While Robert Downey Jr. is best known for his award-winning career as an actor who played Iron Man, he also avidly addresses climate change via scalable technologies that help restore the planet. Now, Downey will combine this passion with classic car restorations to create eco-friendly automobiles. In the much-awaited docuseries Downey’s Dream Cars, Downey and […]
climate change
Posted inNews
Italian oil major Eni faces lawsuit for ‘lobbying and greenwashing’
Eni is facing a climate lawsuit with environmental groups alleging the company used “lobbying and greenwashing” to push for more fossil fuels despite having knowledge of its risks since 1970. The environmental group Greenpeace Italy and fellow green campaigner ReCommon filed the suit along with 12 citizens from areas of Italy severely affected by extreme […]
Posted inNews
Angry shareholders slam BP’s climate plans
Energy giant BP on Thursday faced heavy criticism from shareholders over its decision to slow its energy transition, with activist investors promising to block the re-election of the head of the board of directors. Some of Britain’s biggest pension funds have warned that they will oppose the renewal of Helge Lund’s mandate at the annual […]
Posted inNews
Opinion: Why Al Jaber’s COP28 appointment isn’t a ‘recipe for controversy’
Al Jaber is also the founding CEO and chairman of Masdar, which is working toward becoming the biggest green-energy company in the world
Posted inNews
‘Highway to climate hell’: UN chief calls for coal phase-out at COP 27
“We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator,” Guterres said
Posted inNews
BCG inaugurates sustainability hub for the GCC region
Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the global management consulting firm, announced on September 27 the launch of its Global Climate & Sustainability Hub in the GCC region. According to BCG, the hub will aggregate, build and localise expertise at a cross-industry level in sectors such as energy, industrial goods, financial services, and digital innovation, to contribute […]
Posted inNews
Abu Dhabi’s DoE signs 5-year agreement with Columbia to explore opportunities in the energy sector
Abu Dhabi’s DoE and Columbia’s counterpart has committed to exchanging studies, knowledge, and expertise, in addition to exploring opportunities for financing projects in energy areas
Posted inEnergy Transition
Deloitte: Inaction on climate change could cost the world’s economy $178tn by 2070
Deloitte says that if global warming reaches around 3°C toward the century’s end, the toll on human lives could be significant and disproportionate, thereby impacting the most vulnerable
Posted inPeople
The oil and gas industry must act to turn climate-change ambition into action
Rising to the challenge of climate change needs to be part the energy industry’s strategy through this year and beyond
One of the most significant trends of 2022 will be how the oil and gas industry acts against climate change. Already, international and national oil companies (IOCs and NOCs) around the world have ambitious plans to reduce the greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions from their operations—part of national agendas against climate change. The challenge is now to […]
Posted inPeople
The oil and gas industry must act to turn climate-change ambition into action
Rising to the challenge of climate change needs to be part the energy industry’s strategy through this year and beyond
One of the most significant trends of 2022 will be how the oil and gas industry acts against climate change. Already, international and national oil companies (IOCs and NOCs) around the world have ambitious plans to reduce the greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions from their operations—part of national agendas against climate change. The challenge is now to […]
Load more