DRC copper holds key to greening global economy, says mining magnate
Robert Friedland says country has the best deposits of the metal, used in everything from electric cars to solar panels. An African nation emerging from decades of conflict and corruption holds the key to greening the global economy.
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Wind Catching with a different approach.
Designed to optimise energy production for a floating wind power plant Designed for easy operations and maintenance
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Madagascar-based solar computer manufacturer Jirogasy fundraising for growth
The Madagascar-based Jirogasy, which designs, manufactures and assembles solar IoT systems and computers, is fundraising as it plans growth into new markets.
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‘On a rampage’: the African women fighting to end FGM.
Female genital mutilation has revived under Covid but activists are pushing hard to save girls at risk.
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Kenya's Thandiwe Muriu: Standing out in camouflage.
Photographer Thandiwe Muriu wants her models to both blend in and stand out at the same time. The images in her Camo - short for camouflage - series create an optical illusion where the person in the photograph almost disappears yet it is impossible to ignore her.
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The Retreat of Exxon and the Oil Majors Won’t Stop Fossil Fuel.
National oil champions are likely to fill the gap left by private-sector players—meaning emissions won't shrink as fast as the supermajors.
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Low Clean-Energy Spending in Poor Countries Puts Climate Goals in Peril
Investments in developing markets need to reach $1 trillion by 2030, up from just $150 billion last year, according to a new IEA report.
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Arctic coastal sea ice thinning twice as fast than thought.
Research based on ice-thickness data from ESA’s CryoSat and Envisat missions along with a new model of snow has revealed that sea ice in the coastal regions of the Arctic may be thinning twice as fast as thought.
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Forest degradation primary driver of carbon loss in the Brazilian Amazon.
Forest degradation has become the largest process driving carbon loss in the Brazilian Amazon, according to a recent study using ESA satellite data.
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Bloomberg: 32 of 44 PJM coal plants will be unprofitable in 2023.
Most of the coal plants that feed the biggest U.S. power grid will soon no longer be economic to run after prices in a key auction plunged to the lowest in 11 years.
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Delays and costs rise again at troubled Vogtle Nuclear Plant.
The only nuclear-power plant under construction in the U.S. is facing delays and additional costs. Again.
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Hydro-solar plant to be built on Liddell coal station site.
A renewable solar-hydro energy plant to be built on the Liddell coal-fired power station site in the NSW Upper Hunter is being hailed as an investment in economic opportunity and livability in the region.
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Thai coal giant Banpu acquires two solar farms in Australia for $75.4M.
Banpu, Thailand’s largest coal company, has moved to acquire two solar farms in Australia as it seeks to boost capacity in this field of renewable energy roughly sixfold by 2025.
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UK banks to reveal exposure to climate crisis for first time
Bank of England to examine risks rising temperatures and sea levels could pose for financial system
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Group of EU states push back on using green finance rules in public spending
* Czech Republic, Bulgaria among states warning on use of rulebook * Taxonomy aims to boost green private investments * Commission wants rules to guide COVID-19 recovery cash
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9 Staggering Facts From David Attenborough’s New Devastating Documentary on Climate Change
It’s a tough watch, but it shows that if we bring down emissions now we can avoid a tipping point. And it's neatly broken down into easy-to-understand sections, making Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet essential viewing.
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Fighting for Survival: Four small islands on the frontline of climate change
Small islands sit on the front line against climate change. Remote, low-lying, and with limited natural resources, they’re among the most vulnerable to rising sea levels, declining rainfall, and extreme weather.
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NGOs call for Japan to end Australia coal imports by 2030
Australian and Japanese environment and research groups have issued a joint call to the Japanese government to end Australian imports of coal.
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Funds with $8.8 trillion in assets urge Asia utilities to cut emissions.
Global asset managers — including JP Morgan Asset Management Inc. and Fidelity International Ltd. — will urge five Asian power generators to curb greenhouse gas emissions in an initiative coordinated by the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change.
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