The fight against climate change is “bigger than one election”, US envoy John Podesta has said. Mr Podesta was speaking at the UN COP29 climate talks after his party lost the White House to Republican and climate sceptic Donald Trump. The re-election of Mr Trump, who is expected to again pull the United States out of global climate treaties and ...
Satellite images show that smog in Pakistan can be seen from space, as the country battles record levels of air pollution. Images from NASA Worldview show the east of the country cloaked in a toxic haze, with smog also reaching into India’s northern regions and New Dehli. Lahore, the capital of Pakistan’s Punjab region and home to 14 million people, ...
Shell has won its appeal against a climate court ruling that it must sharply reduce its carbon emissions. The oil and gas producer went to the Court of Appeal in the Netherlands following a decision in support of environmental campaign groups in the country, including Friends Of The Earth. That ruling, in 2021, ordered Shell to cut its carbon emissions ...
The prime minister has encouraged companies to start spending money on global climate change as he heads to the COP summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. On the trip to the Caspian coast, Sir Keir spoke to journalists travelling with him. He was asked if the UK – which the government says is struggling financially – would commit to spending new money ...
Social media platform Bluesky says it has gained 700,000 new users in the week following the US election. Bluesky, which was originally conceived as part of Twitter by its former chief executive Jack Dorsey, says the new sign-ups are largely from the US and UK. The company has increased its membership from 9 million people in September to 14.5 million ...
The UK has unveiled a punchy new climate goal to slash its emissions by 81% by 2035. The government said it is on a mission to “tackle the climate crisis in a way that makes the British people better off”, by investing in clean, home-grown power and cutting ties with volatile fossil fuel markets. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said: “The ...
Azerbaijan has to increase its gas production because of “commitments” to meet EU demand, its key official has implied, as it prepares to open the COP29 climate talks in Baku. In an exclusive interview with Sky News, lead negotiator Yalchin Rafiyev sought to dispel dark clouds gathering over the critical UN talks which begin on Monday. Fear has spread that ...
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been able to identify structural vulnerabilities invisible to the naked eye in St Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican City, for the first time. The AI technology was used to create a digital twin of the famous Catholic church – which consists of an ultra-precise 3D computer model that simulates an object in the physical world. The project, ...
A meteor shower will reach its peak across the next two nights – giving people in the UK the chance to enjoy the spectacular event with the naked eye. The Northern Taurids are active from October until the beginning of December – but the coming days are expected to see them produce very bright meteors. Experts say the astronomical event ...
Many popular over-the-counter cold and flu remedies risk being pulled from shelves in the US after its drug regulator ruled a key ingredient to be ineffective. On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said oral phenylephrine is not an effective nasal decongestant. Phenylephrine is the main decongestant ingredient in soluble and tablet-form cold-and-flu medicines such as Lemsip, Beechams, and ...