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London is voting, and the result could shape the U.K.'s energy future

Trump Highlights $1.5 Trillion Military Spending

Minister for Climate Darragh O’Brien has asked the European Commission if a flexible approach could be taken to companies in Ireland that are unlikely to fulfil obligations under upcoming climate targets

The review of the ETS — widely seen as Europe’s most effective policy for reducing planet-heating emissions — follows deadly wildfires in Spain and extreme heatwaves across the continent

Greek Cyprus is not recognized by Türkiye, which will host November’s COP31 conference in the southern city of Antalya

Households across the world are spiralling into debt, farmers cannot afford fertiliser and governments are remembering that a dependency on volatile fossil fuels is holding them hostage to geopolitical forces they cannot control

The approach marks a departure from the annual UN climate negotiations, which have run for more than three decades even as greenhouse gas emissions have continued to rise

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Colombia Hosts Fossil-Fuel Exit Talks as Global Energy Crisis Deepens

As fuel prices spike, ministers from Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Austria send joint letter to EU Commission

Such calls tend to find a sympathetic ear in Brussels, with von der Leyen overseeing a massive deregulation drive and other policy changes in response to industry criticism

The industries' message is timed to land just before EU leaders gather in a Belgian castle on Thursday for an informal "retreat" to thrash out a plan for how Europe can compete economically with China and the U.S

The European Parliament on Tuesday gave its final approval to an ambitious target for cutting EU greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, a key milestone towards the bloc's goal of becoming carbon neutral by mid-century

Billed as part of a "reset" in relations after Britain's 2016 exit from the EU, the two sides agreed last year they will link their carbon emissions trading systems, a move that would allow UK companies to avoid the bloc's carbon border tariff