IEEFA report: BlackRock’s fossil fuel investments wipe US$90 billion in massive investor value destruction.
August 1, 2019 (IEEFA Asia Pacific) ̶ BlackRock, the world’s largest fund manager with US$6.5 trillion of assets under management – bigger in value than the third largest economy in the world – continues to ignore the serious financial risks of putting money into fossil fuel-de
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BNEF: Global Energy Storage to reach 1,095 GW/2,850 GWh by 2040,.
Global energy storage deployment is expected to increase 122-fold over the next two decades to 1,095 GW/2,850 GWh by 2040, according to a new BloombergNEF (BNEF) report, published Wednesday.
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New Online UN Report: Visualising Global Climate Action.
UN Climate Change News, 31 July 2019 - The UN Climate Change secretariat’s Momentum for Change initiative has released an interactive, online report, showcasing shining
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IRENA and UN Climate Change Join Forces to Accelerate Renewables as Climate Solution.
Bonn, 1 August 2019 - The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and UN Climate Change (UNFCCC) are jointly ramping up efforts to fight climate change by promoting the widespread adoption and sustainable use of renewable energy.
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Does Asia need more coal-fired power plants?
In the weeks following the celebration of humankind’s first successful landing of two men on the moon, who stayed there for over 21 hours and left their lunar module to walk on the moon’s surface, we have celebrated this unprecedented and transformative event, which has had an indelible impact on
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Solar World Congress 2019 / SHC 2019 Online Registration.
Welcome to the SWC 2019 / SHC 2019 registration site. Payment may be made by credit card. The general terms and conditions are available here.
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Circular economy and sustainable tourism a reality on islands: business models and financing opportunities.
The International & National GTI Conference will take place at Palazzo Chiaramonte-Steri, one of Palermo treasures of the 14th century, headquarters of the Rectorate of the University of Palermo in line with the innovation themes of Greening the Islands and the conference.
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Greta Thunberg to Attend New York Climate Talks. She’ll Take a Sailboat.
Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, will cross the Atlantic Ocean in mid-August on an open-cockpit racing yacht to attend a United Nations summit meeting on global warming.
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Under Brazil’s Far-Right Leader, Amazon Protections Slashed and Forests Fall.
BRASÍLIA — The destruction of the Amazon rain forest in Brazil has increased rapidly since the nation’s new far-right president took over and his government scaled back efforts to fight illegal logging, ranching and mining.
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Top ten UK’s hottest years all since 2002.
An updated analysis of the annual UK temperature records from the Met Office shows that since 1884 all of the UK’s ten warmest years have occurred since 2002; whereas none of the ten coldest years have occurred since 1963.
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Greenland's ice sheet just lost 11 billion tons of ice -- in one day!
After months of record temperatures, scientists say Greenl
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Την πιο δύσκολη στιγμή, τώρα που η σύγκρουση με τα συμφέροντα των ορυκτών καυσίμων γίνεται αναπόφευκτη, μια και δεν υπάρχει χρόνος για τακτικούς ελιγμούς, χάθηκε ένας μοναδικός άνθρωπος, μια ξεχωριστή πηγή δύναμης, πάθους και λογικής. Θα λείψει αφάνταστα.
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Οι πρόσφατες δηλώσεις του Υπουργού Ενέργειας κ.
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4 climate tipping points the planet is facing.
Is our planet approaching a climate change cliff edge? Across the world, from the forests to the oceans, the consequences of humanity’s activities are being felt – and the effects could be catastrophic.
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Squeezing North Sea dry will harm Paris targets
Extracting all remaining oil and gas reserv
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How much warmer is your city?
The world is getting hotter. July 2019 was one of the warmest months ever recorded - and July temperatures almost everywhere on Earth have been higher in the last 10 years compared with 1880-1900, as this globe shows.
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8 ways climate change is already affecting Africa.
Right now, the effects of climate change are already being felt by people across Africa. Evidence shows that the change in temperature has affected the health, livelihoods, food productivity, water availability, and overall security of the African people.
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Australia’s climate stance is inflicting criminal damage on humanity.
The government opts for conflict rather than change, while suppressing details on the implications of its climate inaction The top priority of government is security of the people. Yet on the greatest threat of all, most governments are failing abysmally.
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'Siberia is burning': Artists raise awareness of Russia wildfires.
As wildfires continue to burn across Russia, artists in the country have taken to social media to share their feelings of powerlessness and call for urgent action to protect what is left of the forests.
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Arctic wildfires: How bad are they and what caused them?
Wildfires are ravaging parts of the Arctic, with areas of Siberia, Alaska, Greenland and Canada engulfed in flames and smoke. Satellite images show how the plumes of smoke from the fires, many caused by dry storms in hot weather, can be seen from space.
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