Jimmy Carter: The peace president
Jimmy Carter was the most extraordinary president of the USA: Nobel Peace Prize winner, solar activist, [...]
Year: 2024
Jobs and prosperity through renewable energies
IRENA, the global voice for renewable energies based in Abu Dhabi, expects renewable energies to create [...]
‘Not the new normal’ – 2024 ‘one of the worst years in UNICEF’s history’ for children in conflict
The impact of armed conflicts on children around the world reached devastating and likely record levels [...]
Global coal demand is set to plateau through 2027
New IEA report finds that strong deployment of renewables is set to curb growth in coal [...]
PBES: Tackle Together Five Interlinked Global Crises in Biodiversity, Water, Food, Health and Climate Change
Environmental, social and economic crises – such as biodiversity loss, water and food insecurity, health risks [...]
World’s highest solar power station goes online
On 14 December, the second phase of the Huadian Tibet Caipeng photovoltaic power station, the world’s [...]
Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands now open to US military
The decision is part of a process that seeks the reestablishment of US military bases in [...]
Merry Christmas
If we learn to love life and creation, we will no longer destroy either ourselves or [...]
The global energy transition is possible
The realizable message of the 21st century is: the complete transition to 100% renewable energies is [...]
The Great Ripple – How a Tsunami Can Disrupt Global Trade
Port disruptions are costly, very costly. While the 2011 Tohoku tsunami caused around $12 billion in [...]
Commonwealth Fusion Systems to Build World’s First Commercial Fusion Power Plant in Virginia
CFS will independently finance, build, own, and operate the grid-scale fusion power plant in Chesterfield County, [...]
World’s largest iceberg A23a breaks free
ANTARCTICA: The world’s largest and oldest iceberg A23a is on the move. After decades of being [...]
92% of electric car drivers will never switch back to petrol or diesel cars!
Results of the global survey of electric car drivers: 92% of electric car drivers worldwide will [...]
Electric cars and photovoltaics: environmental impact of important raw materials
Study highlights health risks of technologically critical elements for the energy transition. The transition to low-emission [...]
A first step towards integrating marine plastics into urban recycling
A study by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has assessed the technical feasibility of [...]
One of world’s largest glacier floods triggered in Greenland
For the first time, scientists have observed the release of a massive glacial lake outburst in [...]