Focus on Climate
In Spain, hi-tech hops keep beer bitter as climate bites
Outside the warehouse in northwestern Spain, it’s a freezing, foggy morning but inside it’s balmy, the warmth and LED lights fooling 360 hop...
Booming cement demand may drive up CO2 emissions, research says
SINGAPORE – Innovation and policy changes are urgently required to tackle climate-warming emissions from the cement sector, with an infrastructure boom in developing...
Taps have run dry across South Africa’s largest city in an unprecedented water crisis
JOHANNESBURG — For two weeks, Tsholofelo Moloi has been among thousands of South Africans lining up for water as the country’s largest city,...
UK pledges £6m to back ‘climate-smart’ farming in Zambia and curb deforestation
The UK has pledged £6 million to help train Zambian farmers in “climate-smart agriculture” and reduce deforestation, the Government has said. The funding...
Canadian Propane Association launches Propane Decarbonization Roadmap for Canada
Excerpt from a news release by the Canadian Propane Association. Read the full news release. “The Canadian Propane Association (CPA) has launched the Propane...
SEC climate rule prompts a rush to sue. Experts say companies are likely to prepare to comply anyway
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rule requiring companies to disclose some emissions and climate-related information was barely passed...
Dora, Otis retired from list of Pacific hurricane names
The World Meteorological Organization on Wednesday said it had withdrawn Otis and Dora from the list of northeast Pacific hurricane names due to...
China’s CNPC to join decarbonization pledge, COP28 president says
DUBAI (Reuters) – COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber said China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) would soon join a pledge by oil and gas...
‘Possibly the end.’ Quebec shrimp fishery facing climate change, tough economy
MONTREAL — For years, the northern shrimp fished in the Quebec waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence have been known as “crevettes...
Scotland Net Zero Secretary McAllan challenged over delayed climate change plan
Net Zero Secretary Mairi McAllan has refused to say if the delayed update to Scotland’s climate change plan will be published before November...
