greenhouse gas emissions
LOW-CARBON ECONOMY IS A LONG-TERM ENERGY POLICY PRIORITY
Over 40 per cent of the territory of a small country in the heart of Europe – the Slovak Republic, with a population of 5.5 million – is covered by forests. Slovakia is the seventh most forested country in the…
DO WE SUFFICIENTLY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN ACHIEVING CLIMATE GOALS?
The exploitation of various natural materials and their further use in economic production has a great impact on the generation of greenhouse gas emissions. The circular economy has been promoted worldwide as a solution to the reduction of these emissions.…
EU COUNCIL AND PARLIAMENT REACH AN AGREEMENT ON REDUCING CO2 EMISSIONS GENERATED BY HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES
The Council and the European Parliament reached a temporary political agreement on CO2 emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles, to reduce these emissions in the road transport sector, but also set new targets for 2030, 2035 and 2040. The new rules…
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…
HOW TO PROPERLY MANAGE ENERGY CONSUMPTION
The fifteenth consecutive international conference IEEE PES PowerTech Belgrade 2023, held in Belgrade in late June, gathered around 600 participants—academic lecturers, well-known researchers in the field of power engineering, managers, and leaders of research activities in corporations, professors and young…
Holding the oil and gas sector accountable to methane promises
Much of the world has felt the sting of climate change this year although, as ever, the poor and vulnerable have suffered the most. This climate chaos has arrived at estimated global average temperatures of 1.4°C above pre-industrial levels. According…
RENEWABLE SOURCES KEY TO ENERGY SECURITY
Warm sea, pleasant climate and authentic architecture – this is perhaps the shortest description of one of the most popular tourist destinations on the European continent and the largest country on the Balkan Peninsula. However, apart from being a favorite…