EU turns to methane emissions in fight against global warming.

The European Commission is working on a first-ever methane strategy that could play a “very significant role” in enabling the EU increase its climate ambitions for 2030, EU officials have said.

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Green Economy 'Not to Be Feared, but an Opportunity to Be Embraced' Says UN Chief As COP25 Gets Underway.

Madrid — A green economy is "not one to be feared but an opportunity to be embraced", UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, in a keynote speech to delegates at the opening of the COP25 UN climate conference in Madrid on Monday.

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The Downside of Solar Energy.

As renewable energy expands, used photovoltaic panels are creating a growing waste problem—but recycling could be the answer.

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Climate: We have run out of time.

Climate action must happen now — there are no second chances For the next week or so, delegates from nations around the world will gather in Madrid for a critical set of meetings on our planet’s future.

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Ireland launches auction scheme for renewables.

Solar is included among the competing sources, but with a quota of only 10%. About 12,500 GWh will be allocated across five rounds under the new scheme, which is still subject to EU state aid approval.

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Why Power-to-Gas May Flourish in a Renewables-Heavy World.

While still in its infancy, power-to-gas provides a promising approach to convert renewable power into “green” hydrogen and methane, furnishing the renewables sector with a potentially lucrative array of end-uses.

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Dutch firm plans to deliver off-grid power to one million Nigerian homes.

  Lumos has already fitted more than 100,000 solar home systems in the populous African nation

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A nomadic family that lives on solar energy!

The family members said they watch the television, use an induction stove for cooking and recharge their mobile phones through the electricity generated by solar panels.

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For hydrogen to be truly 'clean' it must be made with renewables, not coal.

Using hydrogen as a clean fuel is an idea whose time may be coming. For Australia, producing hydrogen is alluring: it could create a lucrative new domestic industry and help the world achieve a carbon-free future.

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Cheap at Last, Batteries Are Making a Solar Dream Come True.

Solar power is increasingly available around the clock as energy storage become more affordable.

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Climate change: COP25 island nation in 'fight to death'.

The president of an island nation on the frontline of climate change says it is in a "fight to the death" after freak waves inundated the capital. Powerful swells averaging 5m (16ft) washed across the capital of the Marshall Islands, Majuro, last week.

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Egypt and Sudan in talks to defuse tensions over Ethiopian dam.

Nile basin countries fear for their future water supplies as the Grand Renaissance hydroelectric project reaches completion.

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Great green wall: Villagers' defence against desertification.

Al Jazeera meets Senegalese in a race against effects of climate change. Climate change is causing the Sahel Desert to grow, but villagers are planting a vast wall of trees in a bid to save their land. Three years ago, Al Jazeera visited the so-called "Great Green Wall".

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Uhuru dam bursts its banks.

Uhuru dam in Ruiru burst its banks early Thursday morning following heavy rainfall. Residents of Varsityville estate in Kamakis are affected amid reports of flooded homes.

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Σε νέο αρνητικό ρεκόρ οι παγκόσμιες εκπομπές CO2.

Το τρένο της κλιματικής αλλαγής συνεχίζει την πορεία του ασταμάτητο, καθώς οι παγκόσμιες εκπομπές άνθρακα από την καύση των ορυκτών καυσίμων αναμένεται να φθάσουν το 2019 σχεδόν τα 37 δισεκατομμύρια τόνους, σημειώνοντας άλλο ένα ρεκόρ.

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Στην ευρωπαϊκή ελίτ των “Green Certificates” ο ΔΑΠΕΕΠ - Το πρώτο βήμα ώστε τα ελληνικά πράσινα πιστοποιητικά να συμμετέχουν στο ευρωπαϊκό εμπόριο.

Στον Ευρωπαϊκό Σύνδεσμο Φορέων Έκδοσης Εγγυήσεων Προέλευσης, των περίφημων πράσινων πιστοποιητικών (Green Certificates) εντάχθηκε από την περασμένη Παρασκευή ο ΔΑΠΕΕΠ, καθώς ολοκληρώθηκε στο Λουξεμβούργο η εγγραφή του διαχειριστή στον περίφημο AIB (Association of Issuing Bodies).

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