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03 06 2019 | 15:24

EU and Bill Gates launch €100m clean energy innovation fund.

The European Commission, European Investment Bank and Breakthrough Energy Ventures have launched ‘Breakthrough Energy Ventures Europe’: a €100m fund to support investments in clean energy on May 29th…

03 06 2019 | 15:15

Floods, tornadoes, snow in May: Extreme weather driven by climate change across US.

Flooding along the Mississippi River is the worst it’s been since 1927. More than 50 tornadoes touched down during the Memorial Day weekend. In Denver, it snowed more than three inches last week. …

03 06 2019 | 15:02

Low Carbon Transport Measures of the Transport and Climate Change 2018 Global Status Report.

The webinar will introduce the UNFCCC context and Paris Agreement on Climate Change and then cover in detail the low carbon transport measures walking and cycling, fuel economy and renewable energy…

31 05 2019 | 12:14

Exxon, Chevron to face climate change pressure from investors.

HOUSTON (Bloomberg) --Exxon Mobil and Chevron’s unwillingness to venture beyond their core oil and gas business will face a test Wednesday when shareholders vote on climate change proposals at both…

31 05 2019 | 11:03

Government needs to put sustainability at heart of UK’s economic model, says IEMA.

In a new report, IEMA has outlined key demands for the UK Government to provide a new environment act. The IEMA, along with several environmental bodies, has called on the UK Government to deliver a…

31 05 2019 | 09:40

Merkel urges world to do all 'humanly possible' on climate change.

In her commencement address delivered at Harvard University in the United States, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged the world to join together to combat climate change. German Chancellor…

30 05 2019 | 16:01

The Bank of Canada declared climate change a financial risk. Now what?

This month, the Bank of Canada released its 2019 Financial System Review. For the first time, it listed climate change as one of six major vulnerabilities facing Canada’s economy. It’s significant…

28 05 2019 | 09:17

Scientists say Chile's Southern Patagonia Ice Field has 'split in two'.

Chile's 12,000-square kilometre Southern Patagonia Ice Field has split in two and is likely to continue to fracture amid climate change, according to a team of Chilean scientists who were in the…

28 05 2019 | 08:53

UK seeks offshore integration solutions.

The Offshore Wind Industry Council has begun a programme to ensure the UK’s low-carbon energy system makes the best use of the growing proportion of power supplied by offshore wind and other…

28 05 2019 | 08:42

Renewable energy ownership: A game plan for utilities.

For the past two decades, the primary investors in domestic renewable projects have been independent power producers (IPPs) — unregulated wholesale generators that sell their power to utilities,…

28 05 2019 | 08:15

Is climate change affecting our socio-economic classes differently?

Carbon tax has featured prominently during the EU election campaign. The key issue is whether poorer households will be expected to pay a CO2 tax, when they emit less than high earners. In an …

28 05 2019 | 08:06

The NOAA annual greenhouse gas index (AGGI).

Introduction The AGGI is a measure of the climate-warming influence of long-lived trace gases and how that influence has changed since the onset of the industrial revolution. The index was designed…

28 05 2019 | 08:02

Coal-hungry South Africa introduces carbon tax

  The tax will be levied from June 1 on greenhouse gases from fuel combustion, and industrial processes and emissions.

28 05 2019 | 08:01

UN: Global progress on affordable and clean energy must be accelerated in order to close energy gap.

Governments, businesses and civil society organizations have made tremendous strides in bringing affordable and clean energy to more people in recent years, but this progress has been largely uneven…

28 05 2019 | 08:00

CO2-Ink Demonstration.

I use ink to demonstrate how CO2 can have a big impact on warming the earth even though it is a very small percent of the atmosphere. Also see my talk on how to fix climate change for free: https://…

27 05 2019 | 09:26

EU's Overshoot Day – Let’s #MoveTheDate

May 10, 2019, marks the date by which humanity would have exhausted nature’s annual budget if all people lived like EU residents, according to a new report by WWF and Global Footprint Network.  

27 05 2019 | 08:50

African Development Bank’s Sustainable Energy Fund approves grant to spur renewable investments.

The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), managed by the African Development Bank on 17 May 2019 approved a $995,000 grant to support the roll out of a sustainable procurement framework for…

27 05 2019 | 07:57

Losing Up To A Million Species Will Create ‘Danger Zone’ For Humanity: Un Commission.

The Earth is on track to lose up to a million species, many of them within decades, a rate of extinction that represents a danger zone for humanity, according to a leaked draft of a global…

25 05 2019 | 09:10

European Parliamentary Elections – A Guide on candidates for the new EP – from a Renewable point of view.

Elections for the European Parliament are upcoming on the 25th-26th May and the European Political groups have to notify their composition by 24th June. These elections carry particular significance…