Pollution killed nearly 1.7m people in India in 2019 – study.

Lancet report finds that toxic air caused rise in lung cancer, stroke and other diseases. Pollution accounted for nearly 1.7m premature deaths in India in 2019, or 18% of all deaths, according to a study that lays bare the human cost of the country’s toxic urban air.

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Biden must be our 'climate president'. He can start by ending pipeline projects

There is no way to mine fossil fuels without driving the planet past 1.5C of warming and putting Indigenous communities at risk.

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Magnetic induction cooking can cut your kitchen’s carbon footprint.

To curb climate change, many experts have called for a massive shift from fossil fuels to electricity.

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This Year Was A Disaster For The Planet.

From record-breaking wildfires to devastating hurricanes, human-driven climate change keeps killing us. The climate is changing, its effects are deadly, and it’s getting worse every year.

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From floods and fires to locusts, 'climate breakdown' cost rich and poor in 2020.

Extreme weather claimed thousands of lives and caused losses worth tens of billions of dollars worldwide this year, says Christian Aid BARCELONA - Disasters fuelled by weather and climate extremes brought "catastrophic results for millions" across rich and poor nations in 2020, causing

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Pollution is affecting the pandemic, not the other way around.

This material first appeared in The Climate Barometer, our weekly email newsletter covering climate and environmental issues.

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Faulty food systems laid bare by COVID-19, climate crises.

From wildfires in California and locust attacks in Ethiopia to job losses caused by pandemic lockdowns in Italy and Myanmar, climate change and COVID-19 disrupted food production and tipped millions more people into hunger in 2020.

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The top 2020 trends in sustainability, according to GreenBiz readers.

At GreenBiz, we’ve been reporting on the world of sustainable business for over two decades, but this year has been unlike any other. From an unprecedented pandemic to a global economic downturn to the intensifying impacts of climate change, we can’t say we’ll miss 2020.

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Establishing a solar module recycling system in India.

Ankit Kapasi and Kishore Ganesan from SOFIES India are working on Solar Waste Action Plan (SWAP) project in India, which is looking to investigate both the technical and economic feasibility of a PV module recycling system in the country.

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Greece gives go-ahead to 2.8 GW of wind, solar plans

The Greek government has given its nod to investment plans supporting the deployment of over 2.8 GW of wind and solar power capacity.

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50 MW PV plant ready to connect in Bangladesh.

A 50 MW PV project, located in northern central Bangladesh’s Mymensingh district, has begun supplying electricity to the national grid. Full commercial operations for the plant are expected to begin in January.

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Berlin confirms new renewables laws from 1 January.

New framework contains conditions for future expansion. The German Government has confirmed new renewables laws will come into force on 1 January. 

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Global rich must cut their carbon footprint 97% to stave off climate change, UN says.

This year's economic shutdowns have done little to reduce the world's carbon emissions. While pollution has dipped, greenhouse gases keep accumulating in the atmosphere, locking in future decades of climate disruption and extreme weather.

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Survivability under Overheating.

The impact of Regional and Global Climate Change on Vulnerable and Low Income Population Afroditi Synnefa, Shamila Haddad,  Priya Rajagopalan and

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Ευρωπαϊκή Αιολική πρωτιά της Ελλάδας!

Χθες η συμμετοχή της αιολικής ενέργειας στην ηλεκτροπαραγωγή στην Ελλάδα κατέγραψε ένα εντυπωσιακό 46% που την έβαλε στην πρώτη θέση

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Στα 1.8GW η πρόβλεψη του ΔΑΠΕΕΠ για νέες ΑΠΕ το 2021

Το αυξημένο επενδυτικό ενδιαφέρον για νέα έργα ΑΠΕ, τουλάχιστον σε επίπεδο business plan, επιβεβαιώνουν οι νεότερες εκτιμήσεις του ΔΑΠΕΕΠ για την διείσδυση της πράσινης ενέργειας το νέο έτος, όπως αποτυπώνονται στο

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Ευρωπαϊκή Αιολική πρωτιά της Ελλάδας.

Χθες η συμμετοχή της αιολικής ενέργειας στην ηλεκτροπαραγωγή στην Ελλάδα κατέγραψε ένα εντυπωσιακό 46% που την έβαλε στην πρώτη θέση στην ΕΕ, με 2η

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Δωμάτιο Πανικού, η Έξοδος.

 

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