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Renewables Delivered Nearly 75% of New Electricity Last Year, But Investment Must Double by 2030
Solar, wind, and other forms of renewable power supplied nearly three-quarters of the new electricity generating capacity installed in 2019, but annual investments will ... -
AsiaCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyPathways to 1.5United States
COVID-19 Could Slash Emissions 5%, But Permanent Cuts Depend on Structural Change
The COVID-19 pandemic could cut global greenhouse gas emissions by 5% this year, producing the deepest reduction since the end of the Second World ... -
‘Epic’ Oil Crash Crowns Coal as the Priciest Fossil
Coal—once the world’s cheapest form of energy—is now the most expensive after oil prices crashed through March. But analysts say the price point will ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy SubsidiesEuropeHealth & SafetyNational Plans & Responses
European Green Deal Will Guide Coronavirus Recovery Plan, EU Leaders Pledge
European Union leaders have agreed to make the massive economic measures they’re planning in response to the coronavirus match up with the continent-wide Green ... -
Thunberg in Self-Isolation, Urges Social Distancing to Confront the Pandemic
#FridaysforFuture founder Greta Thunberg and her father Svante are both in self-isolation, believing they both may have been infected with the coronavirus during a ... -
Batteries/StorageBitumen BubbleCarbon-Free TransitionEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentOceansOil & GasSolarWind
European Oil Major Cuts Costs, Protects Renewables, as Stranded Fossil Assets Begin Looking ‘Inevitable’
Like most of their counterparts around the world, colossal fossils in Europe are slashing spending in response to an oil price crash triggered by ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon Levels & MeasurementDrive to 1.5EuropeFood SecurityForests & DeforestationInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesPathways to 1.5Soil & Natural Sequestration
Soils Can Deliver 5.5 Billion Tonnes of CO2 Storage Per Year
Restoring and protecting the planet’s soils could remove up to 5.5 billion tonnes of CO2 annually—almost equivalent to the current annual emissions of the ... -
Climate Satellites Still On the Job, Delivering Data to Help Coronavirus Fight
Their manufacturers may be offline, and their mission control stations are on skeleton staff, but the NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) satellites that ... -
Arctic Climate Research Expedition Faces COVID-19 Delays
Delays and uncertainty have come to the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition, after a team member based in ... -
AfricaAsiaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate DenialDemographicsEuropeInternational Agencies & StudiesMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionUnited States
Youth Climate Campaigners Show Empathy, Ingenuity in Face of Pandemic Crisis
As COVID-19 explodes around the world, youth climate activists are responding with empathy and ingenuity, moving en masse from the streets to the web, ... -
Officials Weigh Postponing COP 26 Despite Urgent Timing for Climate Action
Scarcely seven months before a United Nations conference where countries will be under pressure to agree on fast, decisive action on climate change, the ... -
Classical Musicians Come Together (Alone) for Virtual Performance
In an isolated world, members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra are lifting the hearts and minds of 115,000 (and counting) with beautiful music—performed separately, ... -
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Personal Politics Cloud Investment Firm’s Environmental Responsibility Pledge
The head of an investment firm that has signed on to an environmentally responsible portfolio plan is himself being scrutinized for his association with ... -
Bitumen BubbleEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesMiddle EastOil & GasShale & FrackingUnited States
Coronavirus Triggers OPEC+ Breakup, Drives Deepest Oil Price Dive in 29 Years
Driven by cratering economic activity due to the coronavirus pandemic, oil markets crashed 31% in a matter of seconds last week, after cooperation across ... -
AsiaCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsChinaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesHealth & SafetyInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasShale & FrackingSolarSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited StatesWind
Oil War and COVID-19 Create Risk, Opportunity for Clean Energy
The end-to-end news coverage of the coronavirus emergency is producing a secondary wave of commentary and analysis on whether the global pandemic will derail ...
