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Reports: France to Invest €20bn in Clean Energy Transition Plan
Emmanuel Macron’s government has this week provided further details on its plan to establish France as a green economic leader, unveiling proposals to invest €20bn in a range of clean technologies. The proposals were yesterday presented by Prime Minister Edouard…
14 States On Track to Meet Paris Targets
Fourteen states and Puerto Rico are on track to meet and potentially exceed their portion of the U.S. commitment under the Paris agreement. The report shows that the member states of the U.S. Climate Alliance (USCA), which has grown to…
Nicaragua To Sign Paris Agreement Leaving United States Alone With Syria
Reports coming out of Central American country Nicaragua say that the country’s President Daniel Ortega has confirmed his country will finally sign the Paris Climate Agreement, leaving the United States and Syria as the only two countries in the world…
Ambitious 1.5C Paris Climate Target is Still Possible, New Analysis Shows
The highly ambitious aim of limiting global warming to less than 1.5C remains in reach, a new scientific analysis shows. The 1.5C target was set as an aspiration by the global Paris climate change deal in 2015 to limit the…
New York Skyline Targeted with Energy Efficiency Upgrade Rules
Measures that would force owners of New York City’s 14,500 least efficient large buildings to install upgrades to boilers, water heaters, roofs, and windows in order to cut emissions have been outlined by the city’s Mayor, Bill de Blasio. The…
Asia’s Glaciers to Shrink by a Third by 2100, Threatening Water Supply of Millions
Asia’s mountain glaciers will lose at least a third of their mass through global warming by the century’s end, with dire consequences for millions of people who rely on them for fresh water, researchers have said. This is a best-case…
Report: Closing Coal Plants Would Save US $10bn a Year
Energy consumers in the US could be paying an extra $10bn a year by 2021 to prop up ageing coal power plants, according to a new study which argues cheap gas and renewable energy will soon undercut the cost of…