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IEA: HALF OF ELECTRICITY COULD COME FROM LOW-EMISSION SOURCES BY 2026
The demand for electricity in the next three years is expected to grow by an average of 3.4 percent. About 85 percent of the increase in global demand is projected to come primarily from China, India and Southeast Asian countries,…
FROM JAMAICA TO THE SAHARA: THE STRUGGLE FOR WATER RESOURCES
Faced with the challenges of climate change and frequent droughts, people around the world are finding innovative ways to manage water resources. One such example comes from a rural settlement in Jamaica, where local residents use large rainwater collection tanks,…
EU exported 32 million tonnes of waste in 2022
In 2022, the EU exported 32.1 million tonnes of waste to non-EU countries. This was a slight decrease of three per cent compared with 2021. Imports of waste from non-EU countries decreased by five per cent since 2021, amounting to…
China’s petrochemical surge is driving global oil demand growth
The global petrochemical industry – essential to the production of clothing, tyres, detergents, fertilisers, and countless other everyday products – is currently going through a momentous period of transition. Driving this change is a towering wave of new petrochemical plants,…
Massive expansion of renewable power opens door to achieving global tripling goal set at COP28
The world’s capacity to generate renewable electricity is expanding faster than at any time in the last three decades, giving it a real chance of achieving the goal of tripling global capacity by 2030 that governments set at the COP28…
Drop in EU imports of energy products in Q3 2023
In the third quarter of 2023, the EU imported 35.4 billion euros worth of energy products amounting to a total of 65 million tonnes. Compared with the same quarter of 2022, imports decreased both in value (-49.1 percent) and in…
Arctic Report Card documents evidence of accelerating climate change
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric has issued its annual Arctic Report Card. It documents new evidence that warming of the air, ocean and land is affecting people, ecosystems and communities across the Arctic region, which is heating up faster…