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Climate finance talks make little progress before UN summit
Climate finance talks make little progress before UN summit
Economy
by  AFP

International negotiations on money to help developing countries tackle climate change concluded without a breakthrough this week, just two months before Azerbaijan hosts the United Nations climate summit. "It is shameful how developed countries have been undermining these finance negotiations," Paoli said.

UK blocks approval of first coal mine in 30 years
UK blocks approval of first coal mine in 30 years
Economy
by  AFP

Environmental campaigners on Friday claimed a "huge victory" after a court ruling overturned a decision to allow planning permission for the UK's first deep coal mine in 30 years. The High Court agreed with Friends of the Earth and the campaign group South Lakes Action on Climate Change that emissions from burning the extracted coal were not properly considered during the planning process.