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Rafael Grossi, pictured in Vienna in November 2023, believes international lending organisations need to rethink their nuclear policies

World

Nuclear power has role to play, atomic energy head tells AFP at COP28

It would be a mistake to reject nuclear power because of problems at a handful of projects, Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic...

AFPDecember 2, 2023

All credible pathways for achieving global carbon neutrality by mid-century depend on massively scaling up wind, solar, hydroelectric and other renewable energies, such as biomass

World

Over 110 countries support tripling renewables by 2030: EU chief

More than 110 countries want the COP28 climate negotiations to adopt a goal of tripling renewable energy and doubling energy efficiency by 2030, European...

AFPDecember 1, 2023

Tech & Science

AI, financing, and green skilling hot climate topics at the UN’s COP28 UAE

A look into trending climate topics for this year’s UAE-hosted COP28 climate summit

Veronica OttDecember 1, 2023

Tech & Science

AI, financing, and green skilling hot climate topics at the UN’s COP28 UAE

A look into trending climate topics for this year’s UAE-hosted COP28 climate summit

Veronica OttDecember 1, 2023

German firm RWE and UAE's Masdar will invest up to £11 billion in a giant offshore windfarm

Business

UK unveils £11 bn windfarm investment by UAE, German firms

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced Friday plans by UAE state-owned renewables firm Masdar and German energy giant RWE to invest up to £11...

AFPDecember 1, 2023

A Palestinian woman reacts as people check the rubble of a building destroyed in the Rafah refugee camp as Israeli air strikes resumed after a truce between Israel and Hamas militants expired

World

Truce breakdown brings ‘nightmare’ back to Gaza: ICRC head

Renewed fighting in Gaza after a week-long truce has brought back a “nightmarish situation” for the Palestinian territory, the head of the Red Cross...

AFPDecember 1, 2023