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The COP16 isn't expected to break new ground but is more a stocktake of progress since the last summit (AFP)
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Environment takes centre stage as global summits loom

The United Nations is about to host four major events to address environmental challenges.

Demonstrators outside the proposed site of the Whitehaven coal mine in Cumbria in 2021 (Owen Humphreys/PA)
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Coal mine plans should be ‘permanently shelved’ after court ruling: campaigners

Environmental groups have called for proposals for the UK’s first coal mine for 30 years to be “permanently shelved”.

FILE - Smoke rises from an energy facility after a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday March 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Yevhen Titov)
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Ukraine braces for hardest winter due to intensified Russian attacks on energy infrastructure

Ukraine’s prime minister warned Tuesday that the country could be facing its toughest winter since the full-scale Russian invasion began

The Greek-flagged Sounion was struck on August 21, 2024 by Yemen's Huthi rebels (EUNAVFOR ASPIDES)
EnvironmentFuelNewsOilPoliticsTrade

Oil tanker ablaze off Yemen threatens environmental disaster

Yemeni rebels' Red Sea oil tanker attack leaves Greek-flagged ship on fire while carrying a million barrels of crude oil.

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Equinor's Johan Sverdrup oilfield platforms in the North Sea, Norway December 3, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
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Norway seeks to end climate injunction against three oilfields

Norwegian government hopes appeals court will lift injunction on developing fossil fuel projects after ruling was temporarily put on hold.

Nine new offshore wind farms were secured this year (Anna Gowthorpe/PA)
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What happened in the UK’s clean power auction, and how does it work?

Explaining contracts for difference, Britain's renewable energy targets and the incentives to build new projects.

The Rosebank and Jackdaw fields have sparked protest from environmental campaigners (PA)
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UK drops legal defence for Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields

UK Government will not challenge judicial reviews brought against fossil fuel developments in order to “save the taxpayer money”.

Government boosts pot for renewables in latest auction to £1.5bn (Ben Birchall/PA)
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UK Budget for new clean power schemes gets boost to record £1.5bn

The UK Government is increasing the budget to support the next wave of renewable energy schemes to a record £1.5 billion, it has...

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