Cooperation on the world stage is critical for minimizing climate change, but it’s in short supply right now, says Wood Mackenzie’s 2019 Energy Transition Outlook. Rising economic nationalism in the U.S. and China is dominating news headlines and making waves across the global economy. Less appreciated is the threat it poses to the energy transition. […]
EIB set to finance biggest wind power infrastructure projects in Spain
These new facilities will have a total capacity of 547 MW and will generate approximately 1.491 GWh of energy a year overall, a volume equivalent to the power use of 360 000 Spanish homes. · The EU bank will provide up to EUR 385m to Alfanar, successful bidder in Spain’s third renewable energy auction. · […]
New York Governor Signs Ambitious Climate Change Bill with Goal of Slashing Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2030
He was joined by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, who has made ghting global warming his life’s work New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an ambitious climate change bill Thursday with the goal of slashing the state’s greenhouse gas emissions 85% below what they were in 1990. “Cries for a new green movement are […]
Climate Policy Action Amid Political Distraction
A slate of clean energy bills has been introduced in Congress this year. Do they have any hope of passing before the 2020 election? What is going on in Washington, D.C.? A bubbling House Democrat feud followed by a series of racially offensive presidential tweets has unleashed chaos in the U.S. capital. Meanwhile, there’s one […]
ACORE Applauds New York For Taking Bold Action to Address Climate Change
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Today, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act into law and announced America’s largest offshore wind procurement. Following is a statement from Gregory Wetstone, President and CEO of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE): “New York is walking the walk when it comes to renewable energy […]
Narendra Modi and India’s new climate change norms
At the start of the republic, India found a normative voice on the global stage through its moral stand against colonialism. Now a rising India needs a new normative agenda. It might get it through environmental policy. From the very beginning of the Indian republic, many of its leaders were convinced of its “unique capacity […]
3 Takeaways From New York’s Ambitious Climate Change Plan
California has long led on climate change policy in the U.S. The state, which boasts the world’s fifth-largest economy, plans to generate 100% of its electricity from carbon-free sources by 2045. California is currently home to 38% of America’s installed solar capacity, and its alternative transportation fuels program has been so successful that other states […]
How To Solve Climate Change? With Giant Floating Solar Farms That Suck CO2 & Make Electricity
We all know climate change is real and it’s happening right now — we are all living and experiencing its devastating effects to the planet at large and our own personal lifestyles. Even though time’s dangerously running out on what remedial steps we can take to reverse the effects of climate change, there’s a school […]
Leonardo DiCaprio teams up with others for new alliance to battle climate change
The Earth Alliance initiative was launched on Wednesday by the actor’s The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (LDF) in partnership with Laurene Powell Jobs, the wife of the late tech magnate Steve Jobs, and billionaire investor Brian Sheth. According to a press release, the Alliance convenes the communicating power of the LDF with the talent and capacities […]
UK launches green finance strategy to tackle climate change
The UK has unveiled a green finance strategy, setting out plans to increase investment in sustainable projects and infrastructure. The strategy will ensure that financial risks and opportunities from climate change are integrated into mainstream financial decision-making and increase the availability of finance to make the most of this economic opportunity, one which brings together […]