The Role of Energy in Kazakhstan: Challenges and Prospects
Kazakhstan, the largest economy in Central Asia, with its economic development plan and strategic document 2050, has actively developed economic and trade diplomacy, diversified foreign…
fossil fuels
Energy Transition in the United States
Throughout history, humans have transitioned their energy sources to more efficient and cleaner forms. Much of this transition historically was either due to depletion of…
Scientists Warn Major Glaciers Won’t ‘Survive This Century,’ With Grave Impacts for Billions
“Preservation of glaciers is not just an environmental, economic, and societal necessity,” said one expert. “It’s a matter of survival.” Scientists on Friday spent the…
A few more roads to nowhere
Burning fossil fuels to generate energy produces greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. Unfortunately, burning fossil fuels also leads to other forms of ecological…
The Carbon Brief Profile: China
China, formally known as the People’s Republic of China, is the world’s second-largest economy and the second most populous country. The country is home to…
Down and Out
Words matter. If appropriate, they help understanding. And even if imprecise or absent, they help, as they often reveal the underlying intention or end goal….
“New tech inside“: Europe needs to embrace ground-breaking geothermal technologies
The new REPowerEU Plan presented last week by the European Commission is the latest proposal of measures that would speed up the transformation of Europe’s…
Hundreds of planned coal mines ‘incompatible with 1.5C target’
Proposals to build hundreds of new coal mines could raise global output of the fossil fuel by 30%, putting the world’s climate goals or up…
Winning the Electric Decade: ‘Electrification Strategy’ at the heart of ‘Fit for 55’ package
Electrification is the most critical enabler of decarbonisation and the single biggest opportunity of this decade. Climate change has set a hard deadline for transformation…
Leaders make bold climate pledges, but is it ‘all just smoke and mirrors?’: Critics
Forty nations — producers of 80% of annual carbon emissions — made pledges of heightened climate ambition this week at U.S. President Joe Biden’s Leaders…
Particulate matters
Who wants to be afflicted with persistent anxiety or depression? Or neurological dysfunctions such as cognitive deficits, autism, and Alzheimer’s disease? Numerous studies link air…
Green Hydrogen: Could It Be Key to a Carbon-Free Economy?
Originally published at Yale Environment 360 Green hydrogen, which uses renewable energy to produce hydrogen from water, is taking off around the globe. Its boosters say…
Is 2020 the Opening for a Just Transition?
As the U.S. considers how to reopen, stimulate, and recover its economy post-pandemic, how radically could it be reimagined? As an archipelago, Hawai‘i was necessarily self-reliant…