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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India has the fifth-highest number of think tanks
Centre for Science and Environment is ranked 17th among global environment think tanks. With 192 think tanks, India has been ranked fifth on a list of countries with the highest number of such entities,
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Air Pollution and Atherosclerosis: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Four European Cohort Studies in the ESCAPE Study
In four European cohorts, we investigated the cross-sectional association between long-term exposure to air pollution and intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery (CIMT), a pre-clinical marker
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European Parliament committee fails to agree on carbon reform date
A pro-industry European Parliament committee failed on Thursday to agree a date to reform the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), raising the chances of political backing for early changes to prop up the
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Badly located renewable power plants cost Europe $100 billion: Davos report
Europe could have saved itself $100 billion by installing solar power panels in sunnier countries and wind turbines in windier places, the World Economic Forum's "Future of Electricity" platform said in
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Invisible fuel
THE CHEAPEST AND cleanest energy choice of all is not to waste it. Progress on this has been striking yet the potential is still vast. Improvements in energy efficiency since the 1970s in 11 IEA member
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German offshore wind capacity more than doubles in 2014
Germany's offshore wind capacity more than doubled last year as investors warm up to the technology, helping Europe's largest economy in its ambitious push into renewable power. At the end of 2014,
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Smart shoe devices generate power from walking
The devices represent a trade-off between power generating capacity, size and other factors German researchers have built shoe-sized devices that harvest power from the act of walking. The technology
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EU set to allow controversial genetically modified crops to be grown in the UK
The European Parliament is today expected to clear the way for controversial ‘Frankenfood’ crops to be grown in Britain. MEPs will vote to clear the block on growing controversial genetically modified
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Europe Poised for a Mild January Following Record Warm Year
Most of Europe is forecast to be warmer than usual in January, with higher winds boosting power supply after the region’s mildest year in at least three decades helped push electricity and natural gas
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European temperature records smashed amid 2014 heat wave
PARIS/MONTREAL – The year 2014 broke a series of heat records in France, Britain, Germany and Belgium, weather agencies reported Monday. In France, “2014 was the hottest year since 1900,” the Meteo-France