IRENA on Paris Agreement: Turning commitments to action must start now
Adnan Z. Amin, director-general, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), has issued the following statement upon the entry into force of the Paris Agreement:
“IRENA welcomes...
Virunga National Park and Aera Group launch VCS carbon certification in Congo
The Virunga National Park and Aera Group, Africa’s leading carbon finance group, have launched a VCS carbon certification process for Matebe hydropower plant.
VCS is the...
COP24 hits and misses
Nearly 200 countries at the United Nations talks in Katowice, Poland saved the 2015 Paris Agreement from disintegration on Saturday by agreeing a package...
Developed nations not doing enough on climate change: Report
Urging the developing countries to know their capacities in achieving the goals for adaptation and mitigation of climate change and emissions by 2018, a...
APAC emerges as lucrative market for global emission monitoring systems
According to Transparency Market Research (TMR), the global emission monitoring systems market was valued at US$3,737.1 mn at the end of 2016 and is expected to...
World Energy Council calls for action to address Energy Trilemma
World Energy Council has issued the following statement on 9 October 2016 ahead of the 23rd World Energy Congress:
The world is undergoing a Grand...
UN expresses hope in Marrakech climate proclamation
The Marrakech action proclamation for climate and sustainable development is the "best way" to deal with the fight against climate change, a UN spokeswoman...
Six best practices for mining companies
The question whether development should suffer for the environment or vice versa has been a topic of heated debate among industrialists and environmentalists for...
Alternative livelihoods interfering in Sunderbans?
Are alternative livelihood sources, such as bee-keeping, interfering with the ongoing natural processes in the world's largest continuous mangrove forests - the fragile Sunderbans?
Scientists...
Paris Agreement a reality now, COP22 stresses on investments
With Paris Climate Change Agreement coming into force today, and the upcoming UN climate change conference scheduled in Marrakech the next week, COP22 calls...
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