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Innovation and Market Reform Needed to Drive Japan’s Clean Energy Transition, IEA Policy Review Finds
New report notes Japan’s success in making its energy system more resilient and sustainable, but says reaching carbon-neutrality by 2050 requires quick action now. Japan will need to move quickly to make headway on the steep emissions reductions that are…
Pacific Islands Unite Around Enhanced Renewables Ambition Under Climate Goals
In a year of critical action on climate mitigation and adaptation, Pacific Island governments have reinforced their commitment to energy transition action and strengthened sustainable energy goals within updated nationally determined contributions (NDCs) ahead of COP26 in Glasgow, the United…
Why Countries Are Desperate To Defy the Odds and Access Mars
Getting there takes seven months, and landing on a surface where the average temperature is about -60°C involves “seven minutes of terror.” Who could resist? Despite the obstacles, active exploration of Mars has ramped up of late – pushing scientific discovery forward and potentially…
UN Environment Assembly Concludes With an Urgent Call For Action to Solve Planetary Emergencies
Ministers of environment and other leaders from more than 150 nations today concluded a two-day online meeting of the Fifth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) in which the Assembly warned that the world risks new pandemics if we don’t change…
IRENA Report Identifies Policy Measures to Advance Jordan’s Transition to Renewables
A new report published today by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has identified a series of policy measures that can help advance the energy transition towards renewable energy in Jordan. The “Renewables Readiness Assessment: The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan”…
Bitcoin, Tesla, Electricity Usage, And A Mea Culpa
Over two years ago, CleanTechnica published a substantive report I authored, checking in on the global intersection of blockchain technology and cleantech. About 66 ventures in 26 countries were covered. Naturally, the subject of bitcoin’s electricity use was covered as well, as there…
In the Textile Industry, Old Is Increasingly Becoming New
A clothing company in the Philippines that uses scrap material to make shoes. A technology startup in Ireland that allows strangers to swap little-used clothes. And a fashion house in Brazil that produces zero waste and repurposes old clothes into new ones. These are three of…