Aerial view of a mine open pit on the way to the city of La Oroya, located at 3,745 meters above sea level in the department of Junin, east of Lima, taken on November 7, 2022. The mining town of La Oroya, one of the most polluted localities on the planet, prefers to put its pocketbook before its health and is betting on reopening a metallurgical smelter that served as a lifeline for its economy but also caused respiratory ailments. (Photo by Ernesto Benavides/AFP Photo)





A vehicle drives near wind turbines at Lekela wind power station, near the Red Sea city of Ras Ghareb, some 300 km (186 miles), from Cairo, Egypt, October 12, 2022. The U.N. climate summit is back in Africa after six years and four consecutive Europe-based conferences. The conference – known as COP27 – will be held in the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt. (Photo by Amr Nabil/AP Photo)





A wind turbine stands out against the sky as the sun sets over the Black Forest Brandenkopf lookout near Oberharmersbach, Germany on November 13, 2022. (Photo by Joachim Herrmann/Reuters)





Electrical power pylons of high-tension electricity power lines are seen during sunset, in Saint-Folquin, near Gravelines, France on November 29, 2022. (Photo by Pascal Rossignol/Reuters)





The cooling tower of Bouchain power station, a 585-megawatt (MW) gas-fired power plant is seen during sunset in Bouchain, northern France, France on December 12, 2022. (Photo by Pascal Rossignol/Reuters)





The last full moon of the year, known as the cold moon, rises behind a construction site in Ankara on December 8, 2022. (Photo by Adem Altan/AFP Photo)





Wind turbines seen at the Gouda Wind Farm located 115 km north east of Cape Town, South Africa, Monday, November 7, 2022. The wind farm is one of the biggest in Southern Africa. (Photo by Nardus Engelbrecht/AP Photo)





Steam rises from the coal-fired power plant with wind turbines nearby in Niederaussem, Germany, as the sun rises on November 2, 2022. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





Steam rises from the coal-fired power plant Neurath near Grevenbroich, Germany, Wednesday, November 2, 2022. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





The world turns amber as the sun sets on the Firth of Forth and Grangemouth oil refinery in United Kingdom early November 2022. (Photo by Phil Wilkinson/The Times)





Smoke rises from the Butachimie plant in Chalempe, eastern France, Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Just back from the U.N. climate summit in Egypt, French President Emmanuel Macron is to meet Tuesday with the heads of the country's most climate-damaging industries to pressure them to reduce greenhouse gases emissions, amid growing competition from the U.S. and China. (Photo by Jean-Francois Badias/AP Photo)





Migratory flamingos arriving from Europe are seen in Port Fouad Nature Reserve, on the outskirts of Port Said Governorate, Egypt on December 12, 2022. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





A power-generating windmill turbine is seen near Wavre, Belgium on November 29, 2022. (Photo by Yves Herman/Reuters)





The sun rises behind a lignite excavator at the Garzweiler lignite coal mine near the village of Luetzerath, Erkelenz, Germany, Tuesday, January 10, 2023. The village of Luetzerath has to be demolished to expand the Garzweiler lignite coal mine near the dutch border. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





Smoke and steam billow from Belchatow Power Station, Europe's largest coal-fired power plant powered by lignite, in Zlobnica, Poland on October 20, 2022. (Photo by Kuba Stezycki/Reuters)