After initially refusing, RBC is now one of several major financial institutions that will begin disclosing more information about climate-related investments under an agreement with pension funds led by the New York City comptroller. CBC | World News
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‘Fossil fuel era comes to a close’ as COP28 reaches historic deal
The new text directly addresses fossil fuels, a central demand at this year’s global climate summit, and calls on parties to “transition away” from their use “in this critical decade”. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »COP28 reaches tentative climate deal calling for ‘transitioning away from fossil fuels’
The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP28, has reached a tentative agreement after negotiations about how and when to phase out fossil fuels continued past midnight on the final day of the summit in Dubai. CBC | World News
Read More »Alberta given ‘Fossil of the Day’ award by activists at global climate summit
Environmental activists put a spotlight on Alberta’s climate record on Wednesday at the COP28 climate summit by giving the province the so-called “Fossil of the Day” award. CBC | World News
Read More »The fossil fuel phrases that countries will fight over at the upcoming COP28
Getting the world off greenhouse gas-spewing fossil fuels is a key part of global climate negotiations. But whether those fossil fuels are “unabated,” and where we need to phase them “down” or phase them “out,” are expected to cause fierce debate at the upcoming United Nations climate summit, COP28. CBC | World News
Read More »Britain produces more electricity from zero-carbon sources than fossil fuel plants in 2019
Britain, the birthplace of coal power, produced more electricity from zero-carbon sources such as wind, solar and nuclear than from fossil fuel plants for the first time in 2019, the U.K.’s National Grid said on Wednesday. CBC | World News
Read More »Global fossil fuel production on track to bust Paris climate targets
The world’s major fossil fuel producers are set to bust global environmental goals with excessive coal, oil and gas extraction in the next decade, the United Nations and research groups said on Wednesday in the latest warning over climate crisis. CBC | World News
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