18.12.2015 Paris defines 100% renewable energy as the new normal The UN Climate Change Conference COP21 ended last weekend with 195 governments agreeing on a new [...]
08.12.2015 Global decarbonisation on the starting block Indications for a turning point, but not yet a steady trend. Australia, Japan and Korea worst [...]
07.12.2015 How energy efficiency cuts costs for a 2-degree future The world’s largest and fastest growing economies can help limit global warming to 2 degrees centigrade [...]
02.12.2015 India and France Launch International Solar Energy Alliance at COP21 India and France have launched an International Solar Alliance to boost solar energy in developing countries. [...]
24.11.2015 European Commission invests € 160.6 million in 96 new environment projects Commission co-finances under LIFE programme projects supporting the environment, nature and a more sustainable economy. Diese [...]
19.11.2015 The Energy Union on track to deliver The first State of the Energy Union Report shows that much progress has already been made [...]
17.11.2015 G20 providing $452bn a year on fossil fuel production subsidies – despite pledge to remove them and take action to limit climate change G20 governments are handing out approximately $452 billion a year to prop up the production of [...]
17.11.2015 A New Chapter in International Climate Cooperation The Wuppertal Institute’s position paper for the Paris Agreement Diese Meldung teilen [...]
12.11.2015 Low prices should give no cause for complacency on energy security, IEA says Latest World Energy Outlook also sees clear signs that the energy transition is underway, but warns [...]
10.11.2015 Piketty: Rich individuals must foot bill for climate change Individuals, not states, should be charged for the CO2 they emit. This idea is central to [...]
09.11.2015 Rapid, Climate-Informed Development Needed to Keep Climate Change from Pushing More than 100 Million People into Poverty by 2030 New World Bank report highlights the acute threat of climate change to poor people. Diese Meldung [...]
09.11.2015 Gauck calls on the UN to “finally initiate the necessary measures” to protect the climate DBU: German president today presented the most lucrative European environmental award in Essen Diese Meldung teilen [...]
21.10.2015 Climate change: EU shows leadership ahead of Paris with 23% emissions cut The European Union is on track towards meeting and overachieving its 2020 target for reducing greenhouse [...]
30.09.2015 New Studies Find Significant Declines in Price of Rooftop and Utility-Scale Solar The price of solar energy in the United States continues to fall substantially, according to the [...]
29.09.2015 How to simultaneously tackle climate change and poverty Pope Francis calls for recognition of the atmosphere as a global common. In Nature Climate Change [...]
11.09.2015 Low-carbon cities are a US$17 trillion opportunity worldwide New research from the New Climate Economy finds that investing in public and low emission transport, building efficiency, [...]