The Paris Agreement: not great but still a good deal
“Perfect is the enemy of the good, so we don’t have a perfect agreement but a good agreement and this is an earth-shaking moment,” said…
European banks clinging to coal investments
Europe’s big banks have failed to significantly cut their investments in coal in the five years between the UN climate conferences of Copenhagen and Paris….
Rifkin: ‘UN climate talks lack a new economic vision’
The good news is that European cities and regions are at the forefront of the internet revolution which can deliver this promise, he told EurActiv…
Winning ‘hearts and minds’ for the energy transition
For the past three years, the R&Dialogue project has been working on facilitating social acceptance for the transition to a low carbon society. Endorsed by…
Smog on the Water
It’s a normal day in Shenyang. Almost. Last Sunday the levels of poisonous airborne particles (known as PM 2.5) reached 1,157 micrograms per cubic metre…
Turn Your Halloween Pumpkins Into Power
With the passing of Halloween, millions of pounds of pumpkins have turned from seasonal decorations to trash destined for landfills, adding to more than 254 million…
White Rose wilts under green cuts
September 2015 saw a major setback in plans to deploy carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the United Kingdom, as Drax Power withdrew support from…
South Africa’s Road to Growth is Paved With Coal
South Africa is already largely urbanized. Today, nearly two-thirds of South Africans live in urban centers. Although the rate of urbanization is slower in South…
GES2 power station conversion by Renzo Piano in Moscow
Renzo Piano Building Workshop to convert a historic power station, on the Moskva river, into a new venue for contemporary arts and culture Italian architect…
Rise in CO2 could restrict growing days for crops
While plants in temperate zones may benefit from higher temperatures, global warming’s impact in the tropics threatens catastrophe for food security. LONDON, 20 June,…
4 Signs the Tide May Be Turning Against Lion Hunting, and 1 It Isn’t
Who could shoot a lion? That’s the question many people are asking on social media and in protests outside the offices of big game hunters,…
Entering the Nuclear Age, Body by Body – The Nagasaki Experience
Korean and Chinese workers, prisoners of war, and mobilized adults and students had returned to their work sites; some dug or repaired shelters, others piled…
Nuclear fusion, the clean power that will take decades to master
Nuclear fusion is what powers the Sun and the stars – unleashing huge amounts of energy through the binding together of light elements such as…
Egypt revives Suez dream amid global trade slump and escalating insurgency
Egypt has revived the Suez Canal on a grand scale with a flourish of patriotic fervour, vowing to reignite world trade almost a century and…
How the Border Security Industry Will Profit Hugely From Climate Change
April 24, at the Defense, National Security, and Climate Change Symposium in Washington, D.C., Brigadier General Stephen Cheney stepped up to the podium to discuss…
We Shell Overcome, Someday
Late this September announced it was shlving its Arctic oil and gas operations off the coast of Alaska – for now. The Arctic is so…