Russia’s war in Ukraine has triggered an acceleration in the green transition.

Saudi Arabia’s national oil company Saudi Aramco has launched a $1.5 billion Sustainability Fund that will invest in technology supporting a “stable and inclusive” energy transition, making this among the largest-ever sustainability-focused venture capital funds in the world.

The office of Prime Minister Yair Lapid said Oct. 27 that he will attend the COP27 climate change conference that will take place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Nov. 6-18.

Country climate pledges leave the world on track to heat by as much as 2.6 degrees Celsius this century, the United Nations said on Wednesday, warning that emissions must fall 45 percent this decade to limit disastrous global warming.

Over 550 scientists have signed a letter to the European Commission, alerting them of the deteriorating state of European forests and calling for climate-smart forestry practices – including wood harvesting for bioenergy – to bolster their resilience to global warming.

The world’s current climate pledges are far off track to limit temperature rises to 1.5 degrees Celsius and will steer a world already wracked by increasing floods, heatwaves and storms towards “catastrophic” warming, the UN said Wednesday (26 October).

The transformation of Poland’s energy sector, including measures to support the ailing coal mining sector, could cost up to €135 billion by 2030.

While more Americans viewed the current economic crisis as their number one concern (60%), compared to 45% of Europeans and 40% of Chinese, most Europeans placed the climate change challenge as their top priority.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visited scientists at New Zealand’s Scott Base in Antarctica on Thursday, as part of a trip aimed at highlighting climate change challenges, her country’s commitment to the continent and the need for regional cooperation.

Bees pollinate 71 of the 100 crop species that provide 90 percent of food worldwide.