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Where do renewables stand in a Covid-stricken world?The coronavirus is putting nations' clean energy commitments to the test. In the face of unprecedented strain on healthcare and a looming recession, can governments ensure renewables keep the wind in their sails? -
Can electric cars produce as much emissions as fossil-fueled vehicles?A team led by researchers at the Netherlands’ Radboud University looks at the emissions of electric versus petrol-fueled vehicles to find out if driving an electric car can really produce lower overall emissions.
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As climate heats up, planners urged to look beyond history to judge risksPredictions based on past weather extremes are dramatically underestimating growing threats of extreme heat and rain linked to warming, researchers find. -
What does the EU circular economy plan mean for China?To keep selling to the EU market, many products will need to meet new requirements.
Opinion
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A green reboot after the pandemic– In addition to threatening millions of lives and the global economy, the Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated that human societies are capable of transforming themselves more or less overnight. In fact, there's no better time than now to usher in systemic economic change. -
Covid-19 could affect cities for years. Here are 4 ways they’re coping now.– The Covid-19 pandemic lays bare two facets of our new reality: we are more interconnected than ever, and cities are at the front lines of this crisis and will be at the front lines of any similarly globalised crisis in the future. Cities are already in adaptation mode. -
Why the European Union's green taxonomy is risky business– The European Commission's so-called “taxonomy” for classifying green investments should address three important questions. Unfortunately, the Commission's one-dimensional approach disregards two of the three, with potentially damaging consequences.
Videos
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Is the future of power transmission beaming electricity with diamonds?– Diamonds aren't just for engagement rings and cutting tools—they can bring light to dark places.
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This anti-palm oil ad for a British supermarket just got banned– The ad, which was made by Greenpeace and rebadged by Iceland, was blocked from airing on television by the UK's ad watchdog because it broke rules on political advertising. Iceland says it is not anti-palm oil, 'we are anti-deforestation.'
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Denmark’s biggest energy company turns its back on fossil fuels– DONG Energy’s shift to 100 per cent renewable energy marks another important step in the global transition away from fossil fuels.
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UN chief urges European Parliament to approve process on Paris Agreement ratification
Policy & Finance
UN chief urges European Parliament to approve process on Paris Agreement ratification
– Together it stands, divided it falls. EU, through its environment ministers, had agreed to ratify the Paris Agreement through a process that would enable individual countries to send their instruments of ratification directly to the UN.
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