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Providing the facts to help Europe achieve 55 percent emissions reduction
Sep 21, 2020 (ESA)
Amidst the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and the economic issues that ensue, President von der Leyen linked the pandemic to our fragile world, "A virus a thousand tim...
Grow zero-carbon power to meet climate goals: analysis
Sep 16, 2020 (AFP)
In one of the most comprehensive proposals to date on how the global economy can reduce its carbon emissions in line with the Paris climate goals, the Energy Tr...
EU chief urges Europe to cut emissions by 55% by 2030
Sep 16, 2020 (AFP)
"I recognise that this increase from 40 to 55 (percent) is too much for some, and not enough for others," Commission president Von der Leyen said, in her annual...
EU chief pledges green recovery from corona crisis
Sep 16, 2020 (AFP)
In her first annual State of the European Union address, the president of the European Commission also warned Britain not to breach the Brexit withdrawal treaty...
CEOs call for deep EU emission cuts by 2030
Sep 14, 2020 (AFP)
A long list of CEOs from some of the world's largest brands and investors including Microsoft, Ikea, Deutsche Bank, Unilever and H&M signed the letter, said the...
Intelligent software for district renewable energy management
Sep 07, 2020 (SPX)
At the level of an entire neighborhood, these decentralized, intermittent energy sources form a complex network, which can also include energy-consuming install...
Germany's first 'green' bonds attract strong demand
Sep 02, 2020 (AFP)
The government raised 6.5 billion euros ($7.7 billion), in the offering for the 10-year 0% bond, with investors placing orders of more than 33 billion euros, ac...
Mining for renewable energy may pose 'biodiversity threat'
Sep 01, 2020 (AFP)
The Earth's species are facing grave, interlaced threats from climate change and the large-scale destruction of habitats, with fears that the planet may have al...
Finnish town offers prizes to turn residents green
Aug 27, 2020 (AFP)
The EU-funded "CitiCap" project allows individuals in the town of Lahti to track their carbon emissions as they move around, using an app that detects whether t...
Russia bristles at proposed EU carbon tax
Aug 26, 2020 (AFP)
Former president and prime minister Dmitri Medvedev -- now deputy head of Russia's Security Council -- warned of "very serious consequences for the Russian econ...
Sri Lanka rations power after Chinese generator crashes during blackout
Aug 18, 2020 (AFP)
Power will be cut for nearly three hours every day across the country of 21 million people to conserve electricity, the state-run Ceylon Electricity Board said....
Wind and solar power at record high in 2020, coal dips: analysis
Aug 12, 2020 (AFP)
Despite a near-record drop in power demand due to the pandemic, renewables accounted for 1,129 terawatt-hours in January-June, compared with 992 in the first si...
France to ban heated terraces in anti-pollution drive
Jul 27, 2020 (AFP)
President Emmanuel Macron has pledged bold action for tackling climate change, saying they will be at the heart of the economic stimulus plan for recovering fro...
Delayed and downsized, but will Tokyo Olympics be greener?
Jul 22, 2020 (AFP)
Tokyo 2020 organisers have said sustainability will be a "core concept" for the Games and have touted a range of initiatives, from medals made with recycled met...
New corporate initiatives aim for carbon neutrality
Jul 21, 2020 (AFP)
A new coalition including US-based Microsoft, Germany's Mercedes-Benz AG, France's Danone and Anglo-Dutch Unilever aims to "develop and deliver research, guidan...
Renewable energy transition makes dollars and sense
Jul 20, 2020 (SPX)
Their research, published in the international journal Ecological Economics recently, disproves the claim that a transition to large-scale renewable energy tech...
Wealthier in U.S. have larger carbon footprints, energy use survey shows
Jul 20, 2020 (UPI)
The first of its kind study -- published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences -- looked at energy use by 93 million American ho...
Back clean energy post-virus, UN chief urges leaders
Jul 09, 2020 (AFP)
Governments should exit coal, stop subsidising other fossil fuels, and pressure polluting industries to clean up their act in exchange for bailing them out, the...
UK readies 3.0bn pound recovery plan to green up economy
Jul 07, 2020 (AFP)
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sunak hopes the plan will help to support more than 100,000 green jobs, including across the construction sector. He will offer 2.0 ...
US energy laggards still not Paris compliant: analysis
Jun 23, 2020 (AFP)
The 2015 accord seeks to limit global temperature rises to "well below" two degrees Celsius (3.6 Farenheit) above pre-industrial levels through sweeping cuts in...
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