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Merz says climate policy must not 'endanger' German industry

Merz says climate policy must not 'endanger' German industry

Germany's Friedrich Merz addressed a major climate policy gathering on Wednesday by stressing the need to unshackle industry from harmful regulations, including by reworking the EU's carbon trading scheme. "Climate protection must not endanger the industrial base in Germany and in our countries," the

India orders school water bells to beat heat

India orders school water bells to beat heat

Schools in India's capital must ring regular bells to remind schoolchildren to drink water as the megacity gears up to face heatwave conditions, a new city order has said. Summer heat in the world's most populous nation can be brutal -- putting millions of people at risk,

Fiji villagers reject plan for 'Pacific ashtray' in beach paradise

Fiji villagers reject plan for 'Pacific ashtray' in beach paradise

An Australian billionaire's plan to burn rubbish for energy in Fiji amounts to "waste colonialism" and risks spoiling a "beach paradise", villagers and the Pacific nation's UN ambassador said. Traditional landowner Inoke Tora boarded a bus to the capital Suva on Tuesday

Renewables key to buffer fossil fuel energy shock: COP31 co-hosts

Renewables key to buffer fossil fuel energy shock: COP31 co-hosts

COP31 co-hosts Australia and Turkey said Tuesday that a major energy crisis ignited by the Middle East war underscored the urgency of reducing fossil fuel dependency and investing in renewable alternatives. The energy shock rippling through the global economy loomed over the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin, where dozens

UK tackles electricity price link to world gas amid Mideast war

UK tackles electricity price link to world gas amid Mideast war

Britain's government Tuesday announced measures aimed at weakening the link between world market gas prices and the cost of UK electricity as the Middle East crisis fuels energy bills. The move heads plans by Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour administration to accelerate a clean-energy drive

Nations gather for first-ever conference on fossil fuel exit

Nations gather for first-ever conference on fossil fuel exit

More than 50 nations are attending a world-first conference on phasing out fossil fuels in Colombia next week as the Iran war underscores how dependent countries remain on planet-heating coal, oil and gas. Ministers arrive in the Caribbean city of Santa Marta against a backdrop of wartime fuel

Money, lobbyists, inertia: why fossil fuels are so hard to quit

Money, lobbyists, inertia: why fossil fuels are so hard to quit

When the international community agreed to transition away from fossil fuels at the 2023 COP28 global climate summit, some hailed the moment as the beginning of the end for oil. But little progress has been made since then, even though the vast majority of scientists agree there's overwhelming