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23 06 2021 | 10:56

The clock is ticking to deliver Europe’s 100 MW ocean energy target

There are more than enough ocean energy projects in the works to meet the European Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy’s target of 100 MW by 2025, according to Ocean Energy Europe (OEE). 17 major…

23 06 2021 | 10:51

Foundations Announce $1 Billion Fund for Renewables in Emerging Economies as Over 45 Ministers Review Plans to Achieve Clean, Affordable Energy for All

UN Secretary-General: Dramatic Action Needed to Meet Twin Goals of Universal Energy Access and Net-Zero Emissions New York - Efforts to accelerate global actions to ensure that all people have…

18 06 2021 | 11:31

Burberry pledges to be climate positive by 2040.

Burberry has announced its pledge to become Climate Positive by 2040, setting a new industry standard that goes further than the company’s current 2040 net-zero target. To achieve this, Burberry…

18 06 2021 | 11:25

G7 leaders commit to protect planet and accelerate investment for global green growth

G7 leaders have agreed commitments to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030, and tackle deforestation, marine litter and illegal wildlife trade. At the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Cornwall, countries…

18 06 2021 | 09:04

U.S. Has More Than Enough Renewable Resources to Meet All of Its Energy Needs, Report Finds.

The United States has the resources and technology to shift away from fossil fuels and build an energy system entirely run on renewables, according to a new report released Thursday by Environment…

17 06 2021 | 13:14

New project funded by the EEA Grants: Energy Governance for Sustainable Development

A new project, Energy Governance for Sustainable Development (ENERGO), is funded by the EEA Grants 2014-2021. ENERGO undertakes a thorough investigation of the public policies that relate to local…

17 06 2021 | 11:30

Axa Will Stop Investing in Firms Linked to Deforestation, Biodiversity Loss

The Paris-based company says it will engage more with companies to push them to be more sustainable. AXA SA’s investment management arm will stop investing in companies that contribute to…

17 06 2021 | 10:26

The Man Who Beat Shell: How an Unknown Lawyer Won Historic Suit

Attorney Roger Cox says oil industry executives should be held responsible for their companies’ carbon emissions Royal Dutch Shell Plc hired a team of pricey lawyers for its defense against…

16 06 2021 | 09:57

Dove launches €8.5 million forest restoration project.

Dove has partnered with Conservation International to protect and restore 20,000 hectares of forest in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Dove has announced the Dove Forest Restoration Project, one of the…

16 06 2021 | 08:52

Investors managing $41 trillion in assets urge governments for ambitious climate policy ahead of COP

57 investors managing more than US$41 trillion in assets have released a new joint statement to all world governments urging a global race-to-the-top on climate policy and warning that laggards will…

10 06 2021 | 16:23

Ugandan mobile app helps connects farmers with markets, knowledge to boost yields

It was Bwanika Charles’ teenage passion for agriculture that drove him to venture into growing cereal crops, mainly maize, on a rented piece of land in his home district of Masaka back in 2014. “I…

10 06 2021 | 15:29

DTE retires last unit of River Rouge coal-fired plant.

DTE Energy has retired the last operating unit of its River Rouge coal-fired power plant along the Detroit River, a facility that came online in 1956 and entered commercial operation in 1958. The…

02 06 2021 | 18:29

Greece launches experiment on Europe’s ‘Green Island’.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to announce on Wednesday (2 June) the details of a project which aims to transform the island of Astypalaia in the southeastern Aegean Sea into…

02 06 2021 | 10:01

Chinese regulators urged to tighten rules for carbon neutral bonds.

Bond proceeds going to coal-dominated state-owned enterprises – ESG investors beware China’s carbon neutral bonds fail to restrict the use of funds to green projects and are adding to the working…

01 06 2021 | 17:13

UN: Progress Urged as May-June Climate Change Conference Opens in Preparation for COP26.

UN Climate Change News, 31 May 2021 – Against the backdrop of a new international warning that the world is dangerously close to exceeding the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global temperature rise…

30 05 2021 | 17:08

Chance for extractive industries to support an inclusive and sustainable recovery

UN Secretary-General calls for sea-change in extractive industries as crucial ingredient in COVID-19 recovery, addressing inequalities and climate action  New York, 25 May 2021—United Nations…

30 05 2021 | 16:59

IEA: Demand for renewables soar in wake of pandemic.

As consumption of other fuels decline, the International Energy Agency investigates how the uptake of renewable energy will fare as the global economy recovers from the Covid crisis. 2020 witnessed…

30 05 2021 | 16:41

In Historic Move, Chile Unanimously Approves Ambitious Single-Use Plastics Law

In a historic move, Chile's legislature has unanimously passed a plastic regulation law that advocates say will reduce the country's plastic waste by more than 23,000 tons every year. The new law…

27 05 2021 | 10:38

Recognizing growing urgency, global leaders call for concrete commitments for clean, affordable energy for all by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050.

Momentum builds for ambitious Energy Compacts by countries, businesses, cities to advance climate goals while improving the lives of millions who lack access to energy.