Greenhouse gas emissions

The carbon footprint from private jet travel grew 46 percent between 2019 and 2023 and will keep rising unless the ultra-luxury industry is regulated, according to a new research.

Carbon dioxide emissions from private aviation peaked over the European summer and around major global events like the World Cup, Cannes Film Festival and U.N. climate summits, the study found.

Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new record highs in 2023, locking in future temperature increases for years to come, the United Nations warned on Monday.

Levels of the three main greenhouse gases, the climate-warming carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, all increased yet again last year, the U.N.'s weather and climate agency said.

Environmental issues including the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ships will be at the center of the 82nd session of the International Maritime Organization's Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting in London through Friday.

High atop Mount Paiko, where a dense forest of chestnut trees spans approximately 4,500 acres, crystal-clear waters renowned for their purity emerge. From this atmospheric and beautiful region, straddling the borders of Pella and Kilkis, spring pristine waters.

The cost of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere is set to be decoupled from gas prices in the European Union, marking a historic shift in the dynamic between the two markets, according to the head of natural resources research for the EMEA region at Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

As high temperatures drive up energy demand in Cyprus, the island remains heavily reliant on oil for electricity production. This dependency places Cyprus at the bottom of the European Union's decarbonization efforts, in stark contrast to the energy policies and carbon footprints of other European nations.

The drive towards a digital economy comes at an environmental cost, the United Nations has warned, with big data centres consuming vast amounts of water and energy.

While digitalization fuels global economic growth, its environmental repercussions are becoming "increasingly severe," the U.N. trade and development agency UNCTAD said in a report.

Three planes, 270 tonnes of equipment, 800 square metres of stage: the figures from Madonna's massive free concert in Rio in May sounded like they came from another age.

These days, megastars are usually keener to claim a smaller footprint.

A group of European Union and US Democrat lawmakers has asked the International Energy Agency to develop international standards for measuring the oil and gas sector's emissions of methane, to help countries adopt tougher measures targeting the potent greenhouse gas, a letter showed on Tuesday.

Capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere to store underground "sounds too good to be true", a climate expert told AFP, yet the technology to increase its capacity tenfold is already being tested.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recognises carbon capture and storage among the solutions for eliminating CO2, without giving it a central place in its models.