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Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 31, 2024
That’s because countries previously agreed under the Paris Agreement that, by the end of 2024, they would decide on the new quantum of climate finance for lower-income countries, building on the previous target of $100 billion/year. Here’s what’s on the agenda at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, and why it matters.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 12, 2024
It’s worth delving into because it has some important implications for our clean energy future. By 2050, gas plants operate at less than 6 percent of their rated capacity during the year compared to more than 38 percent for all gas plants in 2022, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
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A Greener Life
AUGUST 2, 2023
“This is the first time Argentina has put into numbers the transformation needed in its energy sector to deliver on the country’s climate pledges,” Juan Carlos Villalonga, a renewable energy consultant and former deputy in the national congress, told Diálogo Chino. The plan targets US$2.7 GW of additional capacity.
A Greener Life
JUNE 30, 2023
Solar panels in the Bavarian Holledau region in Au, Germany. By Anders Lorenzen The renewable energy sector experienced record growth in 2022 of 1%. They still account for 82% of the global energy supply according to the industry’s Statistical Review of World Energy released this week.
Enviromental Defense
JUNE 17, 2024
Alberta: Speak Up For a SAFE Climate: Take Action Here How Climate Action Makes Life More Affordable Renewable energy, including solar and wind power, is much cheaper and less polluting than burning fossil fuels such as natural gas, oil and coal. A stitch in time saves $32 trillion. Shifting that $4.8 Shifting that $4.8
Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
Riding on one of the city’s “100% electric zero emission” buses, I noticed that much of the public lighting is solar powered. Over the next two weeks, COP22 will bring together delegates from 197 countries to discuss implementation of the Paris Agreement, reached last December. In her opening address, Ms. According to Ms.
Enviromental Defense
MAY 31, 2022
Reduce Ontario’s GHG emissions by at least 50 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, targets consistent with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the most ambitious aspects of the Paris Agreement. Restoring the powers of the Environment Commissioner of Ontario.
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