Fossil Fuels

President uses inauguration address to confirm plans to accelerate US fossil fuel development, revoke electric vehicle mandates, and hike tariffs on imported goods, as White House declares US will quit Paris Agreement

President-elect promises to sign wave of executive orders 'within hours' of today's inauguration, with the Paris Agreement and restrictions on oil and gas drilling in the firing line

UK, New Zealand, and Colombia sign up to international Coalition on Phasing Out Fossil Fuel Incentives Including Subsidies

Stark update warns there is still 'no sign' the world has reached peak carbon emissions, meaning the Paris Agreement's 1.5C target could be consistently breached within a decade

From high-profile sponsorship deals and long-haul flights to sporting equipment made from petrol-based products like carbon fibre - modern sport reflects society's oil dependency, explains Loughborough University's Theo Lorenzo Frixou

IEA warns producers and consumers need to work together to secure global gas supplies in response to mounting geopolitical concerns, while 'taking into account the need to advance clean energy transitions'

Two major new reports highlight how efforts to phase down inefficient subsidies are making scant progress

Although IISD warns almost 40 governments and financial institutions signed up to Clean Energy Transition Partnership are still failing to ramp up overseas clean energy support

Fashion Revolution report warns global brands in the sector still do not have ambitious enough targets to align with the Paris Agreement

UK is among a group of five richer nations which have together issued two-thirds of oil and gas licenses since 2020, according to the IISD