11.11.202411.11.2024 IRENA: NDCs 3.0 a ‘Make or Break’ for Global Goal to Triple Renewables by 2030 At COP29, IRENA Outlook calls for ambitious NDC 3.0 updates, reflecting the global pledge to triple [...]
11.11.202411.11.2024 COP29: PIK and KfW launch financing concept for carbon removals at world climate summit Since the reduction of CO2 emissions is too slow to limit global heating to 1.5°C, a [...]
22.10.202421.10.2024 Europe’s prohibitive carbon capture and storage (CCS) plan could leave taxpayers with €140 billion bill Most of Europe’s planned carbon capture and storage (CCS) applications are too expensive to work on [...]
21.10.202421.10.2024 Wind energy: Misinformation about wind farms is widespread Study by the University of Hohenheim: misinformation about wind farms is widely accepted. This is more [...]
17.10.202417.10.2024 Up to 21,000 people are dying each day from conflict-fuelled hunger around the world On World Food Day, hunger has reached an all-time high exposing the flaws in global peacebuilding [...]
02.10.202402.10.2024 Where leading countries stand in the transition to renewable heating, road transport and electricity The sluggish rate of progress made in the energy transition is putting the goal of reducing [...]
01.10.202401.10.2024 The UK Exits Coal Power, Ushering in Era of Renewables Today, the UK’s last coal-fired power plant, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, will close, marking the end of coal-generated electricity [...]
20.09.202419.09.2024 Civil Society Demands Attention to Human Rights and Climate Justice Ahead of COP29 in Azerbaijan Statement: We, the undersigned civil society organizations, movements, groups and individuals, highlight the urgent need to [...]
30.08.202430.08.2024 Muhammad Yunus: “Your dreams are our dreams” In Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus delivered his first “Address to the Nation” as a government statement.Bangladesh’s new [...]
24.08.202424.08.2024 What Works: Groundbreaking Evaluation of Climate Policy Measures Over Two Decades An international research team has unveiled the first comprehensive global evaluation of 1,500 climate policy measures [...]
13.08.202412.08.2024 G20 science academies recommend measures for a sustainable economy The United Nations’ (UN) Agenda 2030 sets out clear objectives for a globally sustainable society. Scientific [...]
03.07.202403.07.2024 Promoting energy communities: What policymakers should do now Thousands of citizens are committed to the energy transition locally. They are part of energy communities [...]
22.06.202422.06.2024 MCC study sheds light on the fragile financing of climate policy in Germany With a view to the current budget discussions for 2025: the “KTF” is overburdened, federal money [...]
31.05.202431.05.2024 Credibility makes or breaks the price: political commitment in long-term climate policy key for effective EU emissions trading system High policy credibility is crucial for carbon prices in the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS) [...]
02.05.202401.05.2024 G7 Countries Task IRENA to Monitor Group’s Renewable Energy Progress Communiqué from G7 Ministers’ Meeting on Energy, Climate and Environment calls on IRENA to track the [...]
16.04.202416.04.2024 Commission supports European photovoltaic manufacturing sector with new European Solar Charter The Commission is today stepping up its efforts to support the solar sector in Europe through [...]