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London CO2 Cuts Must be ‘More Ambitious in Scale and Pace’, Mayoral Body Warns
London’s economy has grown as greenhouse gas emissions have fallen over the past five years, but future decarbonisation in the capital will “need to be significantly more ambitious both in scale and pace”, a Mayoral advisory body report has warned.…
Survey: Quarter of Brits More Worried About Climate Change in 2017
After a year which has seen the world hit by a series of devastating weather events and President Trump announce plans to pull out of the Paris Agreement, UK adults are now more worried about climate change than they were…
How Cities Can Meat the Climate Challenge
Addressing a crowd of mayors gathered in his hometown last week, former President Obama called on the “new faces of American leadership” on climate change to take swift action to spare our children and grandchildren from a climate catastrophe. Twenty-five…
World’s Largest Solar-Wind-Storage Plant Planned for India
A wind, solar and battery storage plant is being planned for the southeastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, which has faced power woes in recent months due to grid failure. The renewable energy facility will consist of 120 megawatts of…
3 Extreme Weather Events in 2016 ‘Could Not Have Happened’ Without Climate Change, Scientists Say
Three of 2016’s extreme weather events would have been impossible without human-caused climate change, according to new research. The Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society published a collection of papers Wednesday focused on examining the effect of climate change on…
College Seeks Investment in Solar Energy
The Federal Government has been urged to invest more in solar energy to meet up with the electricity challenges. At the End of the Year/Graduation of ABITECH Engineering College in Ikorodu, Timothy Obano, the Chief Executive Officer, said the potential…
Vattenfall First to Confirm Zero-Subsidy Bid in Dutch Wind Auction
The Netherlands has at least one ‘subsidy-free’ bidder for its offshore wind auction after Swedish utility Vattenfall confirmed on Friday its entry to the fray. Vattenfall is the first developer to confirm its bid for the zero-subsidy auction, the first…