Established in 1872, Yellowstone is the oldest national park in the United States, and one of the most popular. A report issued this week, however, reveals Yellowstone’s near-pristine environment, is under climate threat.
The government of Togo has inaugurated one of the largest solar projects in West Africa and the first renewable energy facility in the country. The now fully operational 50-megawatt (MW) Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed solar power plant, financed under the IRENA-ADFD Project Facility, will supply reliable, clean electricity to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the country.
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China (MEE) have agreed to extend existing co-operation on energy transition.
According to a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), close to two-thirds of wind and solar projects built globally last year will be able to generate cheaper electricity than even the world’s cheapest new coal plants.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that famine – already present in four countries – could become a reality for millions of people around the world, without urgent funding to stave off a catastrophe, and without access to families cut-off by conflict.
The United Nations has released a new report claiming that Australia’s government has not done enough to protect the Great Barrier Reef from climate change.
There is a surplus of ocean energy projects to meet the European Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy’s target of 100 MW by 2025 but the clock is ticking, according to Ocean Energy Europe (OEE).
The UN Secretary General has called for the rapid scale up of renewable energy, within a raft of other measures, in efforts to reach net-zero emissions by mid century.
A ground-breaking new international collaboration between academics, business, civil society and citizens has been unveiled today by the UK COP26 Presidency, aimed at helping all nations of the world envision what a climate-resilient, net zero future would look like for them.