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Russia’s coal sector battered by sanctions

30 June 2024

Russia's coal industry, one of the country's largest raw materials sectors, is on the brink of financial collapse as it grapples with the severe impact of international sanctions.

Kazakhstan courting international investment to curb methane emissions

28 June 2024

Astana to present methane emissions reduction plan at COP29.

Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil refineries have done little damage to Russia’s economy so far

27 June 2024

Ukraine continues to attack Russian refineries with drones but as drones only carry a 5-50kg explosive payload, rather than the 500kg carried by bombers, they can’t destroy a refinery, only damage it.

Extreme wildfires have doubled in two decades, due to climate crisis

27 June 2024

A new study, in "Nature Ecology & Evolution", reveals that the frequency and intensity of severe wildfires worldwide have doubled over the last two decades due to climate change.

Over a billion people's food supplies threatened by the accelerating climate crisis by 2050

26 June 2024

Extreme heat this summer has already killed 1,300 Muslims on the annual hajj to Mecca, but climate change threatens the lives of far more people if crops start failing due to rising heat and water stress, recent research has shown.

China’s Energy Singularity produces first net energy positive fusion reaction

26 June 2024

The Shanghai-based commercial fusion energy company Energy Singularity announced on June 19 it has successfully built the world’s first fusion reactor that puts out more energy than it takes in to run it.

Fossil fuel use reaches global high

25 June 2024

A new report finds that fossil fuel energy use rose to a record high in 2023, despite efforts to combat climate change.

Israel emerging as source of tension in Azerbaijan’s special relationship with Turkey

25 June 2024

War in Gaza and domestic politics in Turkey create cracks in Azerbaijani-Turkish alliance.

Hungary receives exemption from Russian sanctions for Paks NPP project

25 June 2024

Hungary receives exemption for the €12bn project by Rosatom to add two 1,200 MW blocks to Hungary's only commercial nuclear power plant.

Global green transition champion China is close to peak emissions

24 June 2024

China is adding renewable energy capacity faster than any other country in the world, and is approaching peak emissions, even if it remains heavily dependent on coal-fired power stations to power its economy.