Wind and solar benchmarks for a 1.5°C world
This report presents a detailed methodology for determining the amount of wind and solar capacity that is required for a country to align with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C temperature goal. While the focus
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Hope for the trees
Until the 1960s, forest-clearing accounted for most anthropogenic carbon emissions. Now it causes around 10%—a decline that led many at the UN climate summit in Paris to focus their efforts elsewhere.
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German region protests, fears Fukushima-style disaster after Belgium restarts aging reactor
BRUSSELS – Belgian power utility Electrabel restarted an aging nuclear reactor Tuesday after a near two-year shutdown, angering neighboring Germany, which fears the danger of a Fukushima-style meltdown.
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Inequalities in global trade: A cross-country comparison of trade network position, economic wealth, pollution and mortality
<p>In this paper we investigate how structural patterns of international trade give rise to emissions inequalities across countries, and how such inequality in turn impact countries’ mortality rates.
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Climate funding piles up, but nations argue over how quickly
Developed nations have mobilized some $80-$90 billion per year to help the poorest survive a warmer world, delegates at Paris climate talks said, but emerging countries dispute the figures and say a goal
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Germany's RWE bets big on wind and solar in corporate overhaul
RWE could triple investments in wind and solar power in a big expansion of its renewables business, its CEO told Reuters, days after the company announced it would break itself up to cope with a crisis
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Rich nations' fossil fuel subsidies exceed climate aid 40 to 1: researchers
Wealthy nations spend 40 times as much money subsidizing fossil fuel production as they contribute to the Green Climate Fund to help poor countries adapt to global warming, a research group said in a study
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Centre approves pacts with Germany for solar energy, CG sector
The government on Wednesday approved a post facto agreement with Germany to expand bilateral cooperation in the field of solar energy. The Union Cabinet in its meeting on Wednesday also approved another
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NuPower Renewables commissions 30-MW wind project in Maharashtra
MUMBAI: NuPower Renewables today said it has commissioned 30-MW wind power project in Maharashtra. The project is built from end to end, on a self development basis with 2.05 MW wind turbines manufactured
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Coal is not the solution to energy poverty, warn aid agencies
Coal power plants are not the solution to help billions of people without electricity or clean cooking facilities, aid agencies have warned. Analysis by Cafod, Christian Aid and thinktank the Overseas
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Market design for an electricity system with higher share of RE energy sources
Large scale integration of Renewable Energy (RE) into a power system poses multiple technical and commercial challenges to the stake holders of the system. It is critical to address these challenges for