‘We won’t slow down’ on climate: EU reacts to COP26 postponement.
The European Commission “took note” of the UK’s announcement to postpone this year’s UN climate summit but stressed its “strong commitment” to the global climate agenda, as nations grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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EU urged to bring building ‘renovation wave’ into recovery plan.
The European Commission should make its future pandemic recovery plan conditional on commitments to the green transition, says Bendt Bendtsen, a former MEP who is now leading a Danish interest group lobbying for energy efficiency.
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Wildlife destruction 'not a slippery slope but a series of cliff edges'.
New study finds ocean ecosystems likely to collapse in 2020s and land species in 2040s unless global warming stemmed.
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Scientists create mutant enzyme that recycles plastic bottles in hours.
A mutant bacterial enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles for recycling in hours has been created by scientists.
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Nearly half of global coal plants will be unprofitable this year: Carbon Tracker.
LONDON (Reuters) - China and other countries could be planning to build more coal plants to stimulate their economies in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic but nearly half of global coal plants will run at a loss this year, research showed on Wednesday.
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Climate Week NYC to go ahead in 2020 as organisers announce new virtual platform: 21-27 September 2020
Climate Week NYC will still go ahead in September 2020 with launch of new virtual platform. The Climate Group, has announced that Climate Week NYC will not be postponed and will take place as scheduled on September 21-27, 2020.
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Emergency Funding for Developing World Seafarers.
While much of the shipping industry take their responsibilities to their seafarers very seriously there is still a real challenge facing many seafarers from the poorer regions of the world.
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Saudi Arabia’s World Is Coming Undone.
Bulls are banking on the kingdom this week, but its future role could be far more disruptive.
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U.S. Slashes Carbon Emissions Forecast as People Stay Home.
Greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, cars and other sources in the U.S.
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WoodMac expects 106 GW of newly deployed solar this year.
As Chinese PV manufacturers are now on the way to fully utilizing their production capacities, it is becoming increasingly clear how much coronavirus containment measures will affect global demand.
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Great Barrier Reef endures third mass bleaching in five years.
One of the seven wonders of the natural world is suffering from back-to-back bleaching, with the third mass bleaching in five years.
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Energy Impact Partners: A primer on the next three decades of the energy transition - Part 3.
Energy Impact Partners research lead, Andy Lubershane, releases a five-part series examining technologies needed to fully decarbonize the energy system, relying on as few technology “moonshots” as possible.
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New solar tile allows even better use of roof area.
The flat solar roof tile from Nelskamp called Planum PV increases the previous performance by ten per cent.
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IRENA sees solar growth in Asia and renewables trends continuing.
As had been the case in 2018, Asia reaped the lion’s share of IRENA’s solar addition figures for 2019. The global body believes 60% of solar installs worldwide was commissioned in the continent, which went from hosting a cumulative 274GW of PV to 330GW year-on-year.
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Strength seen in global wind-power supply chain.
The increasing demand for energy worldwide and traditional energy independence due to volatile oil prices is encouraging governments throughout the world to harness the potential of renewable energy, driving the global market for wind turbine materials.
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The projected timing of abrupt ecological disruption from climate change
Abstract As anthropogenic climate change continues the risks to biodiversity will increase over time, with future projections indicating that a potentially catastrophic loss of global biodiversity is on the horizon
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Africa’s green renewal gathers pace.
Despite myriad challenges, Africa’s uptake of renewable energy is belatedly moving in the right direction. David Thomas examines how the exciting potential of new technologies is making progress in the face of defective government, policy inertia and risk-averse big business
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Southeast Asia’s renewable energy transition likely to take hit from COVID-19: Experts.
BANGKOK: Regional aspirations for a swift transition from fossil fuel to renewable energy are likely to be dashed by the economic and market crises triggered by the global COVID-19 outbreak, experts say.
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Renewables Boomed In 2019, But This Year May Be Different.
enewable energy projects constituted three-quarters of all new power generation capacity projects in the world last year, the International Renewable Energy Agency said in a new
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS The COVID-19 Pandemic, Migration and the Environment. (19 April 2020)
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is calling for researchers and practitioners to share their experience, knowledge and recommendations on the linkages between the COVID-19 pandemic, migration and the environment.
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