President Trump once described America's infrastructure as "crumbling," it's perhaps why after much wrangling, the US Congress finally approved the trillion dollar bi-partisan infrastructure bill. But what can it achieve? And is it good value for money? We'll criss-cross the United States hearing…
The European Commission has proposed plans to label some gas and nuclear power as green, prompting criticism from Germany. The proposal argues that gas and nuclear are key to helping transition to cleaner power. But Germany's environment minister called the plan "absolutely wrong".
This week the International Energy Agency (IEA) released a new report detailing the steps that would be required to get the world to net‐zero carbon emissions (NZE) by 2050. The report is Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector, and it can be downloaded here.
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$50 million loan to support Chile’s policy reforms aimed at speeding up its energy matrix decarbonisation and transition to carbon neutrality. The program seeks to strengthen the energy sector’s regulatory framework by promoting…
CLIMATE ACTIVISTS, policymakers and delegates from European cities are gathering (virtually) for the European Union’s Green Week, an annual talking-shop. This year’s event is dedicated to finding ways to stop pollution of the air, water and soil (past themes have included how to implement…
THEs the world economy wakes back up, shortages and price spikes are affecting everything from the supply of Taiwanese chips to the cost of a French breakfast. As we explain this week, one kind of bottleneck deserves special attention: the supply-side problems, such as scarce metals and land…
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved US$12.98 million in nonreimbursable financing to help Guatemala lessen greenhouse gas emissions in the energy sector through reductions in consumption and efficient use of firewood.
Solar energy’s success depends on its business model as much as its photovoltaic cells. Despite the challenges of 2020 and the global pandemic, U.S. solar installations achieved record levels and the Energy Information Administration expects 2021 to far exceed these levels, with solar accounting…
President Biden has a rare opportunity to act on climate with maximum political capital from the 2020 election, bipartisan support for a clean energy recovery from the COVID-induced economic crisis, and the imperative of meeting his announced goal of halving the United States’ greenhouse gas…