Government launch new public consultation on long-awaited renewable support scheme
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Community involvement is set to be at the center of the Government’s long-awaited revamped support scheme for renewable energy, although micro-generation will...
Urban rewilding: making our concrete jungles greener
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Earlier this week, the government published a draft of the National Planning Framework (NPF) – Ireland 2040 Our Plan. The plan lays out...
Mumbai highway project threatens new air pollution crisis
Mumbai risks becoming India’s new air pollution problem child with construction about begin on a new $2.38bn coastal highway that will send exhaust fumes wafting across the island...
Chile Cancels Plan to Host UN Climate Summit Amid Civil Unrest at Home
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Guest post: Why India’s CO2 emissions grew strongly in 2017
Robbie Andrew is a senior researcher at the CICERO Center for International Climate Research in Norway.
India’s CO2 emissions grew by an estimated 4.6% in...
Global alignment of climate plans pushed to 2041 in UN draft
Late start date for synchronising national climate plans shows complacency and risks dampening ambition, warn observers
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New York’s Heat-Vulnerable Neighborhoods Need to Go Green to Cool Off
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Guest post: The perils of counter-intuitive design in IPCC graphics
The periodic assessment reports of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) play a crucial role for policymakers, providing regular scientific assessments on...
SoCalGas Is Using Customer Money to Fight Efforts to Rein in Climate Change, Critics...
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