2020 Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Sustainable Development 
Global Green
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Michael Moore’s last movie, Planet of the Humans , questions the reliability, affordability and sustainability of renewable energy. The thought-provoking film also highlights the renewables’ dependence on fossil fuels. What are the limitations of renewable technologies? So, is burning trees renewable?
HumanNature
MARCH 11, 2024
The Sustainable Development Goals outlined by the UN Foundation in 2015 not only provide a guideline for an ideal future, but also illustrate the multi-pronged dilemma of emerging economies. Developing countries need renewable energy investments of about US$1.7
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A Greener Life
MARCH 2, 2023
By Anders Lorenzen The world invested a record-high amount in renewables in 2022, a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has found. It revealed that the global investments in renewable energy as well as energy efficiency reached $ 1.3 Photo credit: IRENA.
Our Environment
MAY 21, 2021
With the effects of Climate Change an imminent threat to the world and with cities contributing to more than 60% of Global Greenhouse Gas emissions (United Nations, 2021), future cities will also need to secure sustainable development. Resilient Melbourne, 2020, p.03. Foster, 2020.Urban 2020, July).
Manning Law
JUNE 8, 2020
In celebration of Environment Day 2020 on June 5, we publish here in full the speech given by Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme. Backing sustainable production and consumption to conserve the planet’s resources. These are all smart investments.
A Greener Life
MAY 3, 2022
As climate change accelerates, the risks and costs of extreme weather – like 2020’s Cyclone Amphan – are set to skyrocket in India. New analysis has found India’s large lenders and state-run energy giants are doing little to reduce their mounting climate exposure. Photo credit: Majority World CIC / Alamy. By Lou Del Bello.
A Greener Life
OCTOBER 7, 2021
None of this happened in 2020 due to the COVID-19 crisis, which led the UN to postpone the meeting, and negotiations are resuming this year with the same agenda. Despite its renewable targets, 80% of India’s energy needs are currently met by fossil fuels, particularly coal, a figure that will likely face scrutiny in Glasgow.
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