Climate Policy & Energy

UK energy bills have continued to soar in 2026 amid volatile wholesale prices and policy costs, prompting fresh debate on relief measures for households.

Consumer advocates and environmental justice organisations are intervening in FirstEnergy’s latest rate case before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, seeking guarantees that billions in new revenue support equitable clean-energy programmes rather than solely benefiting shareholders.

The European Commission proposed a 12-month postponement of the EU Deforestation Regulation amid concerns over implementation readiness, affecting global supply chains for commodities linked to forest loss.

Massachusetts is moving forward with one of the most aggressive battery storage mandates in the United States, aiming for 10 gigawatts by the end of the decade.

A new group-buy campaign is lowering barriers to switching from gas to induction cooking by pooling orders for discounts on stoves and installation, accelerating the shift to cleaner electric appliances.

In Taiwan’s Alishan mountains, sixth-generation tea farmer Lin Kuang-li is allowing forests to reclaim parts of his land, blending tea bushes with native trees as rising temperatures and erratic weather threaten traditional high-mountain cultivation.

Despite annual gains of 5 million Nigerians accessing clean cooking solutions, experts highlight that this rate remains insufficient to meet health, gender-equality and climate goals by 2030.

Two Indigenous women from the Tiriyó community who speak only their native language were denied an interpreter at the voting booth during Brazil’s recent municipal elections.

The Amazon rainforest tipping point has become a focal point for scientists and policymakers concerned with the future of Earth's largest tropical forest. Recent trends in land use and global warming have raised questions about how close this vital ecosystem is to a major shift.

Brazil has achieved the lowest deforestation levels ever recorded in both its Amazon rainforest and Cerrado savanna, according to fresh satellite data released by the National Institute for Space Research.

A major new assessment warns that ongoing and planned extractive operations are overlapping with more than 104 million hectares of protected and conserved areas in tropical nations, directly undermining the international commitment to safeguard 30 percent of the planet by 2030.

Brazil’s Indigenous groups are campaigning under the slogan “stay alive” to reelect President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, fearing that a victory by far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro would end recognition of new Indigenous territories.

A Belgium-sized area of the Amazon’s crucial wetlands has now been converted, with annual losses climbing rapidly according to new analysis.

South African authorities and researchers are accelerating efforts to replace synthetic chemical pesticides with safer biological controls and integrated methods as evidence mounts on the severe health impacts on farmworkers.

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has plummeted 42 percent to the lowest level ever recorded, according to new official data.

Thousands of delegates have gathered in Yerevan for the U.N. COP17 biodiversity summit where new data shows that while almost 90 percent of countries have adopted national biodiversity targets aligned with the 2022 global framework, the majority are still well off track to meet them.

Nigerian forces have driven thousands of illegal gold miners out of the country's largest national park, yet sustaining the eviction poses significant challenges.

In a coastal village in North Sulawesi, a group of women has transformed mangrove restoration into both an environmental success and an economic opportunity.

The deforestation crisis is one of the most urgent environmental challenges of our time, with millions of hectares lost annually. This article explores the causes, far-reaching consequences, and what it means for the planet's future.