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  • Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy SubsidiesEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesOceansOil & GasSouth & Central AmericaTravel, Leisure & Recreation

    World Bank Support to Guyana Megaproject Undercuts Promise to Stop Funding Fossils

    February 28, 2020
     
    February 28, 2020
    The World Bank is undercutting its own carbon reduction commitments and putting entire Caribbean ecosystems at risk by directing US$55 million to support fossil ...
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  • AfricaAsiaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationDrive to 1.5Health & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesSouth & Central America

    Massive Study Links Gender-Based Violence to Climate Change, Environmental Degradation

    February 14, 2020
     
    February 14, 2020
    Climate impacts and environmental degradation are driving an increase in violence against women and girls, while gender-based exploitation obstructs efforts to address the combined ...
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    Biodiversity & HabitatClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasSouth & Central AmericaUnited StatesWater

    Climate Campaigners Raise Flags Over Press Freedom Award for Chevron Lawyer

    January 28, 2020
     
    January 28, 2020
    Anti-fossil campaigners are crying foul after the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) chose to honour Chevron lead attorney Ted Boutrous for ...
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  • AsiaAustraliaBioenergyBrazilCarbon-Free TransitionChinaDrive to 1.5Energy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHydropowerIndiaSolarSouth & Central AmericaUnited StatesWind

    Mixed Results for 2019 Show Slight Rise in Renewable Energy Investment

    January 19, 2020
     
    January 19, 2020
    World renewable energy investment hit US$282.2 billion last year, slightly higher than 2018’s total of $280.2 billion, with investment declining in China but hitting ...
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  • Batteries/StorageCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentHydropowerSolarSouth & Central AmericaUnited StatesWind

    TerraForm Buyout Would Lift Toronto-Based Brookfield Renewable’s Asset Base to 22 Gigawatts

    January 17, 2020
     
    January 17, 2020
    Toronto-based Brookfield Renewable Partners is pitching a US$1.5-billion offer to buy out the remaining shares of TerraForm Power Inc., a move that would boost ...
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  • Biodiversity & HabitatBrazilDrought, Famine & WildfiresForests & DeforestationHeat & TemperatureSouth & Central America

    As Amazon Rainforest Approaches a ‘Tipping Point’, Scientists Say There’s Still Time to Act

    January 5, 2020
     
    January 5, 2020
    An interlinked and frightening triad of rising temperatures, escalating deforestation, and wildfire is pushing the Amazon rainforest ever closer to a “tipping point” that ...
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  • AfricaAsiaBuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionDemand & EfficiencyDrawdownHuman Rights & MigrationSouth & Central America

    Residential LEDs Would Save 7.8 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050

    December 1, 2019
     
    December 1, 2019
    Ranked #33 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions, using residential LED lighting to replace incandescent and fluorescent bulbs could cut greenhouse gas emissions by ...
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  • Human Rights & MigrationSouth & Central AmericaUnited States

    Trump White House Ignores Climate Crisis Driving Guatemalan Exodus to U.S.

    September 22, 2019
     
    September 22, 2019
    The Trump White House ignored warnings from its own acting homeland security department that poverty and food scarcity, partly driven by climate change, had ...
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  • Carbon-Free TransitionClimate Action/"Blockadia"Electricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentSolarSouth & Central AmericaUnited StatesWind

    Google Announces 1.6 GW in New Renewables Projects as U.S. Solar Procurement Hits 37.9 GW

    September 22, 2019
     
    September 22, 2019
    Global tech giant Google announced a cluster of renewable energy deals totalling 1.6 gigawatts last week, just days after an analyst report placed the ...
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  • Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsFinance & InvestmentForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesSouth & Central AmericaSupply Chains & Consumption

    Big Investors Demand Faster Action on Climate Change, Amazon Deforestation

    September 19, 2019
     
    Primary Author Compiled by The Energy Mix staff
    September 19, 2019
    With the United Nations Climate Summit coming up in New York City next week, investor groups with tens of trillions of dollars at their ...
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  • Arctic & AntarcticaAsiaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5EuropeFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesMiddle EastOceansSmall Island StatesSouth & Central America

    New Analysis Shows ‘Enormous Area’ of the Earth Above 2.0°C

    September 15, 2019
     
    September 15, 2019
    Some of the planet’s hot spots are already above the temperature agreed by scientists and politicians as the maximum allowable to prevent a disastrous ...
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  • AfricaAsiaDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesMiddle EastSevere Storms & FloodingSouth & Central America

    Extreme Weather Displaces a Record Seven Million People in First Six Months of 2019

    September 15, 2019
     
    September 15, 2019
    A record seven million people were displaced from their homes by extreme weather in the first half of this year, marking 2019 as “one ...
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  • AfricaAsiaBioenergyCitiesDrawdownElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityInternational Security & WarOff-GridSolarSouth & Central AmericaWind

    Microgrids Can Deliver Decentralized Power, Boost Renewable Energy Use and Improve Public Health

    August 27, 2019
     
    August 27, 2019
    Microgrids come in at #78 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. Defined as locally-managed electricity generation systems, microgrids can be powered by renewable resources ...
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  • Biodiversity & HabitatBrazilClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Denial & GreenwashingDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatorySouth & Central America

    G7 Offers Assistance, Bolsonaro Faces Withering Pressure as Amazon Rainforest Burns

    August 26, 2019
     
    Primary Author The Energy Mix staff
    August 26, 2019
    G7 leaders meeting in France are close to an agreement to help Brazil curtail devastating wildfires in the Amazon rainforests, with a coveted trade ...
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  • BrazilClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEuropeFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationSouth & Central America

    EU Urged to Draw the Line After Brazil’s Amazon Deforestation Increases 278% in July

    August 13, 2019
     
    August 13, 2019
    An influential UK newspaper is calling on the European Union to step up and help prevent a global deforestation disaster, after Brazil’s National Institute ...
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ICYMI

  • Carbon Levels & MeasurementDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySouth & Central AmericaWind

    Brazil Could See 10-Fold Wind Energy Growth by 2050

    September 7, 2020
     
    September 7, 2020
  • Biodiversity & HabitatClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationFood SecurityForests & DeforestationICYMIJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySouth & Central America

    New Map Unmasks Illegal Loggers in Brazil

    September 1, 2020
     
    September 1, 2020
  • Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationHeat & TemperatureICYMIInsurance & LiabilityJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSouth & Central America

    Monster Storms in Argentina Hold Lessons for Future Severe Weather

    August 13, 2020
     
    August 13, 2020
  • Climate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsICYMIJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSouth & Central America

    Guyana Election Finally Ends After Petro-Politics Produce Five-Month Stalemate

    August 4, 2020
     
    August 4, 2020
  • First PeoplesForests & DeforestationHuman Rights & MigrationICYMISouth & Central America

    Nicaragua Grazes Beef on ‘Stolen, Deforested’ Land

    June 28, 2020
     
    June 28, 2020
  • Energy PoliticsICYMIOil & GasSouth & Central America

    Venezuela Gives Control of Oil Back to Colossal Fossils

    March 5, 2020
     
    March 5, 2020
  • Climate Action/"Blockadia"Health & SafetyICYMIOil & GasSouth & Central AmericaWater

    Ecuador Communities Push Back on Palm Oil

    January 28, 2020
     
    January 28, 2020
  • CitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationHuman Rights & MigrationICYMIJurisdictionsSouth & Central AmericaSupply Chains & Consumption

    Plastic Pollution Making Latin American Communities Uninhabitable

    November 27, 2019
     
    November 27, 2019
  • CanadaICYMIJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSouth & Central America

    Repsol Looks to Alberta to Replace Venezuelan Heavy Oil

    November 24, 2019
     
    November 24, 2019
  • Drought, Famine & WildfiresForests & DeforestationICYMISouth & Central America

    Amazon Fires Drive 1150% Surge in Downloads from Tree Planting Search Engine

    August 27, 2019
     
    August 27, 2019
  • ICYMISouth & Central AmericaWater

    Peru Can Gain from Ancient Water-Saving Methods

    July 26, 2019
     
    July 26, 2019
  • Finance & InvestmentICYMISolarSouth & Central America

    Nicaragua Lands Foreign Funding for 100-MW Solar Project

    July 21, 2019
     
    July 21, 2019
  • Drought, Famine & WildfiresICYMISouth & Central AmericaWater

    Historic Drought Creates Snags for Panama Canal Shippers

    May 30, 2019
     
    May 30, 2019
  • Climate Impacts & AdaptationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseICYMIMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaSouth & Central America

    New Crack Has Southern Patagonia Ice Field ‘Split in Two’

    May 26, 2019
     
    May 26, 2019
  • Climate Impacts & AdaptationHuman Rights & MigrationICYMISouth & Central America

    Poorest in Guatemala Bear the Brunt of Climate Impacts

    May 16, 2019
     
    May 16, 2019
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