More: Renewable Energy
Gender equality for an inclusive energy transition
Women represent 32% of workers in renewables, a new survey and analysis conducted by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) reveals. This compares to...
Global Commission Describes New Geopolitical Power Dynamics Created by Renewables
Political and business leaders from around the world have outlined the far-reaching geopolitical implications of an energy transformation driven by the rapid growth of...
No Climate Change without a generational interval
The newly elected President of Costa Rica, one of the world’s youngest heads of state,38-year-old former journalist Carlos Alvarado, has vowed to fully decarbonise...
COP24, Developing Countries and a Bit of Good News for Solar Energy and Carbon Capture
Humans are an interesting species ... instead of seeing eye-to-eye, they see eye-to-nose. They focus on the present and themselves, particularly where their comfort...
Faster Transition to Clean Energy Would Bring Great Benefits to Poland
Scaling up renewable energy sources in Poland would benefit the economy, improve people’s health, and reduce serious environmental problems - including the worst air...
How will the electricity market of the future work?
Authors: Kieran McNamara, Valentina Ferlito and Alberto Toril
Our energy destinies rest in the hands of governments – and this is particularly true in power...
A Just and Fair Energy Transition: An opportunity to tackle climate change and create prosperity
Holding the UN climate conference COP24 in Katowice
sends a strong signal as it provides the international community with an
opportunity to learn from an on-going...
World Sees Huge Uptake in Sustainable Energy Policies in Past Decade
The number of countries with strong policy frameworks for sustainable energy more than tripled – from 17 to 59 – between 2010 and 2017,...
Renewables offer G20 countries the best opportunity to achieve climate goals
The IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C, released in October 2018, was unequivocal: urgent global action at an unprecedented scale...
Making power systems more flexible as global energy transition accelerates
The global energy landscape is witnessing a rapid and disruptive change driven by an unprecedented growth in renewables. Last year alone, a record-breaking 168...