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It’s time for governments and industry to act on energy efficiency
Amid a global energy crisis, policy makers, industry executives and consumers are all talking about how to bring down the cost of energy and reinforce security of supply. Often that conversation focuses...
Clean energy investment is extending its lead over fossil fuels, boosted by energy security strengths
Investment in clean energy technologies is significantly outpacing spending on fossil fuels as affordability and security concerns triggered by the global energy crisis strengthen the momentum behind more sustainable options, according to...
Countries Must Forge ‘Global Blue Deal’ to Protect the Ocean: UNCTAD
The ocean can provide vast opportunities for developing countries to build more innovative and resilient economies, but climate change, pollution and overfishing threaten the livelihoods of some three billion people who rely...
Ground-breaking data platform plays key role in tackling acute food insecurity in food crises
Detailed, comprehensive and timely data is essential to address the impact of shocks such as, earthquakes or conflict on agricultural production and livelihoods in parts of the world affected by food crises.
Since...
AMBITIOUS GOALS ACCOMPANY BIG CHANGES
The requirement to move to a sustainable business only a few years ago did not have the same value and importance as it does today. During the height of the energy crisis...
THE FORMULA FOR GREATER ENERGY SECURITY IN INVESTMENTS, SAVINGS AND RESPONSIBILITY
As long as the energy crisis lasts, maintaining stable energy production while providing enough energy for the domestic market remain the key to securing supply in the coming months. We spoke with...
How small grants are helping to rescue marine habitats around the world
In recent years, fishing communities in Madagascar have seen their catches dwindle, a byproduct of chronic overfishing, especially in sensitive coastal habitats like seagrass meadows.
But in some communities, fish stocks have started...
SIEMENS — CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT CARES
It has long been known that energy moves the world. In a literal sense, electricity and its sources move societies or threaten them when the energy flow is reduced. The competitiveness and...
STRONGER DETERMINATION AND POLITICAL WILL TO CHANGE THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS RESOURCES
What should Serbia do to reduce environmental pollution, preserve biodiversity and adequately respond to the challenges of climate change? Will the legal framework be realigned with the Green Agenda? We looked for...
The Clean Energy Economy is Gaining Ground, But Greater Efforts are Needed now to Get on Track for Net Zero by 2050
Despite encouraging signs of progress across a number of sectors, stronger efforts are needed to bring the world on track to reach net zero emissions by mid-century, according to the IEA’s latest...
Renewable Energy Jobs Hit 12.7 Million Globally
Worldwide renewable energy employment reached 12.7 million last year, a jump of 700,000 new jobs in one year despite the lingering effects of COVID-19 and the growing energy crisis, according to a...
Power-sector Emissions are Set to Fall in 2022. – Thanks to Renewable Energy
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered an unprecedented global energy crisis, the world has been turning to other sources of power, besides oil and gas, to meet demand.
Renewable energy has seen a...
Global Energy Employment Rises Above Pre-Covid Levels, Driven by Clean Energy and Efforts to Strengthen Supply Chains
Global employment in the energy sector has risen above its pre-pandemic levels, led by increased hiring in clean energy, according to a new IEA report that offers the first worldwide benchmark for...
Five Cities Tackling Air Pollution
Air pollution has been called the most-pressing environmental health crisis of our time, responsible for an estimated 7 million premature deaths every year. Approximately nine in 10 people around the world breathe...
EBRD Lends EUR 43 Million to Taaleri-ENCRO JV for Two Wind Farms in Croatia
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is helping to speed up Croatia’s transition to clean energy by helping to finance the construction of two new wind farms.
The bank is extending...
France Gets Help From EU Partners as Wildfires Rage
Firefighting teams and equipment from six EU nations started to arrive in France on Thursday (11 August) to help battle a spate of wildfires, including a fierce blaze in the parched southwest...