Nations to stop a tanker as it was on its way to load refined petroleum products from an eastern Libyan port in violations of sanctions, leaving it loitering offshore for almost a week.
Coronavirus pandemic recovery must tackle climate crisis
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.
Next US President should ‘halt’ oil and gas subsidies, Bloomberg says
American billionaire and Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg has said the next US leader should halt fossil fuel subsidies altogether.
Countries ‘procrastinating for too long’ on carbon emissions, UN warns
Countries have procrastinated for too long and need to begin making steep cuts to their greenhouse gas emissions immediately, or risk missing agreed targets for limiting global warming, top United Nations officials have said.
A strong sense of values and an eye on the future
Schools prepare for the future. We start building children’s skills from the age of three with an evolving end product in mind that will come to light twenty years away. And these skills we develop are required to achieve results and see them through another half century beyond that.
Climate change race can be won, UN chief says
The world is losing the race against climate change, "but it is a race we can win", UN secretary general Antonio Guterres has warned a summit on tackling the issue.
Climate change causes and impacts accelerating, experts warn
Climate change is accelerating, with carbon dioxide levels increasing, sea levels rising and ice sheets melting faster than ever, experts have warned.
China denies violating UN’s North Korea oil supply rules as ship is seized
China has denied violating UN limits on oil supplies to North Korea after the US president criticised Beijing for allowing oil to get there.
‘Time for coal has passed’ as UK and Canada form clean energy alliance
Coal’s time has passed, the UK Government said as it joined Canada to launch a global alliance to drive efforts to phase out the polluting fossil fuel.
Russia submits its claim to Arctic seabed
Russia has submitted its bid for vast territories in the Arctic to the United Nations. It is claiming 1.2 million square kilometres (more than 463,000 square miles) of Arctic sea shelf, the Russian foreign ministry said. Russia, the US, Canada, Denmark and Norway have all been trying to assert jurisdiction over parts of the Arctic, which is believed to hold up to a quarter of the planet’s undiscovered oil and gas.