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January 26, 2018 9:35 AM
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Vague ambitions, such as banning new petrol cars by 2040, must be turned into solid plans, says the Committee on Climate Change
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January 22, 2018 10:22 AM
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Investment in green energy fell 56% in UK in 2017 – biggest fall of any country – after ‘stop-start’ support from government
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January 16, 2018 12:56 PM
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The FED project confirms Gothenburg as a frontrunner in developing the energy solutions of a fossil-free society. The idea is to reduce energy consumption by establishing a local market place for electricity, heating and cooling. Hopefully, this model will prove capable of speeding up the energy transition across Europe.
Ann-Sofie Hermansson, Mayor of the City of Gothenburg
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January 16, 2018 5:11 AM
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The Slovenian Energy Agency has selected 93 projects with a capacity of 98 MW to receive incentives for the production of power from renewables and CHP.
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January 15, 2018 4:21 AM
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2018 looks set to be a defining year for energy and environment policy in Europe, as important legislative files move towards becoming EU law.
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January 15, 2018 4:15 AM
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Europe is currently in the first stage of photovoltaic solar development. Moving to the next phases, 2.0 and 3.0, will require a smart new Green Deal that avoids the “boom-and-bust” developments of the past and leverages private investment to achieve high renewable energy goals, writes Stefan Degener.
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January 11, 2018 9:50 AM
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ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, Shell et ConocoPhillips, cinq géants pétroliers, sont attaqués en justice par la ville de New York, a annoncé son maire, Bill de Blasio. Qui retire aussi des fonds investis dans les énergies fossiles. Washington (États-Unis), correspondance
Bill de Blasio, le maire de la plus grande ville des Etats-Unis, a annoncé mercredi 10 janvier que la cité avait porté plainte auprès d’une cour fédérale et demandé des réparations à cinq géants pétroliers : ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, Shell et (...)
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December 11, 2017 9:56 AM
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The EBRD’s fossil fuel financing actually increased between 2010 and 2016. In 2016 the increase was particularly marked.
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December 11, 2017 5:56 AM
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The new Platform for Coal Regions in Transition will help EU countries deal with the structural and technological transition in coal regions.
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November 16, 2017 11:31 AM
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Illegal pollution from coal power plants is an issue all over Europe – the latest plants facing legal action are in Greece. It’s time for all of Europe’s governments to move beyond the dirtiest source of energy, insists Eleni Diamantopoulou.
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November 16, 2017 11:20 AM
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Iddri - Climate Strategies, 2017. 12 p.
The issue of coal transitions is coming into focus in both national and international climate policy discussions. There are several drivers of this. At one level, the Paris Agreement marked a significant shift in the pace, scope and ambition of global climate change mitigation action. Consequently, it is now clear that coal will need to play a more and more diminished role in the global energy mix in the coming decades, despite carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies.
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November 16, 2017 11:02 AM
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The global energy scene is in a state of flux. Large-scale shifts include the rapid deployment and steep declines in the costs of major renewable energy technologies; the growing importance of electricity in energy use across the globe; profound changes in China’s economy and energy policy, moving consumption away from coal; and the continued surge in shale gas and tight oil production in the United States.
These changes provide the backdrop for the World Energy Outlook-2017, which includes a full update of energy demand and supply projections to 2040 based on different scenarios. The projections are accompanied by detailed analyses of their impact on energy industries and investment, as well as implications for energy security and the environment.
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October 31, 2017 11:55 AM
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Italy just added its name to the list of country’s pledging to phase out coal. A fair energy transition requires significant efforts but there is experience to build on, writes Julian Schwartzkopff.
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January 24, 2018 8:53 AM
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Our two cities may be 2,900 miles apart, but our people are united in their determination to fight climate change. We’ve seen firsthand the destruction and
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January 18, 2018 12:29 PM
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Green lawmakers have hailed a “great victory for the climate” as a proposal to bring down to zero the amount of greenhouse gases that can be emitted in the atmosphere by 2050 received unexpected backing from the European Parliament yesterday (17 January).
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January 16, 2018 9:17 AM
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Bottrop sits in the Ruhr Valley, a dense stretch of towns and suburbs home to 5.5 million people. Some 500,000 miners once worked in the region’s nearly 200 mines, producing as much as 124 million tons of coal every year.
Next year, that era will come to an end when this mine closes. The Ruhr Valley is in the midst of a remarkable transformation. Coal and steel plants have fallen quiet, one by one, over the course of the last half-century. Wind turbines have sprung up among old shaft towers and coking plants as Germany strives to hit its renewable energy goals.
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January 15, 2018 4:23 AM
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The (much) higher use of loans and guarantees foreseen in the MFF post-2020 will produce significant changes in the management model of EU funding, and could even herald a structural evolution in the European project as a whole, write Francesco Molica and Nikos Lampropoulos.
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January 15, 2018 4:19 AM
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The investment case for low-carbon energy is strong: increased economic growth and jobs, reduced transition risks, and the most cost-effective pathway to realising the goals of the Paris Agreement. Why, then, are EU energy ministers so reluctant to provide the legislative framework required to shift the trillions? writes Stephanie Pfeifer.
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January 11, 2018 9:53 AM
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City also filing suit against five largest fossil fuel companies, seeking damages to help protect city from climate change
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December 27, 2017 9:50 AM
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District heating and cooling (DHC) combined with renewable energy sources can help meet rising urban energy needs, improve efficiency, reduce emissions and improve local air quality. Although currently dominated by fossil fuels such as coal and gas, DHC systems can be upgraded, or new networks created, to use solid biofuel, solar and geothermal energy technologies.
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December 11, 2017 9:07 AM
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Governments around the world have already adopted long-term climate frameworks, many in legal form. Many others are in the process of developing similar laws or strategies. These overarching long-term frameworks are critical to effectively implementing the Paris Agreement, as tools for managing the necessary transformation of all sectors of the economy. Such climate frameworks help set appropriate long-term targets, chart pathways towards them and identify the necessary policies. They can also help build political support, engage stakeholders and expert advice and create accountability. And they can facilitate raising ambition further — as foreseen under the new Paris system.
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December 7, 2017 10:51 AM
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L'initiative intervient alors qu'Emmanuel Macron organise, mardi, un somme
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November 16, 2017 11:23 AM
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These case studies and this report were developed as part of a broader project led by IDDRI and Climate Strategies, entitled 'Coal Transitions: Research and Dialogue on the Future of Coal'. This project seeks to utilise these historical lessons to facilitate the development of feasible coal transition scenarios in large coal producing countries today".
>> Case Study - Czech Republic
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November 16, 2017 11:07 AM
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The former coal-mining city now features a 23-hectare public park, high water quality and city centre traffic restrictions. “Probably we had a more difficult task than other cities,” adds Sinn.
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November 2, 2017 12:22 PM
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As the COP23 UN climate talks open in Bonn, the European Commission and EU member states are embarking on a massive spending spree to subsidise new gas infrastructure that will make it impossible to achieve the global warming targets agreed two years ago in Paris, writes Pascoe Sabido.
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