Low Carbon Energy
After COP25, a more inclusive climate policy is needed
If the COP25-failure showed one thing, it is that we are woefully failing to employ the right means to decarbonize our energy system. This is despite the fact that a reliable low-carbon energy source is available to achieve this.
Africa’s sustainable energy transition has global implications
Today, Africa produces only 2% of global energy-related CO2 emissions. But this could change.
Scientists build solar panels that act like sunflowers
Optimizing solar panels has long been a challenge for scientists and engineers. Solutions are on the way.
Japan shows how we can drastically cut CO2 emissions
Following the Fukushima nuclear accident, which was triggered by a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami in 2011, Japan has been widely held up as a cautionary tale for the dangers of nuclear energy - but the country is rediscovering the
For the EU, it’s too late for low-hanging fruit
The block is falling behind in its efforts to decarbonize and so mitigate the effects of climate change.
At the COP25, energy decarbonization needs to take center stage
Delegates from almost two hundred countries have converged on Madrid this week for the relocated COP25, with public concern about climate change at its highest ever level. The remarkable impact of Greta Thunberg’s inspirational protests and the rapid spread of