Energy/Carbon Pricing & Economics
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ChinaCoalElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHydroPost-Carbon TransitionSolarWind
China Relaxes Limits on New Coal Plants, But Analysts See Renewables Boom Continuing
The last few days have seen conflicting analysis of China’s recent decision to allow new coal plant construction in 11 of its provinces, with ... -
Drive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSevere Storms & Flooding
Central Bank Execs Stress Financial Sector’s Role in Addressing Climate Change
It’s time for central banks and the wider financial community to set clear, measurable goals for building a smooth transition to a low-carbon economy, ... -
AfricaAsiaDrawdownDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsOff-GridPathways to 1.5Wind
Micro Wind Would Save 200 Megatons of Carbon by 2050
Micro wind places #76 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. If its share of global electricity generation increases to 1%, it could eliminate 0.2 gigatons of carbon ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFailure Is Not An OptionFinance & InvestmentOil & GasPost-Carbon Transition
Investment Houses See Climate Targets Undercutting Fossils, Warming Above 2.0°C Boosting Financial Risk
Continued fossil industry development came under increased pressure from investors over the last week, with a major fund manager concluding that climate targets could ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentPipelines/Rail Transport
‘Built on Quicksand, Clear as Mud’: Trans Mountain Costs Are Impossible to Track, IEEFA Warns
The financial arrangements behind Canadian taxpayers’ involuntary acquisition of the controversial Trans Mountain Pipeline are “built on quicksand and clear as mud”, the Institute ... -
AsiaAustraliaBatteries/StorageCanadaChinaElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentPost-Carbon TransitionSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
Energy Storage to Become ‘Key Grid Asset’ with 13-Fold Growth Through 2024
The capacity of energy storage systems around the world is set to increase thirteenfold over six years, from 12 gigawatt-hours of installed capacity in ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Analysis: If Kenney Takes Alberta, Trudeau Finally Gets to Make a Decision
With Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party (UCP) looking virtually certain to win the Alberta provincial election next week, news analysts are beginning to weigh ... -
Air & MarineBatteries/StorageCanadaEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsHydroPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National Governments
B.C. Seaplane Company Sets Out to Become World’s First All-Electric Airline
Nanaimo, British Columbia-based Harbour Air is setting out to become the world’s first all-electric airline—not by developing a new fleet for delivery in the ... -
Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesPost-Carbon Transition
$21 Billion in Fossil Investment ‘Completely Undermines’ World Bank Support for Paris Goals
The World Bank is contributing US$21 billion to finance fossil fuel projects, compared to only $7 billion for renewable energy, notwithstanding then-president Jim Yong ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageBuildingsClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & EfficiencyDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobsPathways to 1.5SolarSupply Chains & ConsumptionWind
Renewables Make Decarbonization $15 Trillion Cheaper, Promise $160 Trillion in Savings by 2050
The plummeting cost of solar and wind farms, coupled with government policies driving faster electrification, has cut the cost of reaching global climate goals ... -
AsiaBioenergyCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeForests & DeforestationGeneral RenewablesHuman Rights & MigrationJobsNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon TransitionSoil & Natural Sequestration
Indonesia Sees Path to Prosperity in ‘Mainstreaming’ Low-Carbon Development
Indonesia’s planning minister has said the country will choose a low-carbon development pathway after a government report found it could significantly boost the economy. By ... -
New Brunswick Touts Small Nuclear Reactor Potential, Though Decisions Are Years Away
Although any decision is years down the road, New Brunswick is considering building a second nuclear reactor at its Point Lepreau power station and ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFood SecurityPost-Carbon TransitionSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National Governments
Meili: Saskatchewan Wants Climate Action, Not ‘All-or-Nothing Political Games’
Saskatchewan will be asking the wrong question on climate change until it looks beyond the carbon price debate and considers how to build a ... -
Drive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecuritySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Midwestern U.S. Loses Hundreds of Miles of Levees After ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Flooding
Severe flooding across midwestern U.S. states like Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri has taken out hundreds of miles of levees, leaving officials to compare the ... -
AustraliaCitiesDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIndiaSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Australian Farmers Face Suicide Risk as Multi-Year Drought Turns from ‘Crisis’ to ‘Marathon’
A brutal, multi-year drought brought on by climate change is taking its toll on the mental health of Australia’s farmers, just as it has ...
