At least three African nations will need to import more corn this year after extreme weather from cyclones to drought devastated crops, sparking some unusual trade flows.
Corn is a staple grain…
Oil and gas companies have been up for a bumpy ride as more investment funds divest from fossil fuels. It is not only institutional investors such as the Norwegian sovereign fund doing so, but also…
Residents and environmentalists cheered Wednesday's ruling which blocks East Africa's first coal-fired power station.
Nairobi, Kenya - Plans for the development of a coal-fired power plant near a…
Employment could triple by 2020.
Off-grid solar energy is about to experience a rapid rise in employment as isolated communities rush to get connected, a new report Thursday revealed. The technology…
The world is at risk of 'a climate apartheid', where the rich pay to escape heat and hunger caused by the escalating climate crisis while the rest of the world suffers, according to a report from a…
The Trump administration’s misguided new Affordable Clean Energy rule is on the wrong side of history and the law. In its seeming obsession to reverse the EPA's previous Clean Power Plan, the Trump…
Organisations from around the world are reforesting at an unprecedented rate.
When Clare Dubois’s car skidded on an icy road in Stroud, Gloucestershire, a tree prevented her vehicle tumbling into a…
Climate change has widely reported negative consequences, and innovations in renewable energy technologies are central to achieving the Paris climate treaty goals to mitigate these effects.
A new…
The European Council failed to agree on Thursday (20 June) on a landmark climate strategy for 2050 as the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary and Poland baulked at the mention of a specific date,…
The state would pledge to eliminate net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, with all its electricity coming from carbon-free sources.
New York lawmakers have agreed to pass a sweeping climate plan…
A combination of renewable energy and electrification can reach 75% of the energy-related emission reductions necessary to meet global climate goals established by the Paris Agreement, a new report…
A new asset class is coming to the energy industry.
One of the most exciting innovations in energy over the past decade has been the development of energy storage technology. Batteries have become…
Many nations are beginning to recognize the importance of acting now to minimize the threat of climate change. Germany, long a leader in renewable energy, declared in January 2019 that over the next…
Yuan Ying, program manager of Climate and Energy at Greenpeace East Asia, on how China hopes to improve.
Data centers consume more than 120TWH of power in China in 2017, and energy consumption for…
Ice is melting in unprecedented ways as summer approaches in the Arctic. In recent days, observations have revealed a record-challenging melt event over the Greenland ice sheet, while the extent of…
Hello there, we are sure that you have been wondering about ways to harness power from natural sources. Well, sources that do not pollute the planet and are renewable. Why are we talking about…
600,000 tonnes of plastic are being dumped by 22 countries in the Mediterranean Sea every year, EURACTIV’s partner La Tribune reports.
If humanity continues dumping plastics into nature at the…
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