Fossil fuels generated just 33% of the EU’s electricity in the first six months of this year.

Energy generated by fossil fuels in the EU hit a record low in the first half of 2023, a new report has shown.

In the first half of 2023, the 27 member states burned 17 per cent less fossil fuels for electricity than during the same period in 2022. The study from clean energy think tank Ember found that between January and June, fossil fuels generated just 33 per cent of electricity – their lowest-ever share of the EU’s power mix.

New York Climate Week: The UN Climate Change High-Level Champions today launch two important papers that specify recommendations to break financing barriers for just climate transition and restore nature in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDEs).

The recommendations and reforms seek to address the fact that climate and nature finance is inefficient, insufficient, and unfair. They are designed to help to secure the $1 trillion in annual finance that developing countries need by 2030 to take effective climate action and restore nature, as shown in the Sharm-El-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda (SAA), and the 2030 Breakthroughs.

Clock changes were originally introduced to save energy, but the results have been inconclusive ever since. Now some countries are looking to get rid of them entirely.

Daylight Savings Time could become permanent in the US if one Senator gets his way. 

The Sunshine Protection Act passed the Senate last year with no opposition but stalled once it reached the House of Representatives. 

Permanent Daylight Savings Time, which usually begins in March and ends in November, would mean clocks no longer change back and forth twice a year, establishing a fixed time all year round.

The COP28 Presidency arrived in New York for the UN General Assembly to advance its Action Agenda and consult with world leaders on how to deliver progress at COP28 in the UAE. Dr. Al Jaber used his first public intervention of the visit to raise the importance of putting health at the center of climate diplomacy and the need to mobilize investment for equitable, climate-resilient health systems. Speaking against the backdrop of the United Nations General Assembly and New York Climate Week, alongside Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of Malawi, Dr. Al Jaber called on the international community to address the crucial connection between climate change and health. He said: “The connection between health and climate change is evident, yet it has not been a specific focus of the COP process — until now. This must change.”