The African Development Bank has approved an €8.51mn loan for Senegal’s "Programme to Promote Efficient Lighting Lamps" (PPLEEF), a trailblazing initiative to advance energy efficiency in the country. This marks the Bank’s first fully dedicated demand-side energy efficiency investment project, setting a new benchmark for sustainable development across Africa.
For centuries, technological leaps have powered our lives and had a profound impact on the way we live, work and communicate. From the steam engine to the internet and everything that followed, technology has enabled great leaps forward for humanity. Now, looking ahead to the net zero transition, what role can technology and innovation play in a sustainable future? Following COP29, Steve Smith, Chief Strategy and Regulatory Affairs Officer at National Grid, explores the issue.
As the first international energy meeting of the year, the IRENA Assembly addresses pressing energy transition challenges and assesses collective progress towards UAE Consensus goals.
Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) confirms 2024 to be the warmest year on record globally, and the first calendar year that the average global temperature exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
John Kerry took to the stage at the Climate Innovation Forum 2024 to deliver a Special Address and launch the Climate Action Coalition.
The largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species to date has revealed that 24% of the world’s freshwater fish, dragonfly, damselfly, crab, crayfish and shrimp species are at high risk of extinction, according to an analysis published in Nature. The IUCN co-authored study recommends targeted action to prevent further extinctions and calls for governments and industry to use this data in water management and policy measures.
Great Britain made progress towards low-carbon generation goals, with wind power overtaking gas as the biggest source of electricity in 2024.
Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero announces restructure and shift of focus to addressing barriers to mobilising capital following departure of multiple banks from its Net Zero Banking Alliance.
Two weeks before the end of his Presidential term, Joe Biden has taken action to protect over 625 million acres of the US’ ocean from future oil and natural gas leasing.
While 2024 fell short in delivering the level of commitment and action needed to address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution, important steps forward were taken, setting the precedent as we enter the critical five-year stretch towards 2030.
New IEA report finds that strong deployment of renewables is set to curb growth in coal use even as electricity demand surges, with China – the world’s biggest coal consumer – remaining pivotal.
Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) transformative report estimates $10tn business opportunity value that could be generated from acting immediately to halt biodiversity loss, whilst supporting 395 million jobs globally by 2030.
Largely untapped underground energy source can help meet world’s rapidly growing demand for electricity, but cost reductions are needed to drive new generation of projects.
The last two months have seen a trio of UN COP Summits take place, with United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) COP16 concluding on Saturday.
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UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband today (Friday 13 December) set out a detailed plan for achieving the target of clean power by 2030.
The sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is currently taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is a key international event gathering member states, environmental organisations, and stakeholders gather to discuss global efforts to combat desertification, land degradation.
In a 1789 letter, Benjamin Franklin referenced that nothing in this world is said to be certain, “except death and taxes”. As the impact of climate change intensifies – hotter temperatures, rising sea levels and more extreme temperatures that know no border – we are introduced to life’s third certainty, or better yet unavoidable truth. Climate adaptation.
Latest data from Copernicus, the EU’s flagship Earth observation programme, shows November 2024 was the second-warmest November globally, after November 2023.
The Rt Hon Chris Skidmore OBE, Chair of the Climate Action Coalition, reflects on COP29, the COP process and recent data on the public perceptions of the climate threat in the UK and US.
At major IEA conference, decision-makers from tech, energy and government underscore AI’s implications for energy security and transitions.