United Nations Climate Change Conference

G7 holds 'strategic' talks in climate hotspot Italy

Protesters block the road in the north of Turin before the G7 ministerial meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment, on April 28, 2024 in Turin.

G7 ministers meet for environment and climate change talks in Turin on Monday, with experts urging the highly industrialised countries to use their political clout, wealth and technologies to end fossil fuel use.

NATO chief says climate change undermines global security

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday stressed the need to fight global warming, and called climate change a "crisis multiplier" with implications for global security.

He made the remarks during a press conference in Baku along with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, whose energy-rich country is set to host the COP29 U.N. Climate Change Conference in November.

Dubai summit adopts world-first 'transition' from fossil fuels

Nearly 200 nations meeting in Dubai on Wednesday approved a first-ever call for the world to transition away from fossil fuels, the top culprit of climate change behind a planetary crisis.

After 13 days of talks and another sleepless night in a country built on oil wealth, the Emirati leadership of the COP28 summit banged a gavel to signal the world had reached consensus.

Greece going green

Greece is on the right side of history with respect to the environment - and that holds true across the political spectrum.

Unlike what we see in other western countries, and despite the expected criticism from opposition parties on specific acts or measures by the government, there seems to be a broad acceptance for the need to "go green" by both progressives and conservatives.

COP28: US Announced International Fusion Plan

Special climate envoy and former US secretary of state John Kerry unveiled and announced the launch of an international plan to boost fusion, saying the emission-free technology could become a vital tool in the fight against climate change.

To begin with, the plan is supported by 35 nations and will focus on research and development, supply chain issues, regulation and safety.

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