More than 50 countries have gathered in Colombia for the world’s first international talks aimed at charting a path away from fossil fuels, marking a major step in global climate diplomacy.

New research from the debt charity StepChange reveals that 45% of British adults—approximately 24 million people—are worried about their ability to pay energy bills over the next six months.

A draft agreement between nearly 200 countries at the COP30 conference to address climate change does not mention fossil fuels, despite them being the largest contributor to the problem.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Wednesday that the European Union plans to completely phase out imports of Russian fossil fuels by the end of 2027.

Britain reached a new milestone in 2024, producing its cleanest electricity on record, with fossil fuel generation at an all-time low and renewable energy reaching unprecedented levels, a new study revealed.

The UK is set to cease all electricity production from coal, ending its 142-year reliance on the fossil fuel.

At the end of 2023, monthly volumes of fossil fuel exports from Russia to Europe fell 16 times in monetary terms - from a maximum of $16 billion at the beginning of 2022 to about $1 billion, News.Az reports citing statistics from analysts at Bruegel .

Global fossil fuel consumption and energy emissions hit all-time highs in 2023, even as fossil fuels' share of the global energy mix decreased slightly on the year, the industry's Statistical Review of World Energy report said on Thursday, News.Az reports citing Reuters.

Investment in zero-carbon energy technologies including renewables will be twice that devoted to fossil fuels this year, said the International Energy Agency (IEA), News.Az reports citing Upstream Online newspaper.