Green Deal will be ‘our motor for the recovery’, von der Leyen says.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised on Tuesday (28 April) to put the European Green Deal at the centre of the EU’s recovery plan, echoing similar statements made by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Energy firms rally behind green stimulus call.
A coalition of 40 global businesses – including energy majors such as BP, Iberdrola, Orsted, and Shell – have called on governments to support “a massive wave of investments in renewable electricity” and other low-carbon energy solutions when devising recovery plans from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Convergence between technological progress and sustainability is not that obvious
The coronavirus pandemic, like climate change, teaches us about the importance of mitigating risk to ensure our future prosperity. Should we place all our hopes on technology to deliver this safer future?
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A better world can emerge after coronavirus. Or a much worse one.
Most Europeans support a universal basic income, yet young people doubt democracy’s capacity to deliver change.
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UK's coronavirus recovery should have green focus, Johnson urged.
Climate advisers call for work and training in low-carbon heating, water efficiency and flood-protection
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Zero-waste warriors: meet the people whose household rubbish fits in a jam jar.
From making their own toothpaste to foraging locally for edible plants, more and more people are learning to cut the amount of rubbish they throw out. Here’s how they do it
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Allianz tightens coal policies, will no longer insure projects starting in 2023.
Allianz has announced an update to its coal policy. The insurer had already excluded insurance for coal projects – specifically new coal plants and mines.
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WindEnergy rescheduled for December 2020.
WindEnergy Hamburg is dedicated to bringing the global wind energy industry together. And that we do everything to make this happen safely.
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World’s Largest Solar Project Will Also Be Its Cheapest.
A consortium comprising EDF and JinkoSolar emerges as the leading bidder in Abu Dhabi’s latest solar tender.
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Dubai signs power purchase agreement for 900MW solar project.
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (Dewa) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power for the 900MW fifth phase of Dubai’s Mohammed bin Rashid (MBR) solar park.
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Kenya floods kill 194, people evacuated from risk areas near dams.
NAIROBI - Floods and landslides in Kenya have killed nearly 200 people, displaced 100,000 and strained critical infrastructure, with unprecedentedly high water levels at two dams forcing the evacuation of villagers at risk, officials said on Wednesday.
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Bioluminescent waves dazzle surfers in California: 'Never seen anything like it".
Crowds are coming to see the light show as beaches begin to reopen after an almost month-long closure due to coronavirus
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Enel continues its renewable transition, with first quarter coal generation dropping 79%
Enel SpA recorded group net production of 53,928 GWh for the first quarter of 2020, representing a 13.0% decrease compared to 61,956 GWh in the same period in 2019.
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Amazon executive 'quit in dismay' at sacking of climate activists.
Tim Bray decries 'vein of toxicity running through company culture' after resigning from US online retail giant
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3 Reasons to Invest in Renewable Energy Now.
As the human tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic worsens, global restrictions to stop the spread of the virus — including stay-at-home orders, business closures and travel prohibitions — may contribute to the
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Five years after the Paris Agreement.
A 40 to 50 percent reduction in global emissions is required to meet Paris Agreement goals, new study finds.
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Analysts point to green recovery as route to ‘Shovel-worthy decade”.
From prominent international economists to an (almost as prominent?) Canadian think tank, there’s a widening consensus that green investment in projects that are “shovel-worthy” as well as “shovel-ready” will be the best way to restore economies ravaged by the coronavirus lockdown while simultane
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Whatever Sea Level Rise Brings, NASA Will Be There.
Greenland and coastal Louisiana may not seem to have a lot in common. An autonomous territory of Denmark, Greenland is covered in snow most of the year and is home to about 56,000 people.
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How did Michael Moore become a hero to climate deniers and the far right?
Denial never dies; it just goes quiet and waits. Today, after years of irrelevance, the climate science deniers are triumphant.
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