How Canada’s 2023 Wildfires Became a Major Global Carbon Emitter
Canada’s 2023 wildfires emitted more carbon than nearly any nation, challenging global warming models and raising concerns about future forest carbon absorption.
Exclusive: Shell’s CEO van Beurden prepares to step down next year -sources
Shell (SHEL.L) has shortlisted four candidates to succeed Chief Executive Ben van Beurden who is preparing to step down next year after nearly a decade at the helm of the giant energy firm, two company sources told Reuters.
Key Trends in Learning and Development in the Energy Sector
Every part of the world’s economy has been affected by climate change; Covid19 and the new ways of working this has produced; the events in the Ukraine and related political sanctions. Yet no industry has been as heavily affected by all these as the energy sector – and it’s using digital learning to move forward.
California and New Zealand Form Climate Change Collaboration
Climate change has piqued everyone’s interest. By 2035, California intends to phase out the sale of gasoline-powered vehicles. By the same year, New Zealand hopes to have 30% of all car sales be electric.
Analysis: Climate goals take second place as EU states cut petrol prices
A growing number of European countries are cutting fuel taxes to lower surging pump petrol prices. The move brings respite to motorists but environmentalists say it flies in the face of commitments to curb global warming.
U.S. to hold its biggest offshore wind auction
The United States will hold its biggest ever sale of offshore wind development rights on Wednesday, in an area covering nearly half a million acres off the coasts of New York and New Jersey.
Emissions Of CO2 Are Expected to Increase in 2022 and 2023!
Energy-related CO2 emissions in the United States will reach 4,971 million metric tonnes by 2023.
Exclusive: HSBC says clients must have plan to exit coal by end-2023
Europe’s leading banker to corporate Asia, laid out its long-awaited policy on financing thermal coal on Tuesday, and said it expected all its clients to have a plan in place to exit the fossil fuel by the end of 2023.
Analysis: Extreme weather sounds alarm for under-insured China
Devastating summer floods in the populous province of Henan in central China are a wake-up call for local authorities to seek better insurance cover against natural disasters, potentially opening up a huge market for insurers in the country.
Analysis: UN climate report increases urgency for green investment funds
Dire warnings about climate change are a call to action for investors who put their money into helping the environment. But the news also heightens a debate about how to make these strategies effective, financial executives said.
