Tag: Coal
World strikes ‘uncomfortable’ pact at COP26 climate summit
SPECIAL REPORT: By Chloé Farand, Joe Lo, Isabelle Gerretsen and Megan Darby
After a series of tense huddles, more than 24 hours into overtime, the gavel went...
Who speaks for Afghans? Climate realities with the Taliban takeover
ANALYSIS: By Megan Darby
A suicide bombing near Kabul airport on Thursday added another dimension to the chaos in Afghanistan as Western forces rush to...
NZ imported more than a million tonnes of ‘dirty’ coal last...
By Jordan Bond, RNZ News reporter
In the same year that the government declared a climate emergency, imports of an especially dirty type of coal...
Morrison’s attitude ‘neo-colonial’, says Tuvalu PM
By RNZ Pacific
Tuvalu's Prime Minister has condemned the Australian Prime Minister's conduct at last week's Pacific Islands Forum, calling Scott Morrison's attitude "unfortunate" and "neo-colonial,"...
Australia has coal removed from PIF documentation
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Wording has played a crucial role in a reportedly "fierce" Pacific Islands Forum in Tuvalu with Australia allegedly managing to alter...
Pacific leaders declare climate crisis, demand end to coal
By RNZ Pacific
Pacific leaders have declared a climate crisis in the region and are demanding an end to coal mining.
The declaration was signed by...
China promotes ‘green’ belt and road, but pressured over coal investments
By Megan Darby, deputy editor of Climate Home News
China launched an “international green development coalition” last week, in the face of growing concern about...
Australia’s ‘dirty’ coal hypocrisy threatens Pacific climate security
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
As Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull prepares to meet with his island counterparts this week in Apia, Samoa, Pacific civil society...
The world climate leaders’ summit you didn’t hear about
ANALYSIS: By Rod Campbell
As much of the world watched the G20 last week, another leaders’ summit was on in Fiji.
Fiji will chair the next...
Keep fossil fuels in ground, say Pacific groups demanding ‘real climate...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
As Pacific leaders gather in Fiji, civil society groups are urging them to take the strongest possible climate message to the...
Coal comfort: Pacific nations on carbon collision course with Australia
By Dr Wesley Morgan in Suva
Uniquely vulnerable to the impacts of a warming world, Pacific island countries have long been considered the front-line of...
350.org Pacific calls on Suckling to stop ‘slap in face’ support...
The climate change advocacy group 350.org Pacific today called on Patrick Suckling, the Australian government’s Ambassador for the Environment, to immediately remove his support...
China coal plant building at crossroads amid carbon pricing reforms
China is currently building more coal plants than it needs and in doing so is misallocating capital at an unprecedented rate.
As of July 2016,...
China plans ‘greener, cleaner’ industry but faces complex challenges
With Beijing and Shanghai experiencing a decline in air pollution, is China finally starting to win the battle for its clean energy revolution? Jihee...
