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Do We Really Need New Technology to Fight Climate Change?

Union of Concerned Scientists

It means committing to incentives and standards that clearly align with the trajectory we need to be on across all sectors of the economy—both valuing the beneficial aspects of clean energy resources, and accounting for the negative effects of polluting fossil fuels. to 80 percent of electricity from zero-carbon resources by 2030.

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How can we peak emissions and fast forward towards Net Zero ?

Edouard Stenger

Yes, technology can help us get there – heat pumps , renewables, electric bikes and vehicles… – but we most definitively need societal changes, systems change even. In parallel, how can we stop subsidizing fossil fuels to the tune of 7,000 billion USD a year ?

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Investment in renewables reached record highs in 2022

A Greener Life

Greater efforts must be made Irena says efforts must be made to scale up investments in off-grid renewable energy solutions, as the report also found that the investments fall below the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. It is vital that the gap must be plugged to reach universal energy access and improve livelihoods and welfare.

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RePlanet Nederland letter to the EU Commission about the sustainable finance taxonomy

Environmental Progress

The analyses did not reveal any science-based evidence that nuclear energy does more harm to human health or to the environment than other electricity production technologies already included in the Taxonomy as activities. The result is an almost 400-page report on the topic. Our review is intended to help you argue your case.

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Renewables are now an unstoppable juggernaut

Edouard Stenger

I previously noted that renewables are to become first global electricity source by 2025. PV Magazine published at the beginning of the year an article stating that fossil fuels already had peaked. ” according to Wikipedia ), the share of coal in the total electricity mix decreased by 3.7 percentage point.

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The COVID-19 Pandemic Throws Oil and Coal Industries in a Tailspin

Edouard Stenger

To make matters even worse, higher and higher temperatures and extreme weather phenomenon remind us each year in a more pressing way the urgency of decreasing our fossil fuels reliance. In the US, electricity generation from coal went from 50% in 2007 to 15% now. and was overtaken by renewables in electricity generation.

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Now an Energy and Sustainability Advisor for the Healthcare Sector

Edouard Stenger

Regarding my new job, and given the current situation we are in – urgency of climate action, skyrocketing energy bills, fossil fuels paying wars started by autocrats and dictators – my primary objective is to assess the energy and water consumptions of the 30 hospitals and retirement homes I am working with.