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25 03 2019 | 15:30

Africa Climate Week Signals Continent’s Huge Investment Opportunity

UN Climate Change News, Accra, 20 March 2019 – The high-level segment of the Africa Climate Week in Accra, Ghana, got firmly underway this morning with the official opening ceremony at the capital’s…

24 03 2019 | 09:19

Nigeria set to construct US $18.4m Gurara hydropower plant

The Federal Government is set to commence construction of Gurara hydropower plant after it announced to have completed the concession process required for the handing over of the plant to a…

23 03 2019 | 13:18

Study charts six scenarios for fossil-free energy by 2050.

Cutting energy use in buildings, ramping up renewable electricity and developing large-scale storage with hydrogen are clear options in bringing energy emissions down to zero by 2050, according to a…

23 03 2019 | 13:10

EU Parliament votes for 55% emissions cuts by 2030

Members of the European Parliament voted in favour of increasing the EU’s 2030 emission cuts target to 55% and a net-zero mid-century target on Thursday (14 March), bringing an end to weeks of…

23 03 2019 | 11:41

100% renewable energy requires ‘a lot of green hydrogen’.

The production of so-called green hydrogen from wind and solar electricity is seen as a potential game-changer for the transition to a 100% renewable energy system. But getting there will take some…

23 03 2019 | 08:44

Australian energy innovations on the world stage.

Saving the world is a goal for most children. Some go on to invent the tools we need to do this. Planet Ark Power’s engineers are these inventors: they are revolutionalising our energy supply and…

22 03 2019 | 12:26

UNFCCC 25th Anniversary: Climate Action is More Urgent than Ever.

UN Climate Change News, 21 March 2019 - Today marks a special day in the history of global climate action: It marks the day when the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) first came into…

22 03 2019 | 07:15

GSAS-D&B 2019 CGP Refresher Course - 28 March 2019.

Thursday 28 March  Qatar National Convention Centre, Doha-Qatar

22 03 2019 | 07:01

Study Claims People Prefer Wind Turbines As Neighbors Over Other Energy Plants.

A new University of Delaware (UD) study hasexamined the attitudes of people who live in close proximity to wind projects to see if they prefer those projects to energy alternatives, such as a central…

22 03 2019 | 06:43

Puerto Rico is on its way to 100% renewable electricity.

A bill to mandate that the island’s electric system move to 100% renewable energy by 2050 has passed the Puerto Rico Senate and is being sent to the House for reconciliation, the last stop before it…

22 03 2019 | 06:29

School climate strikes: 1.4 million people took part, say campaigners.

Activist Greta Thunberg, 16, says action proved ‘no one is too small to make a difference’. More than 1.4 million young people around the world took part in school strikes for climate action,…

22 03 2019 | 06:21

Weather forecasts: time to talk about climate change.

Climate must not be confused with local conditions, but remodelled broadcasts could help people understand the dangers we face. Still, and in defiance of decades worth of scientific evidence, vast…

21 03 2019 | 06:08

Climate change making storms like Idai more severe, say experts.

Destructive power of storms likely to increase in future as world warms up

20 03 2019 | 05:42

Launch of GSAS 2019

Sustainable Built Environment Community and Colleagues, GORD is pleased to announce the launch of the 4th edition of Global Sustainability Assessment System GSAS 2019. GORD is committed to…

19 03 2019 | 09:09

One Planet Summit at the 4th Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya.

  The fourth day of the Environment Assembly was a busy one, with the High-Level Segment and the One Planet Summit. Here are the links to some of the high-level speeches:  

19 03 2019 | 07:41

Turkish supreme court blocks coal plant, as wave of new projects stalls.

Local opposition won a legal ruling against a major project on the Black Sea coast – the latest challenge to Turkey’s plans to expand coal use. Turkey’s highest administrative court has blocked a…

19 03 2019 | 07:06

All that transpired in the 4th session of the UNEA from 11-15 March 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya.

The fourth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-4) took place from 11-15 March 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya, at the UN Offices at Nairobi (UNON), organized on the theme of “Innovative…

19 03 2019 | 07:04

UN Alliance For Sustainable Fashion addresses damage of ‘fast fashion’.

UN Alliance For Sustainable Fashion addresses damage of ‘fast fashion’   Launched today at the UN Environment Assembly, the UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion is seeking to halt the…

19 03 2019 | 06:49

South African leading parties aren’t in the green for environmental policies.

On 8 May South Africans won’t see a green party on the ballot paper.

19 03 2019 | 06:47

New alternative to Trump's wall would create jobs, renewable energy, and increase border security.

A consortium of scientists and engineers have proposed that the U.S. and Mexico build a series of guarded solar, wind, natural gas and desalination facilities along the entirety of the border.