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The Netherlands, Germany Announce Joint North Sea Drilling Operation
The Netherlands and Germany will drill for gas in the North Sea together, with production expected to start in 2024, the Dutch government has announced.
According to the Dutch government’s website, production will...
Bringing The Benefits Of Digital Agriculture To All: FAO Joins The Digital Public Goods Alliance
Membership will help FAO contribute to making digital tools and knowledge products more accessible to farmers.
Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has become a member of the...
ABB Acquires Controlling Interest in India’s Numocity
ABB announced that its E-mobility division has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Numocity, a leading digital platform for electric vehicle charging in India. ABB will increase its shareholding to a...
IRENA Members Launch New Framework On Project Facilitation
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) held its first meeting of the “Collaborative Framework on Project Facilitation to Support the Energy Transition,” a platform bringing together public, private, intergovernmental, and non-governmental bodies...
The European Commission and the International Energy Agency are joining forces to help EU countries reduce their reliance on Russian fossil fuels.
By strengthening investments in clean energy and energy efficiency, the project...
USD 43 Million Boost for Developing Countries’ Efforts to Reverse Species Loss
With global biodiversity loss at dangerous levels, 139 countries have received a lifeline to fast-track efforts to conserve, protect and restore species and ecosystems as soon as a new global accord currently...
Published by the European Commission, the new EU External Energy Strategy defines the Energy Community as the framework for promoting ambitious energy and climate policies and market reforms. The Strategy is part...
The European Commission has presented the REPowerEU Plan, its response to the hardships and global energy market disruption caused by war in Ukraine.
There is a double urgency to transform Europe's energy system: ending the...
Energy Community Parliamentary Plenum Debates Energy Security Amidst Russian invasion of Ukraine
Parliamentarians of the Energy Community Contracting Parties and the European Parliament met in Brussels under the umbrella of the Energy Community Parliamentary Plenum. In the presence of EU Commissioner for Energy Kadri...
Why we Need Global Cooperation on Decarbonizing Cities and Real Estate
In an increasingly challenging and volatile world, the urgent need to decarbonize real estate remains a constant.
There are no quick fixes that will suddenly transform today’s energy inefficient buildings into models of...
ABB to Power World’s First Hybrid-Electric Biomass Fuel Carriers
The Japanese Shipowners’ Association has announced that the Japanese shipping industry will take on the challenge of 2050 net zero GHG. One of its most significant initiatives is e5 Lab Inc., a...
The UN Biodiversity Conference: The Road to a Bold New Agreement for Nature
Healthy, biodiverse ecosystems sustain life on Earth by providing air, water and other essential elements. From forests to farmlands to oceans, the planet’s ecosystems are the basis of resources, services and industries.
Despite...
Record Heat Sends Sea Ice Into Retreat, Worrying Scientists
The recent collapse of a 1,100km2 ice shelf in Antarctica came at a time of record high temperatures and is a symptom of a planet in a climate crisis, experts say.
The...
Renewables Take Lion’s Share of Global Power Additions in 2021
Renewable energy continued to expand steadily and well above the long-term trend, with share in total capacity expansion reaching a new record of 81 percent last year.
New data released by the International...
Clearing Landmines on the Road to Sustainable Development
When peace returned to Cambodia after decades of war, people uprooted by the conflict went back to their villages and farms. Moeurng Phan was among them. By 1993, her village of Veal Vong in...
How Quickly is Tourism Recovering From COVID-19?
Tourism was hit particularly hard by the pandemic, as lockdowns restricted people to travelling around their homes and neighbourhoods rather than around the world. But there are now signs that tourist numbers...
