This press release comes to us from the good folks at CDP. I really believe that businesses have the power (and responsibility) to drive change towards a more sustainable planet, and it’s great to hear that California Governor Jerry Brown has made a call to some major corporations asking them … [continued]
Michael Bloomberg, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Climate Action, announced on Sunday that his Bloomberg Philanthropies would contribute $4.5 million to the operations of the UN Climate Change Secretariat in an effort to ensure the United States will honor its Paris Climate Agreement.
While Norway has something of a reputation internationally as being “progressive” and “green,” the country’s well fed economy and society is largely the result of a highly productive fossil fuel extraction industry.
The inherently global aspect of climate as a common good and the externalities associated with carbon emission requires government intervention and international collaboration to address climate change.
Coal continues to fall hard as renewables surge worldwide (including in China), all despite the Trump administration wanting to go back to the “good old days.”
The people of the United States didn’t elect Donald Trump. Approximately 3 million more people voted for Hillary Clinton than Donald Trump, while approximately half of the population stayed home. In typical Donald fashion, he is trying to take revenge by pulling the country further into the gutter.
The upcoming G20 (Group of 20) talks will see finance ministers from the US, China, Germany, and others scale back — and back away from — earlier commitments to “combat” climate change, going by reports.
Energy professionals in the UK have highlighted energy policy continuity as the biggest challenge the country’s energy sector is currently facing. According to the Energy Institute, the global professional body for the energy sector, in its second Energy Barometer report, Views from UK energy professionals, respondents highlighted energy policy continuity as the … [continued]
The International Solar Alliance has reiterated its desire to mobilize $1 trillion in investments to improve solar assets. Launched by India and France at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris last December, the International Solar Alliance is made up of governments from 25 countries, all expressly moving to mobilize … [continued]
A new report has concluded that even the most efficient coal plants are incompatible with global climate change goals. With world leaders heading to New York to sign the Paris Climate Change Agreement, a new report conducted by Ecofys and commissioned by WWF has concluded that any level of coal-fired … [continued]
