What do China’s gigantic wind and solar bases mean for its climate goals?
China is set to add at least 570 gigawatts (GW) of wind and solar power in the 14th five-year plan (FYP) period (2021–25), more than…
Policy & Strategy
Supreme Coup
The intention was to tell the story of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, a British journalist and an Indigenous expert. Both were killed last June…
Is philanthropy (really) good for climate and democracy?
The American multibillionaires Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg have recently published books about how to fight climate change. It is always commendable when people seek…
EU countries reach tentative deal on landmark energy savings law
The EU’s 27 energy ministers will aim to formalise a tentative deal on the bloc’s energy efficiency directive at their meeting on Monday (27 June),…
Bangladesh power bill mounts amid plan to supersize already bloated capacity
Bangladesh is paying hundreds of millions of dollars in incentives to private electricity producers every year for electricity that’s going unused, a government report indicates….
Why Bulgaria and Poland can withstand Russia cutting off their gas supply
Russian energy giant Gazprom has completely cut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria. Both countries are apparently being punished for refusing Russia’s demand that…
EU Energy Policy at a Crossroads
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has jeopardized the European Union’s plan for clean and secure energy. The EU’s Fit for 55 package aims to reduce…
Raw War
Let’s forget propaganda for a minute. Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February. Fact. On the same day, Putin’s army seized control of the ghost Chernobyl…
Soonstainability
“Meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” This is the definition of sustainability…
No finance, no fix
COP 26 was a tumultuous event. Postponed by a year because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the meeting in Scotland in November 2021 was highly anticipated…
China’s power outages and its double carbon target 3060
Although China is an electricity generation powerhouse, it does experience power shortages from time to time. The most recent power outage happened last summer, resulting…
Australia’s two-way strategy
COP26 was useful. At least the Australian government showed its true face. Despite a smoky plan, Prime Minister Scott Morrison exposed his country strategy to…
An Indigenous peoples’ approach to climate justice
Climate change has been identified as the “defining issue of our time” by many of the world’s leading experts and the diagnosis of planetary health…