Climate leadership is now in Asia
With the US and the EU lagging on climate action, India, China and South Korea are moving forward and showing leadership on this vital topic.
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Renewables
Walmart goes gigantic, launches Project Gigaton
Walmart made headlines as it launched its Project Gigaton, an effort to help its supply chain cut by a billion metric tons its carbon footprint.
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How the Middle East is turning to the sun for energy
When one thinks of the Middle East nowadays, oil comes to mind. But with solar photovoltaic booming right now all around the region and beyond, this might not be the case in twenty or thirty years.
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Global emissions from energy are flat. Now what ?
There are still reasons to cheer in our fight against climate change. According to the respected International Energy Agency’s new report, global greenhouse gases emissions from energy remained flat in 2016 while the global economy grew by 3.1 percent.
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Global coal and oil use to peak in 2020
That’s it ! Renewable energy sources and electric vehicles are progressing so fast around the world that according to a new study coal and oil use could peak worldwide in as little as three years.
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France is late on its energy transition
I came across several articles on my home country lately and thought it was the occasion to keep everyone updated on how the French energy transition is going on.
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India and China go full speed against climate change
While the United States are wondering what will happen next on climate change mitigation in their country, both India and China have recently unvealed very ambitious targets to fight local air pollution and global climate change.
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World Energy Outlook 2016 and global CO2 emissions
Every year in late November, it is the same thing: the very respected International Energy Agency publishes its World Energy Outlook. This year’s edition is interesting in more than one aspect.
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Reasons to remain hopeful for the climate
Further to the election in the United States, a lot of people are fearing that this may be a death blow to global climate change mitigation efforts.
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China’s holistic approach to combatting climate change
For long, China was seen as a climate villain, fuelling its amazing economic growth by burning more and more coal. But times are changing, and the People’s Republic is emerging as a climate leader.
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