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Green Cooling – Tackling Climate Change With Eco-Friendly Technology
Natural refrigerants protect the environment and the climate. In Latin America and the Caribbean, they are replacing existing products that harm the climate.With ever longer cold chains, the global movement of goods...
As Climate Changes, World Grapples With a Wildfire Crisis
Whether it’s the Australian coast or the rainforests of Brazil, unrestrained wildfires – shrouded by black smoke and punctuated by the crackle of burning vegetation – have laid waste to some of...
Swiss Green Default
If I imagine a country like the one in a fairy tale, with beautiful forests, lakes and cows that graze contentedly and give healthy, whole milk, from which the most delicious cheeses...
Running Like Clockwork
Solar panels on the roofs in Serbia are not a common picture. One, the first step into the world of photovoltaics is not going to cut it. However, this modest share of...
Denmark Commits Millions to Vulnerable Farmers Through IFAD’s Climate Adaptation Fund
In the wake of COP26, which featured a strong call for increased finance to help the world’s poorest countries adapt to the impacts of climate change, Denmark today announced a contribution of...
Annual Implementation Report 2021: Modest Reform Gains as Energy Community Embarks on the Energy Transition
The Energy Community Secretariat’s Report published today reveals that the Energy Community Contracting Parties have made progress in reforming their energy and climate sectors. In fact, the average implementation score increased from...
The 165 Million Euro European Investment in the Danube Region
In the next six years, it will be invested 165 million euro into The Danube region through the Danube transnational program (known as Interreg).
The aim is to integrate this region better socially,...
World Energy Outlook 2021 Shows a New Energy Economy is Emerging – But not yet Quickly Enough to Reach Net Zero by 2050
A new energy economy is emerging around the world as solar, wind, electric vehicles and other low-carbon technologies flourish. But as the pivotal moment of COP26 approaches, the IEA’s new World Energy...
WMO Commits to a Greener Future
The World Meteorological Organization has signed a long-term agreement with Services Industriels de Genève (SIG) to connect the WMO building to a new environmentally friendly initiative called GENILAC.
The agreement was signed by...
Devastating Wildfires Cause Record Emissions in Northern Hemisphere
Europe’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) has been closely monitoring a summer of extreme wildfires across the Northern Hemisphere, including intense hotspots around the Mediterranean basin and in North America and Siberia....
New Global Methane Pledge Aims to Tackle Climate Change
A new joint agreement by the European Union and the United States to cut global methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030 could mark a crucial step in tackling climate change and...
These Five Cities Are Taking Aim at Air Pollution
Around the world, more than 90 percent of people breathe in air that the World Health Organization (WHO) considers potentially harmful.
While the source of air pollution varies – some come from vehicle...
Toxic Blaze: The True Cost of Crop Burning
People around the world are bracing for what has become known as the season of smog. With autumn around the corner, many countries are entering the agricultural crop burning season, where farmers burn...
Climate Change Widespread, Rapid, and Intensifying – IPCC
Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, released today. Many of...
Global Electricity Demand is Growing Faster than Renewables, Driving Strong Increase in Generation From Fossil Fuels
Renewables are expanding quickly but not enough to satisfy a strong rebound in global electricity demand this year, resulting in a sharp rise in the use of coal power that risks pushing...
EBRD supports coal transition in Kragujevac, Serbia
Kragujevac, the fourth-largest city in Serbia, will make a big leap in its transition away from coal, thanks to an EUR 18 million loan provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and...
