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AsiaClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSupply Chains & Consumption
Investors Foresee Massive Financial Crash Without Rapid Response to Climate Change
The global economy is on track for a financial crash several times the scale of the 2008 financial crisis if governments don’t drastically scale ... -
AfricaAuto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageEuropeHuman Rights & MigrationPost-Carbon TransitionSupply Chains & Consumption
Daimler Plans €20-Billion Battery Buy by 2030
German automotive giant Daimler is planning to spend more than €20 billion on battery cells through 2030 as it prepares for the rise of ... -
Government Policy, Public Investment Drove 99% Drop in Solar Photovoltaic Costs
Government policy and public investment were the key driver of an astonishing 99% drop in the cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels over four ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCanadaChinaEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobsOpinion & AnalysisPost-Carbon TransitionSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
GM Plant Closure Shows Industry Transition Catching Canada, Ontario Flat-Footed
The more than 2,500 workers at General Motors’ 65-year-old auto assembly plant in Oshawa, Ontario were among the casualties earlier this week when the ... -
European Battery Manufacturing Set to Grow 20-Fold by 2025
Battery manufacturing capacity in Europe is set to increase 20-fold over the next seven years, to output of 90 gigawatt-hours per year, according to ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPost-Carbon TransitionSupply Chains & Consumption
Carbon Labelling Would Show a Product’s Lifetime Climate Footprint
A tool as simple and far-reaching as carbon labelling, listing a product’s lifetime Climate footprint from production to disposal, would go a long way ... -
AustraliaCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsIndiaNational Plans & ResponsesOil & GasSupply Chains & ConsumptionTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States
Climate Policies in Canada, Russia, China Would Drive Warming Above 5.0°C by 2100
Canada, Russia, and China are pursuing policies that would push average global warming about 5.0°C by 2100 if every country followed their lead, according ... -
BioenergyCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsFinance & InvestmentMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPost-Carbon TransitionSupply Chains & Consumption
Scaling Up Bio Conference Envisions an ‘Economy Without a Tailpipe’
The formula for future success at scaling up the bioeconomy seems to be to add up environmental necessity and economic opportunity to result in clean ... -
BioenergyCCS & Negative EmissionsDrawdownForests & DeforestationPost-Carbon TransitionSupply Chains & Consumption
Bamboo Would Save At Least 7.22 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Increased cultivation and use of Bamboo places #35 on the Drawdown list of climate solutions, with potential to cut atmospheric carbon dioxide by 7.22 gigatons of carbon dioxide. It ... -
AsiaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentOil & GasSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Clean Energy Receives Just 1.3% of Fossil Majors’ Budgets in 2018
For all their rhetoric about supporting a low-carbon transition, the world’s 24 biggest publicly-traded fossils devoted just 1.3% of their budgets to clean energy ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBitumen BubbleCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementFinance & DivestmentPost-Carbon TransitionResearch & DevelopmentSub-National GovernmentsSupply Chains & ConsumptionTar Sands/Oil Sands
Tar Sands/Oil Sands Look ‘Beyond Combustion’ for New Bitumen Products
Carbon fibre, pelletized asphalt, vanadium flow batteries, and polymers are on the list of possible products that Canadian tar sands/oil sands operators are considering ...
