Tag:fossil fuels

Climate Change

Subnational leaders call for greater action on fossil fuels from heads of state at UN Summit

The United Nation’s Summit of the Future opens in New York on Sunday, September 22, 2024, and world leaders meeting there must take ambitious...

Michael Simire - September 21, 2024

Climate Change

The Hague bans advertisements for fossil fuels from January 2025

From January 1, 2025, street advertising for fossil fuels will be banned by law in The Hague, the Netherland’s third largest city. The Hague...

Michael Simire - September 17, 2024

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Climate lawsuits filed against Big Oil tripled since 2015 – Report

Eighty-six climate lawsuits have been filed against the world’s largest oil, gas, and coal producing corporations – including BP, Chevron, Eni, ExxonMobil, Shell, and...

Michael Simire - September 13, 2024

Climate Change

Protest actions to end fossil fuels kick off across the world

Climate activists are on Friday, September 13, 2024, mobilising across the globe in more than 150 events, spanning over 50 countries in all continents,...

Michael Simire - September 13, 2024

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17 banks join call for binding treaty to end use of fossil fuels

A group of 17 leading banks from the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV) has endorsed the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty initiative. The...

Michael Simire - April 22, 2024

Climate Change

Spring Meetings: World Bank, others urged to shift from fossil fuels to renewables

The Big Shift Global campaign, a group of 50 organisations across the Global South and North, are calling on the Multilateral Development Banks, the World Bank...

Michael Simire - April 9, 2024

Disaster Risk Management

Nairobi gas explosion: Group underscores hazards of fossil fuels

Concerns have trailed of the gas explosion tragedy that has claimed the lives of three people and injured at least 270 others in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. The...

Michael Simire - February 2, 2024

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