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European Union Approves World’s Largest Green Stimulus
On Friday, EU lawmakers agreed to provide a €672 billion recovery fund boost for the EU economy.
How green is it? Fairly green — 37 percent of the funding has to go to...
FAO Launches the UN’s International Year of Fruits and Vegetables 2021
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today launched the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables 2021 (IYFV) with an appeal to improve healthy...
Climate Action in Europe: EU ETS Emissions See Big Drop in 2019, Latest EEA Assessment Shows
Greenhouse gas emissions from stationary installations covered by the European Union’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) dropped by 9.1 percent in 2019 from 2018 levels, the largest drop in a decade, according to...
Micromobility: Major Study Shows Electric Bikes Are Good For Health
Electric bicycles are divisive in the cycling community. Some cyclists think that they are for lazy people and others think that they are unsafe. But that’s not what the evidence shows. A...
ABB’s Digital Water Management Solutions Easing Water Shortage in India
With an annual rainfall of just 570mm, Koppal is a semi-arid region where the groundwater table only produces saline water. Water shortages are a daily challenge for the region’s one million inhabitants....
Soil Pollution a Risk to Our Health and Food Security
Each year, the world marks World Soil Day on 5 December to raise awareness about the growing challenges in soil management and soil biodiversity loss, and encourage governments, communities and individuals around...
charge&GO – Your Step Towards Electromobility
Do electric and hybrid vehicles belong to the future or are they reserved only for western, more advanced economies? However, if they are present here and now, such a standpoint is obviously...
Use of Climate-Warming Fluorinated Gases Continues to Drop Across EU
The EEA report ‘Fluorinated greenhouse gases 2020’ confirms the trend of continued reduction in the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) by European industry under both the EU-wide regulated phase-down of HFCs and the...
Alstom To Supply Italy’s First 6 Hydrogen Trains
Generally speaking, at best, i don’t get excited about hydrogen news. In the case of potential hydrogen-powered airplanes or large ships, i might be cautiously optimistic — or just attentive — since...
EU on Track to Meet Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Renewable Energy 2020 Targets
The EEA report ‘Trends and projections in Europe 2020’ tracks progress the EU’s 27 Member States (plus the United Kingdom) are making towards Europe’s climate and energy targets. The analysis is based...
WMO Welcomes Launch of New Ocean-Monitoring Satellite
The World Meteorological Organization has welcomed the successful launch of the Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean-monitoring satellite. Its high-precision measurements of Earth’s oceans from space will provide crucial information about sea level...
Urgent Action Needed for the Energy Transition in Heating and Cooling
The transition to cleaner, more sustainable heating and cooling solutions can attract investment, create millions of new jobs and help to drive a durable economic recovery in the wake of the global...
Release of Naftogaz’s Gas Key for Continuation of Gas Market Reforms in Ukraine
Ukraine has achieved significant milestones towards gas market liberalization and the development of a stable gas hub in the last years. However, certain elements remain that hinder full market liberalization and competition...
What Is Servitisation, and How Can It Help Save the Planet?
The rising global population and continuous economic growth are driving an increasing demand for energy. Global energy consumption is expected to nearly double by the year 2050, further enhancing the challenge to...
Carbon Dioxide Levels Hit New Record; COVID Impact ‘a Tiny Blip’, Wmo Says
“We breached the global threshold of 400 parts per million in 2015. And just four years later, we crossed 410 ppm. Such a rate of increase has never been seen in the...
Concentrating Solar Power Gets Supercritical CO2 Makeover
Concentrating solar power may have finally found its one true love: supercritical carbon dioxide, aka sCO2, which is something that happens when carbon dioxide gas behaves like a liquid. The electricity generation...
