Fossil fuels

drilling rig is parked up in the Cromarty Firth near Nigg, Scotland.

UK oil and gas producers reeling after windfall tax increase

Activists pull down a "Lady Justice" sculpture in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, following an ISDS protest in 2019.

Stop fossil fuel firms suing countries in ‘secretive’ cases, urge NGOs

A climate activist sits near banners laid on the ground demanding protection of human rights, climate reparations, and countries' adherence to limit global temperature rise to

Watch: The five pivotal moments from week 2 of COP27

Everything we know so far about the deal being forged in Egypt.

Everything we know so far about the COP27 deal emerging from Egypt

Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, bottom left, leaves after speaking at a meeting with youth activists.

5 key things that happened on day eleven of COP27

Vanessa Nakate, of Uganda, left, participates in a Fridays for Future protest at COP27.

Here are 5 key things that happened on day nine of COP27

Protesters object to the Energy Charter Treaty in Brussels.

View: EU approval of the new Energy Charter Treaty is bound to fail

European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans speaks during a news conference on high energy prices, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France September 14, 2022

EU increases emissions reduction target by two per cent

15/11/2022

Two people take selfies at the COP27 UN Climate Summit.

Glimmers of hope: Here are the climate wins from COP27 so far

14/11/2022

A girl wears a mask that reads "no climate justice without human rights" during a silent protest at COP27.

COP27: UN climate talks near halftime with key issues unresolved

12/11/2022

Demonstrators hold a globe during COP27.

What are the biggest climate science insights of 2022?

10/11/2022

636 oil and gas lobbyists registered to attend the COP27 event in Egypt

Over 600 fossil fuel lobbyists registered at COP27 climate talks

10/11/2022

A sticker reads "natural gas" on a pipe at the French company R-CUA plant, in Strasbourg.

Dash for gas following invasion of Ukraine jeopardises climate goals

10/11/2022

Wednesday's protest was a rare show of activism at COP27.

Climate campaigners protest at COP27 despite restrictive rules

09/11/2022

Gaston Browne, prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, speaks at COP27.

Tax Big Oil, small island nations demand at COP27

08/11/2022

Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres speaks during the COP27 climate summit.

COP27: We're on a 'highway to climate hell', says UN chief

07/11/2022

Wind turbines in Midtfjellet wind farm in Fitjar, Norway

Norway strengthens emissions targets ahead of COP27

03/11/2022

The G20 and global development banks spent nearly twice as much financing international fossil fuel projects as they did on renewables from 2019 to 2021

These European countries are pouring billions into fossil fuels abroad

02/11/2022

People were stranded due to floods following several days of downpours In Kogi, Nigeria, last month. THe Nigerian state gas company declared a force majeure.

View: Europe’s energy crisis shouldn’t prompt a dash for gas in Africa

02/11/2022

Two protesters threw soup over Van Gogh's Sunflowers on 14 October.

Watch Just Stop Oil's most divisive and defiant protests so far

31/10/2022

Wind turbines from the Judet de Constanta wind power plant in a field of sunflowers in Romania.

Europeans want leaders to prioritise renewable energy, survey finds

28/10/2022

China is planning to build the world's largest windfarm in the Taiwan Strait

China to build the world’s largest wind farm in Taiwan Strait

25/10/2022

Lloyds Bank has updated its climate policy to reduce funding for oil and gas.

Which British bank is cutting financing for new oil and gas fields?

25/10/2022

Experts are sounding a new alarm about the effects of climate change for parts of the Caribbean: the depletion of already strained drinking water throughout much of the region

View: We need to listen to vulnerable nations about loss and damage

25/10/2022

All unleased state-owned land and sea on the Arctic North slope will be up for grabs covering roughly 3.24 million hectares in total.

Alaska to auction a Netherlands-sized area to oil and gas companies

21/10/2022

62 per cent of reinsurance companies have plans to stop covering coal projects, a new report has revealed.

Coal 'uninsurable' as climate change prompts insurance industry u-turn

19/10/2022

Bernard Arnault has sold his private jet, after months of being tracked by climate activists on twitter

Billionaire sells private jet after being tracked by Twitter activists

18/10/2022

Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General of the WMO, says the war in Ukraine is accelerating the development of and investment in green energies over the longer term.

War in Ukraine a ‘blessing’ for climate, says UN weather chief

12/10/2022

The UK government has announced plans to cap the profits of low carbon energy firms

Why has the UK imposed a ‘de facto windfall tax’ on renewable energy?

12/10/2022

Lora Johnson was arrested while trying to glue herself to a bridge with Just Stop Oil.

Just Stop Oil: Activist in viral arrest video slams government

12/10/2022