Focus on Climate
South Africa’s revised carbon tax to be harsher but with more offsets, Treasury says
South Africa is one of the world's top 15 greenhouse gas emitters and the only country in Africa with a carbon tax.
Pakistani province declares health emergency due to smog and locks down two cities
Smog has choked Punjab for weeks, sickening nearly 2 million people and shrouding vast swathes of the province in a toxic haze.
UN climate summits ‘no longer fit for purpose’, leading experts say
The experts said countries that do not support the phase out of fossil fuels in energy systems should not host summits.
Fragile countries make $20 billion climate finance push at COP29, letter says
"A flood situation in South Sudan or Somalia creates more catastrophe than it would in any other developing country."
Shanghai, Tokyo, New York, Houston spew most greenhouse gas of world cities
One site in the Permian Basin, Texas, is by far the worst polluting site in the entire world.
Clean energy could create millions of tons of waste in India. Some are working to avoid that
India currently imports over 95% of lithium-ion batteries as well as large amounts of nickel, cobalt and other rare earth minerals.
Bolivia to sell $5 billion in carbon credits to stem rampant forest loss
Bolivia aims to sell $5 billion worth of carbon offset credits, the government announced on Thursday, in a bid to stop rampant forest...
Indigenous groups, government and industry launch $375M for conservation in Canada’s Northwest Territories
The fund being created in the Northwest Territories is the largest single investment in Indigenous-led conservation and stewardship in the territory.
Imperial Oil fined for 2021 slop oil spill
Ontario has fined Imperial Oil C$900,000 for a slop oil leak into a tank containment area at its Sarnia site in 2021 that...
