Climate Change

Hope for the trees

Until the 1960s, forest-clearing accounted for most anthropogenic carbon emissions.

Publication Date: 
19/12/2015
Economist (London)
Tags:
Climate Change, France, COP 21 (Paris), Forests, Deforestation, Norway, Germany, Japan, Australia, United States Of America (US), Global Warming, Carbon Dioxide
Energy

German region protests, fears Fukushima-style disaster after Belgium restarts aging reactor

BRUSSELS – Belgian power utility Electrabel restarted an aging nuclear reactor Tuesday after a near two-year shutdown, angering neighboring Germany, which fears the danger of a Fukushima-style melt

Publication Date: 
17/12/2015
Japan Times (Japan)
Tags:
Energy, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Safety, Belgium, Germany, Nuclear Accidents, European Union (EU)
Environment

Inequalities in global trade: A cross-country comparison of trade network position, economic wealth, pollution and mortality

In this paper we investigate how structural patterns of international trade give rise to emissions inequalities across countries, and how such inequality in turn impact countries’ mortality rates. We employ Multi-regional Input-Output analysis to distinguish between sulfur-dioxide (SO2) emissions produced within a country’s boarders (production-based emissions) and emissions triggered by consumption in other countries (consumption-based emissions). We use social network analysis to capture countries’ level of integration within the global trade network.

Publication Date: 
07/12/2015
Christina Prell, Laixiang Sun, Kuishuang Feng & et al
PLoS ONE
1-18
Tags:
Trade, Consumption Patterns, Globalisation, Industrial Pollution, Health Effects, Infant mortality, Health Care, India, China, United States Of America (US), Germany, Japan, Imports
Climate Change

Climate funding piles up, but nations argue over how quickly

Developed nations have mobilized some $80-$90 billion per year to help the poorest survive a warmer world, delegates at Paris climate talks said, but emerging countries dispute the figures and say

Publication Date: 
07/12/2015
Reuters
Tags:
Climate Change, COP 21 (Paris), Global Warming, Developing Countries, OECD, United Kingdom (UK), France, Germany, Japan, India, Renewable Energy, Extreme Weather Events
Energy

Germany's RWE bets big on wind and solar in corporate overhaul

RWE could triple investments in wind and solar power in a big expansion of its renewables business, its CEO told Reuters, days after the company announced it would break itself up to cope with a cr

Publication Date: 
04/12/2015
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Energy, Renewable Energy, Power Industry, Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Germany
Climate Change

Rich nations' fossil fuel subsidies exceed climate aid 40 to 1: researchers

Wealthy nations spend 40 times as much money subsidizing fossil fuel production as they contribute to the Green Climate Fund to help poor countries adapt to global warming, a research group said in

Publication Date: 
04/12/2015
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Subsidies, Energy, Global Warming, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, COP 21 (Paris)
Energy

Centre approves pacts with Germany for solar energy, CG sector

The government on Wednesday approved a post facto agreement with Germany to expand bilateral cooperation in the field of solar energy.

Publication Date: 
03/12/2015
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Germany, Energy Technology, Energy
Energy

NuPower Renewables commissions 30-MW wind project in Maharashtra

MUMBAI: NuPower Renewables today said it has commissioned 30-MW wind power project in Maharashtra.

Publication Date: 
27/11/2015
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Wind Energy, Renewable Energy, Energy Technology, Germany, Power Industry, Energy
Energy

Coal is not the solution to energy poverty, warn aid agencies

Coal power plants are not the solution to help billions of people without electricity or clean cooking facilities, aid agencies have warned.

Publication Date: 
17/11/2015
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Energy, Coal, Fossil Fuels, Electricity, China, United States Of America (US), Germany, United Kingdom (UK), Climate Change, Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Renewable Energy, Bangladesh, Indonesia, South Africa
Energy

Market design for an electricity system with higher share of RE energy sources

Large scale integration of Renewable Energy (RE) into a power system poses multiple technical and commercial challenges to the stake holders of the system. It is critical to address these challenges for large scale integration of RE into the power system.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2015
GIZ
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Electricity, India, Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Power Industry, Power Transmission, Germany

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