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2023 ‘by far the world’s hottest year on record’
It’s official: 2023 was by far the world’s hottest year on record, according to the European Union’s climate service.
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COP 28: 200 countries continue work on agreement after draft text caused widespread anger
The climate deal which could determine the future of the planet is furiously being worked on at the UN’s COP28 summit.
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COP28: Summit reaches climate disaster fund deal on first day
There was a standing ovation from delegates on the opening day of the COP28 climate summit in the UAE. After years of campaigning – a deal to establish a new climate disaster fund has finally been approved. More than 330 million pounds has already been pledged to help nations struggling with the effects of global warming.
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Undercover filming highlights Saudi plan to artificially raise oil demand
An undercover sting operation has highlighted a Saudi Arabian government plan to artificially raise global oil demand, Channel 4 News can reveal in an investigation released just days before climate crisis talks begin in the UAE.
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Would new North Sea oil and gas make Britain more energy independent?
The government will grant hundreds of new licences to extract oil and gas from the North Sea, Rishi Sunak said on Monday. The initial decision was announced last year, but Mr Sunak reiterated the plan this week alongside “millions of pounds” for so-called “carbon capture and storage” technology — which the government says would help reduce…
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FactCheck: were the Greek wildfires caused by climate change?
This summer has already been marked as another year with record-breaking heat right across the globe, from China to North Africa and North America to Europe. In the past week at least 34 people died from spreading wildfires in Algeria, while in the Greek island of Rhodes thousands were evacuated due to wildfires following extreme…
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German mine protests: using more coal and tackling the climate crisis?
In Germany, it takes a village to reveal the government’s green dilemma.
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COP27: Historic ‘loss and damage’ deal reached at climate talks
Exhausted after two weeks of talks and 24 hours of last-ditch haggling, negotiators emerged with a deal… of sorts.
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Energy companies investing just 5% of profits in renewables
Big energy companies are investing the equivalent of 5% of their record profits in green projects, an exclusive Channel 4 News analysis has revealed.
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India’s 49C heatwave – how extreme heat became the norm
We may be enjoying the sun here in the UK, but the climate crisis is turning the heat up across the world. And it can be deadly. This year has already seen heat records repeatedly broken. Climate scientists say that by the end of this decade, almost all countries will experience “extreme hot” weather every…
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Russia accused of blackmail after halting gas exports to Poland and Bulgaria
Russia has been accused of blackmail after it stopped gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria.
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Businesses warn jobs at risk after Shell pulls out of Cambo oil field project
Environmental campaigners are cheering but business leaders have warned thousands of jobs could be at risk after Shell announced it was pulling out of the controversial Cambo oil field project off Shetland.
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COP26: Climate summit overruns as delegates haggle over deal
It was supposed to be done and dusted an hour ago. But delegates here are working beyond the scheduled end of COP26, still trying to hammer out a deal.
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COP26: Alok Sharma urges negotiators to cooperate over deal
We need to ratchet up a gear, pleaded Alok Sharma, the president of the COP summit, as he urged negotiators to cooperate to achieve a deal.
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Climate protesters target banks ahead of COP26
Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has joined protesters outside a leading bank in the City of London. It was part of Day of Action protests in 26 countries around the world demanding that financial institutions stop supporting fossil fuels. Campaigners are also raising questions about the government’s commitment to wider climate objectives when it comes…