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One million green jobs projected by 2030 in China, EU and US: experts

Nearly one million new "green jobs" are expected to be created in China, the United States and the European Union by 2030 if the regions stick to their current pledges to curb global warming, scientis...

31 Mar 2015

One million green jobs projected by 2030 in China, EU and US: experts

News / Policy & Finance

No more faking it: Companies ditch green credits, clean up instead

It has been a near-magical tool allowing corporations to claim massive reductions in greenhouse gas emissions for very little cost. For years, thousands of companies have purchased renewable energy cr...

18 Dec 2014

No more faking it: Companies ditch green credits, clean up instead

News / Energy

India's clean energy investment to top $10bn in 2015

...renewables are increasingly gaining cost competitiveness on more traditional sources. BNEF expects India to install around 2.5 GW of solar PV capacity this year, which is around 1.5 times the figure a...

27 Jan 2015

India's clean energy investment to top $10bn in 2015

werribee waste treatment plant australia

Opinion / Energy

Biogas: smells like a solution to our energy and waste problems

...renewables in Australia’s electricity mix in 2020. Bioenergy Australia’s aim is less concrete: that by 2020, bioenergy will be recognised and widely adopted as a sustainable resource in Australia. Be...

14 Jan 2015

Biogas: smells like a solution to our energy and waste problems

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The Paris paradox

Visitors and delegates descending on Paris over the past week for the United Nations climate change talks might have spotted some thought-provoking ads installed at outdoor spaces across the French ca...

9 Dec 2015

The Paris paradox

Opinion / Energy

Our addiction to fossil fuel is taking us on the road to nowhere

...renewables. EU leaders should put greater emphasis on energy saving and renewable energy in order to reduce Europe's dependence on fossil fuel imports and to enhance its energy security. Greenpeace's ...

11 Feb 2015

Our addiction to fossil fuel is taking us on the road to nowhere

Press Releases / World Resources Institute (India)

Emissions from low-carbon electricity purchases now accounted for

On Friday, the India GHG Program and the BSE unveiled new guidance for companies to measure emissions from purchased electricity. This first major update to the GHGProtocol Corporate Accounting ...

24 Feb 2015

Emissions from low-carbon electricity purchases now accounted for

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The sound of silence: why has the environment vanished from election politics?

There’s a deafening silence in the ongoing Australian election campaign over the environment. Polling shows increasing public support for greater action on climate change but debate has been mostly mi...

24 Jun 2016

The sound of silence: why has the environment vanished from election politics?

Press Releases / World Ocean Council

International Seabed Authority approves WOC observer status

With formal ISA Observer status, the WOC further increases its ability to help ensure ocean business community presence in the key intergovernmental bodies and processes that determine ocean policy, p...

3 Aug 2015

International Seabed Authority approves WOC observer status

News / Energy

$1 trillion wasted on unneeded coal while Future Fund considers backing Adani

...renewables to the 1.2 billion people lacking access to energy. The report says the industry has “ignored” the trends of a growing decline in electricity production from coal, with close to 1500 gigawa...

1 Apr 2016

$1 trillion wasted on unneeded coal while Future Fund considers backing Adani

News / Energy

Asia powers into the forefront of solar revolution

...renewables, it is wind and solar power industries that will continue to grow and the price will come down. Developments in renewables continue to be encouraging, particularly electricity storage from ...

3 Feb 2015

Asia powers into the forefront of solar revolution

News / Carbon & Climate

Victoria ramps up leadership challenge on climate

The Victorian state government is calling for public comment as part of the review of the state’s Climate Change Act. The government said the review is a key part of positioning the state as a leader ...

8 Jul 2015

Victoria ramps up leadership challenge on climate

News / Energy

Electricity firm CEOs urge clear policies for low-carbon shift

Heads of 11 companies that generate a third of the world's electricity urged governments on Sunday to agree clear, long-term policies to underpin a shift to lower-carbon energy as part of a UN agreeme...

13 Oct 2015

Electricity firm CEOs urge clear policies for low-carbon shift

Government-installed solar panels on Sumba Island Indonesia

Opinion / Policy & Finance

2017: What next for green finance?

...renewables shows what now needs to happen with other green finance priorities, notably energy efficiency and adaptation. Temporary and targeted incentives (such as feed-in tariffs) along with focused ...

27 Jan 2017

2017: What next for green finance?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

PolicyCheck: What are the parties really offering to save the Great Barrier Reef?

The Great Barrier Reef has become a major issue in the federal election campaign, with the stakes raised by the most severe bleaching ever documented and suggestions that the next few years will be ou...

22 Jun 2016

PolicyCheck: What are the parties really offering to save the Great Barrier Reef?

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The fossil fuel industry’s continued chokehold on state resources

...renewables. For the sceptics, it must be noted that on 11 May 2014, Germany (neither a very sunny, nor a windy country) managed to generate 75 percent of the country’s overall energy demand from wind ...

2 Feb 2015

The fossil fuel industry’s continued chokehold on state resources

News / Policy & Finance

Paje: PH ready to cut carbon emissions, too

The Philippines is ready to cut its greenhouse gas emissions and help save the planet, even if it may negatively affect the country’s economic growth, Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said here on Sat...

30 Mar 2015

Paje: PH ready to cut carbon emissions, too

News / Carbon & Climate

Warming ups the emissions from lake ‘chimneys’

European scientists have just identified another great emitter of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide – and the guilty party is that standing body of water known as a lake. The world’s 117 million or so...

18 Nov 2015

Warming ups the emissions from lake ‘chimneys’

Press Releases / Hydro Tasmania

Hydro Tasmania employee wins international Award for Excellence

Hydro Tasmania’s ongoing contribution to the sustainability of hydropower development and operation internationally has again been recognised with an award presented last month in China. Dr Hel...

24 Jun 2015

Hydro Tasmania employee wins international Award for Excellence

Videos / Energy

Here's a tree that can power your mobile phone

We all know trees are a source of life - but how about a source of endless energy? The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has produced a prototype of an artificial tree that generates electricit...

16 Mar 2015

Here's a tree that can power your mobile phone

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