Who is Rachel Kyte, the UK’s new climate envoy?
Photo: Kyte memorably told the Guardian in the lead-up to Cop26 that the UK’s seemingly haphazard approach to the climate
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Renewables
New report shows clean energy jobs growing at more than twice the rate of other industries: ‘Expected to continue for decades’
As the demand for affordable, clean energy rises, the industry is expanding – and it’s creating jobs. According to Reuters,
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From waste to power: how floating solar panels on wastewater ponds could help solve NZ’s electricity security crisis
Wastewater ponds may seem an unlikely place to look for solutions to New Zealand’s electricity security crisis. But their underutilised
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Technology could boost renewable energy storage
Renewable energy sources like wind and solar are critical to sustaining our planet, but they come with a big challenge:
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Turning seawater into fresh water through solar power
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have designed an energy-efficient device that produces drinking water from seawater using an evaporation
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Innovating alloy production: A single step from ores to sustainable metals
Max Planck scientists design a process that merges metal extraction, alloying and processing into one single, eco-friendly step. Their results
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Clean energy’s next trillion-dollar business
Decarbonising the world’s electricity supply will take more than solar panels and wind turbines, which rely on sunshine and a steady
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West Bengal makes smart progress in sustainable development in two years: Report
A recent report published by a Union government agency, in collaboration with the United Nations, has found West Bengal to
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China Sharpens Energy Transition Focus
A flurry of government directives and opinions on the energy transition since July have raised hopes that Beijing is putting
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Ethiopia, the first country in the world to ban the import of gasoline and diesel vehicles
Addis Ababa has banned the import of combustion-powered vehicles which will force drivers to switch to electric vehicles in a
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