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COP 26 host, the UK, called “climate laggard” for failing to join Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance

When the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance members were unveiled yesterday, there was an obvious one missing: the COP host, the UK Government. To put it mildly this is a disgrace for a country that keeps trying to argue that it is leading the way on climate..

Half of world’s fossil fuel assets could become stranded by mid 2030s

Scientists are warning that “large quantities of fossil fuel reserves and resources are likely to become ‘unburnable’ or stranded if countries around the world implement climate policies effectively". And up to half the world's fossil fuel assets could be stranded by the mid 2030s

COP26: Civil society tells Biden to leave fossil fuels in the ground

President Biden has continued to approve fossil fuel expansion in recent months, while pointing to Congress to excuse the United States’ lack of climate ambition and espousing false solutions like carbon capture and “net zero” plans that perpetuate fossil fuel destruction and environmental racism.

Judgement Day: Big Oil bosses face Congress over decades of climate denial

Today Big Oil will appear before Congress to answer for their decades long climate denial campaign. It is the first time that collectively the bosses of Exxon, BP America, Chevron, and Shell have all testified together under oath.

Australia’s climate plan dismissed as meaningless spin and “too little, too late”

Just days before COP26, Australia's long-awaited climate plan has been slammed by civil society, scientists and opposition politicians as void of substance and full of spin.

International precedent set as French Bank commits to exit from fossil fuels by 2030

La Banque Postale, which is a relatively small but progressive bank in France, has set an international precedent against oil and gas expansion. The bank, which was already committed to ensuring that its banking activities achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040, announced a complete withdrawal from fossil fuels by the 2030. Will other banks now follow?

Climate Change: UK Prime Minister says youth “right to be angry,” but still drills for more oil

With weeks left until the crucial COP26 climate Conference, which is going to be held in Scotland, the bare-faced climate hypocrisy of the hosts, the British Government, is all too obvious to see.

Global Climate Strike builds pressure on politicians to act at COP26

With less than forty days to go until the crucial climate conference, COP26, to be held in Glasgow, young climate activists from across the world made their voices heard loud and clear on Friday.

As COP 26 Host, UK Gov. drops climate commitments from trade deal with Oz

The British Government is coming under increasing pressure over its hosting of the COP26 climate conference to be held in Scotland in November.

False solutions: To achieve net zero, carbon offsetting would use up all global farmland

In the coming months in the run up to the crucial climate talks, COP26 in Scotland, there will be a slew of false solutions on climate change announced, whether carbon, capture and storage (CCS) or carbon offsetting.