Fossil Fuels

IRENA report says renewable energy supplying 36 per cent of the world’s energy consumption by 2030 is possible and affordable

Latest Carbon Tracker Institute report warns shift to greener power could leave 40 per cent of Chinese coal power plants stranded by 2020

Energy supply investment at $1.6trn annually but needs to rise to $2trn to stop dangerous global warming, energy think tank finds

Royal Dutch Shell CO2 executive reveals company currently prices carbon at $40 per tonne

Proposed regulations could cut carbon pollution by up to 25 per cent but President still faces potential opposition from Republicans

Government-backed figures reveal emissions rose in 2013 for the first time since 2007

Campaigners says package designed to reduce dependence on foreign oil and gas gives insufficient weight to indigenous clean energy sources

Oil major joins rivals BP and ExxonMobil in downplaying potential threat of stranded assets in carbon constrained future

Report warns of increasing dependence on imports if UK and other European countries do not accelerate clean energy deployment

Council votes to ditch NZ$2m investments in fossil fuels, as it also divests from munitions, tobacco, gambling and pornography