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Electric cars could form battery hubs to store renewable energy.

By 2050, National Grid predicts, 35m electric cars will supply energy when needed.

Technology Solutions

By 2050, many U.S. cities will have weather like they’ve never seen.

New York, San Francisco, and Washington are among the 17 U.S.

Climate

UK not prepared for rising temperatures, warns CCC.

A new report by the Committee on Climate Change has warned that the UK Government is not prepared to deal with the climate crisis.

Climate

Morocco prepares to launch tender for 230 MW plant in Atlas mountains.

RABAT-The Moroccan agency for sustainable energy (Masen) said it opened on Tuesday the first stage in a tender process to build, operate and maintain a 230 megawatt solar plant near the town of Midelt in the Atlas mountains.

Energy

Official EU petition calls for minimum carbon price.

The European Commission registered an official petition on Wednesday (7 July) that calls on the EU executive to set up a minimum carbon price, “discourage the consumption of fossil fuels” and keep global warming to below 1.5 degrees.

Energy

Climate change made June heatwave ‘at least 5 times more likely’, scientists say.

Last week’s record-breaking temperatures in France and other parts of Europe were at least five times more likely to happen – and potentially even 100 times more – because of climate change, according to leading climate scientists at the World Weather Attribution group.

Climate

France to impose green tax on plane tickets.

France announced Tuesday (9 July) it would impose new taxes on plane tickets of up to €18 per flight, joining other EU states seeking to limit the environmental impact of air travel.

Climate

The Bromine-based energy storage.

Bromine-based flow batteries are a highly efficient and cost-effective electro-chemical energy storage solution, providing a range of options to successfully manage energy from renewable sources, minimizing energy loss, reducing overall energy use and cost and safeguarding security of supply.

Energy

Building circular and climate-neutral buildings for Europe.

The circular economy will be an essential building block of a climate-neutral Europe. A circular economy means making the most of our resources, doing more with less while reducing waste and energy use.

Technology Solutions

How sustainable can football be?

Football inspires, it brings people together and is like a religion to some – as we may well see at the Women’s World Cup final in France on Sunday. But football also has its downsides: heaps of rubbish, squandering of water and a big CO2 footprint.

Environment

Shipping heavyweights at risk of missing climate targets.

The world’s shipping heavyweights are not investing in key technologies to reduce their carbon footprint, putting the sector at risk of missing targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2050, according to the Carbon Disclosure Project.

Climate

EU top jobs leave big questions hanging on climate policy.

Ursula von der Leyen has been nominated to lead the EU’s executive at a critical moment for climate policy, but she has no record on the issue. EURACTIV’s medi

Climate

Cost-benefit analysis does not work well for wicked problems like climate change.

What is the monetary value of being able to breathe in Beijing or New Delhi without discomfort? Beyond the simple numerical challenges, cost-benefit analysis has an inherent ethical blind spot, writes Kevin Noone.

Climate

Elena Giannakopoulou BNEF: Renewables will deliver half of world's power by 2050.

ROME- The rise of renewable energy is likely to help the world stay on track for the goal of limiting climate change to within 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels, but only until the year 2030, according to a new report presented here on Wednesday.

Energy