The study raises important question for using solar cells and plants on the same field.
It’s increasingly been suggested that solar panels could be used on agricultural fields, producing clean…
The Future We Choose, a new book by the architects of the Paris climate accords, offers two contrasting visions for how the world might look in thirty years (read the best case scenario here)
In the building sector, all trends are pointing upwards, with dramatic consequences for the climate. By 2060, the global building floor area is expected to double. Emerging and developing economies…
Just 15 countries dominate the pipeline for new coal. Together, they are responsible for 90% of coal capacity under development. This guest post explains what is happening in each of these key…
The science of renewable energy is remarkable—the ability to harness nature to magically power our modern world is a seductive vision. And yet, the actual business of renewable energy is late to…
During the 2019 summer tourism season, cruise ship companies dumped more than 3 million pounds of trash at Juneau’s private landfill.
That’s a concern to some in the community, especially since the…
Ukraine’s climate activists clamor for the speedy transition to carbon-neutral sources of energy. Activists assembled in front of the Ministry of the Environment and Energy in Kyiv. Ukraine’s…
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Not so long ago in the village of Tababou, 600 kilometres off Lome, Togo’s capital, Ousmane Kantcho had to travel miles and miles outside the village in order to charge his…
Kenya's expertise in developing geothermal energy has become a point of reference in the region, leading to Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda, Djibouti, South Sudan, and Comoros visiting for benchmarking.…
Africa’s leading economies are increasingly looking to wind energy to power homes. It’s part of a trend towards varying forms of clean energy across the continent.
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - Ethiopia will skip the latest round of U.S.-brokered talks this week on a disputed Nile dam project with Egypt and Sudan, the country’s water ministry announced Wednesday.
A…
The army has been called in to eliminate the insects swarming across Africa, but their mission is dangerous and unending
Sitting at a plastic table in the garden of Timisha hotel in Soroti, eastern…
(CNN)Donkey slaughter will be halted in Kenya following concerns over the rise in theft of the animals for export production and the impact on families that rely on them, according the country's…
Researchers’ figure contrasts starkly with proportion of forest burned over such a period on any other continent
More than 20% of Australia’s forests burned during the summer’s bushfire catastrophe…
With generation records tumbling and a State support scheme on the way, wind power's time has arrived.
As Storm Ciara was bearing down menacingly on Ireland two weeks ago, not everyone on the island…
ICAEW and other industry groups want climate risk to be integrated into company audits
The world’s accountants must put the climate crisis at the forefront of their work to spur global companies to…
The United States has the cleanest air. The Green New Deal will cost a 15-figure fortune. And Paris has been suffering for the climate agreement that bears its name.
Those are just some of the many…
If all the sunshine hitting the Sahara was converted into energy, enough electricity would be produced to power Europe 7,000 times over.
But solar panels reflect less heat back into space…