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 [...]
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Global decarbonisation on the starting block
Indications for a turning point, but not yet a steady trend. Australia, Japan and Korea worst [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
The Energy Union on track to deliver
The first State of the Energy Union Report shows that much progress has already been made [...]
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 [...]
A New Chapter in International Climate Cooperation
The Wuppertal Institute’s position paper for the Paris Agreement Diese Meldung teilen [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
How to simultaneously tackle climate change and poverty
Pope Francis calls for recognition of the atmosphere as a global common. In Nature Climate Change [...]
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, [...]