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Greenhouse Gas concentrations hit record high. Again.
The abundance of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere once again reached a new record last year and there is no end in sight to the rising trend, according to a new...
RENEWABLE SOURCES KEY TO ENERGY SECURITY
Warm sea, pleasant climate and authentic architecture - this is perhaps the shortest description of one of the most popular tourist destinations on the European continent and the largest country on the...
Governments plan to produce double the fossil fuels in 2030 than the 1.5°C warming limit allows
A major new report published today finds that governments plan to produce around 110 percent more fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C, and 69 percent more...
DEVELOPING ELECTROMOBILITY AS VOLVO’S PRIORITY
Modern society is completely reliant on transport modes that cover long distances in a short time. Considering that traffic represents one of the most important sources of environmental pollution, it is not...
Removing Barriers for Green Hydrogen Deployment
According to IRENA’s World Energy Transition Outlook, hydrogen and its derivates are projected to make up 14 percent of global total final energy consumption by 2050 in a world aiming to stay...
How can sustainable debt support China’s energy transition?
Sustainable debt has become a popular tool to fund green and sustainability-linked activities since it first emerged in the mid-2010s, providing a tailwind to clean energy investment. Global sustainable debt issuances have...
2023 Champions of the Earth award to celebrate pioneering efforts to end plastic pollution
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will announce next week the five winners of the 2023 Champions of the Earth award, the UN’s highest environmental honour.
The award, now in its 19th year,...
MENA’s Transforming Role in an Evolving Energy Landscape
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been leading fossil fuel production for decades, creating tremendous economic growth.
However, fossil fuel-driven growth has proven to be unsustainable for both people and...
Stepping up in renewables towards energy stability
Alessandro Bragonzi, Head of Regional Hub for the Western Balkans, one of the participants in the OIE Serbia 2023 conference, organized by the Association of Renewable Energy Sources of Serbia, wrote for...
Upcoming EU Hydrogen Bank pilot auction: European Commission publishes Terms & Conditions
The Commission published the Terms and Conditions (T&C) for its pilot auction dedicated to European renewable hydrogen production. It is an important step towards scaling up production of renewable hydrogen in the...
Renewables Competitiveness Accelerates, Despite Cost Inflation
The fossil fuel price crisis has accelerated the competitiveness of renewable power. Around 86 per cent (187 gigawatts) of all the newly commissioned renewable capacity in 2022 had lower costs than fossil...
Three conditions that will help scale blended finance for nature-positive outcomes
“There is no pathway to limiting global warming to 1.5C without action on protecting and restoring nature,” wrote four architects of the Paris Agreement ahead of the COP15 UN biodiversity conference last December. “Achieving...
Renewables Competitiveness Accelerates, Despite Cost Inflation
The fossil fuel price crisis has accelerated the competitiveness of renewable power. Around 86 per cent (187 gigawatts) of all the newly commissioned renewable capacity in 2022 had lower costs than fossil...
How Innovation in Heat Pumps Can Transform Heating and Cooling
Heating and cooling accounts for about half of global energy consumption and is responsible for more than 40 percent of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions.
Considering that only a third of people living in...
Watts to Wheels: Why EV-Battery Innovation is Key to Sparking a Renewable Revolution
Increasing the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) is a fundamental part of accelerating the renewables-based energy transition and getting us onto the 1.5°C pathway. The uptake of EVs holds the potential to...
Global coal demand set to remain at record levels in 2023
Global coal consumption climbed to a new all-time high in 2022 and will stay near that record level this year as strong growth in Asia for both power generation and industrial applications...