JOB VACANCIES: DEADLINE 16 October 2020/ Regional Program Manager, Climate Finance Africa, GCA
Organization:The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) Position:Regional Program Manager, Climate Finance Africa Duty Station:Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire Deadline for Application:16 October 2020
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JOB VACANCIES: DEADLINE 19 October 2020 / (Senior) Program Associate, Climate and Energy, Pisces Foundation
Organization:Pisces Foundation Position:(Senior) Program Associate, Climate and Energy Duty Station:San Francisco, CA, US Deadline for Application:19 October 2020
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JOB VACANCIES: DEADLINE 18 October 2020 / Climate Change Policy Expert, IUCN
Organization:IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (IUCN) Position:Climate Change Policy Expert Duty Station:Home-based Deadline for Application:18 October 2020
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JOB VACANCIES: DEADLINE 27 October 2020 / Egypt and North Africa Manager, FSD Africa
Organization:Financial Sector Deepening Africa (FSD Africa) Position:Egypt and North Africa Manager Duty Station:Egypt Deadline for Application:27 October 2020
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JOB VACANCIES: DEADLINE 27 October 2020 / Regional Coordinator, WAEMU, FSD Africa
Organization:Financial Sector Deepening Africa (FSD Africa) Position:Regional Coordinator, WAEMU Duty Station:Côte d'Ivoire Deadline for Application:27 October 2020
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JOB VACANCIES: DEADLINE 31 October 2020 / Senior Corporate Trader, Renewable Energy Certificates, Vertis Zrt.
Organization:Vertis Zrt. Position:Senior Corporate Trader, Renewable Energy Certificates Duty Station:Brussels, Belgium Deadline for Application:31 October 2020
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Role of gas as a bridge fuel in U.S. ‘just got shorter and narrower’—S&P
The natural gas revolution that has led to a power plant building boom and kept electricity prices low may be nearing its end, as the coronavirus pandemic has reduced demand for the fuel and competition from renewable sources of energy intensifies, said Dan Klein, head of scenario planning at S&…
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India’s power minister says retiring coal plants will be replaced by renewable energy.
India is planning to replace retiring coal-fired power plants with renewable generating capacity in a bid to cut the nation’s carbon footprint, power minister R. K. Singh said on Tuesday.
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French oil major Total expands presence in floating offshore wind market.
Total has bought a 20 per cent stake in the EolMed floating wind pilot project in France, located in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Gruissan and near Port-La-Nouvelle.
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NextEra tops ExxonMobil market capitalization as clean energy transition continues.
In yet another sign of the pace of the global energy transition – and the massive switch taking place in the investment community – the market value of [a] company that describes itself as the world’s biggest producer of wind and solar power, US utility NextEra, has overtaken that of what used to
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Greener play areas boost children’s immune systems, research finds.
Autoimmune diseases are rising fast but first experimental study shows nature could help. Children whose outdoor play areas were transformed from gravel yards to mini-forests showed improved immune systems within a month, research has shown.
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IKEA to Buy Back Used Furniture This Black Friday in 27 Countries.
Swedish furniture giant IKEA has a plan to make this year's Black Friday a little greener. As part of its bid to become more sustainable, the store will allow customers to sell back their used furniture for up to half of its original price.
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High deployments, low costs: The 2030 vision for ocean energy .
13 October, Brussels. 3 GW of ocean energy could be deployed worldwide, with costs falling to around €90/MWh for tidal stream and €110/MWh for wave energy, according to a new publication by industry body Ocean Energy Europe.
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Africa lines up partners and leads the region in accelerating climate adaptation.
European Union, African Union Commission, The AAI Chair from the Gabonese Republic, UNDP and other partners voice strong commitment to drive enhanced knowledge to scale-up climate change adaptation in Africa in the first Strategic Advisory Committee meeting of the Africa Adaptation Initia
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Bill Nye to flat Earthers and science deniers: 'It affects all of us'.
Bill Nye has had it with flat-Earthers and other science deniers.
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Does New Zealand’s plan for a nation-sized battery hold water?
Parliamentary elections will be held in New Zealand tomorrow (October 17), with the Labour-led government headed by Jacinda Ardern, popular on the back of its widely-admired response to Covid-19, seeking to return for a second term.
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Methane Emissions Soar 32% Despite Lockdowns and Green Pledges
The first eight months of the year saw global methane emissions rise by 32 percent, according to Paris-based data firm Karryos, as Reuters reported.
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Global Climate Campaigners Want Public Banks to Fund Just Recovery and Green Transition.
Amid the Global Week of Action for Debt Cancellation and one month ahead of the Finance in Common Summit, climate justice advocates on Monday urged public banks around the world to tr
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'Solastalgia': Arctic inhabitants overwhelmed by new form of climate grief.
Solastalgia means a feeling of homesickness without ever leaving home - and for Inuit in Canada’s north it describes the psychological impact of the climate crisis
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How the world’s biggest emitter could be carbon neutral by 2050.
Xi Jinping wants China to get to net-zero emissions. These researchers have a plan for that.
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