Urgent need to tackle impact of likely electric car battery production boom
Demand for raw materials used in the production of electric car batteries is set to soar, prompting the UN trade body, UNCTAD, to call...
The EU has opportunity to accelerate shift to cleaner and more resilient energy future
The European Union is strengthening its efforts to make its energy systems cleaner and more resilient, reinforcing its global leadership in reducing greenhouse gas...
IRENA Outlines Agenda to Put Energy Transformation at Heart of Sustainable Economic Recovery
Governments can align immediate economic stimulus needs with medium to long-term decarbonisation and sustainable development objectives by targeting policy measures and public spending towards...
Iceland, a world leader in clean energy, supports Africa’s push for geothermal power
At the beginning of the 20th century, Iceland was one of Europe's poorest countries, its people relying on a precarious and polluting mix of...
10 key recommendations to rapidly boost energy efficiency progress worldwide
Higher ambition and faster action by governments to accelerate improvements in energy efficiency worldwide are both vital and achievable, according to 10 key recommendations...
Electricity transmission companies are learning to ‘perform and transform’ in move to low carbon future
Electricity transmission companies are deploying various innovative ‘perform and transform’ strategies as part of the energy sector’s transition to a low carbon future, according...
Infrastructure fund Africa50 helps Egypt’s solar power sector take off
A 37-square-kilometer solar park so large that it can be seen from space, with over seven million photovoltaic panels, and funding of $4 billion....
ADB, APPC Sign Loan for Gas-Fired Power Plant to Enhance Afghanistan’s Energy Security
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Afghan Power Plant Company Limited (APPC) today signed a $10 million loan as part of a financing...
ADB should end fossil fuel financing
NGO Forum on ADB, a network of over 250 civil society organizations across Asia calls out the Asian Development Bank to end its green...
15th Asia Clean Energy Forum to Focus on Role of Clean Energy in Post-COVID-19 Recovery
Greater investment in clean energy infrastructure will contribute to Asia and the Pacific’s recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and make economies more...