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Leading Renewable Players Urge Governments to Re-align Recovery Measures with Paris Agreement
With the Paris Agreement celebrating its fifth anniversary this week, all eyes are on the world’s governments to urgently scale-up climate action.
In a renewed call to action, over 100 leading renewable energy...
Western Balkan’s Countries Peeking Into the Right Direction, but still Lagging Behind in Transforming the Energy System
The Energy Community Secretariat’s 2020 Implementation Report highlights some of the key obstacles in transforming the energy system of the involved countries, including the Western Balkans, in the foreseen timeline.
The Energy Community...
EU on Track to Meet Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Renewable Energy 2020 Targets
The EEA report ‘Trends and projections in Europe 2020’ tracks progress the EU’s 27 Member States (plus the United Kingdom) are making towards Europe’s climate and energy targets. The analysis is based...
How to Turn Industrial Carbon Emissions Into Building Materials
When Sophia Hamblin Wang flew to Davos, Switzerland, in January 2020, swathes of her home country, Australia, was on fire."So many of my communities were affected in profound ways. We could feel...
Kazakhstan Forges Ahead With Renewable Energy
The signing of a syndicated USD 95.3 million deal to support the construction of the Zhanatas 100 MW wind farm in southern Kazakhstan, marks a major milestone in the decarbonisation and diversification...
Tripling Renewables Investment to Reach Climate Goal
Global renewable energy investment increased between 2013 and 2018, reaching its peak at USD 351 billion in 2017, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Climate...
EBRD supports green transition of Poland’s electricity producer Tauron
Tauron Polska Energia, one of the largest energy firms in Poland, is moving from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy with the support of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development...
Eliminating CO2 Emissions from Industry and Transport in Line with 1.5°C Climate Goal
Renewable energy holds the key to most of the options available to reach zero emissions in industry and transport, IRENA’s new report Reaching Zero with Renewables shows. Presented today by IRENA’s Director-General...
Renewables at Heart of Reaching Zero Emissions in Industry and Transport
Only seven industry and transport sectors will account for 38% of all CO2 emissions globally in 2050 unless there are significant changes in current approaches. Concerted action beyond planned policies can turn the...
Latin America’s Energy Community Underlines Link Between Energy Transformation and Prosperity
High-level energy and climate decision makers from Latin America and the Caribbean underlined the importance of low-carbon energy policy to securing stable, long-term prosperity across regional economies, during a webinar co-hosted by...
IRENA Puts Energy Transformation at Heart of Sustainable Recovery Agenda
Governments can align immediate economic stimulus needs with medium to long-term decarbonisation and sustainable development objectives by targeting policy measures and public spending towards the energy transformation, a new report by the...
How to Exploit Coal Reserves?
The increase of energy production from renewable sources and higher energy efficiency are definitely directions towards a sustainable energy future of Serbia. Energy experts have no dilemmas about that. However, the subject...
Environmentally Conscious Tourists Are Attracted to Eco-Friendly Destinations
If you are a fan of unspoiled nature hidden between the Montenegrin mountains and the Adriatic Sea, surely it must have happened to you, at least once, to be stuck for hours...
Renewable Energy Can Support Resilient and Equitable Recovery
Advancing the renewables-based energy transformation is an opportunity to meet international climate goals while boosting economic growth, creating millions of jobs and improving human welfare by 2050, finds the first Global Renewables...
EBRD and Donors Boost Green Financing in the Region
The Western Balkans is a key region for, and partner in, the EBRD’s green work. South-eastern Europe has huge potential for developing green energy, with its rivers providing hydroelectric power, its mountains...
Global Energy-Related CO2 Emissions Flattened in 2019, Following Two Years of Increases
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Global energy-related CO2 emissions flattened in 2019 at around 33 gigatonnes (Gt), following two years of increases. This resulted mainly from a sharp decline in CO2 emissions from the power...