Energy
Climate ambition could slash value of big oil firms
Oil and gas multinationals could lose up to 60% of their market value if the world cuts its carbon emissions to limit climate change
China’s demand for coal set to soar despite Beijing smog
China’s coal reliance is battering the climate and choking Beijing but a quick fix from carbon capture is a long way away
Nothing new about the UK’s New Nuclear debate
Age-old squabbling and contemporary opaqueness make it difficult for a discussion based on facts to play out in public
OECD: Subsidies to oil and gas companies falling in Global North
Subsidies increased by 30% globally to $523bn but industry’s share is dissipating among richer nations with subsidies to consumers driving the bulk of the growth
Scotland the brave reveals new climate targets
Ambitious new climate change policy measures announced including plans to cut emissions from electricity production by 80%
Could Don Draper sell energy efficiency?
Today the UK Government launches the Green Deal – but why is energy efficiency such a hard sell?
Biofuels condemned in ‘Enough Food If’ campaign
‘IF’ hunger campaign calls on governments to scrap targets for green fuel it says are causing millions to go without food
Is the International Energy Agency still relevant?
New report from Grantham Institute and Chatham House says emerging economies like China, India, Brazil and Indonesia need a voice at top energy institutions
What drives the energy and climate markets?
Analysis: Swiss Re outlines five key drivers that will determine whether the planet avoids catastrophic levels of climate change
Greenpeace: 14 big oil megaprojects will set off carbon bomb
Huge new oil and gas developments would raise fossil fuel emissions by 20% and lock the world into dangerous levels of climate change, according to a report commissioned by Greenpeace
Abu Dhabi sets 2020 target for renewable desalination
Plans for a series of desalination plants in the Middle East powered by renewables have been announced by leading clean energy research institution Masdar
Turkey’s hydropower dreams in danger of drowning rich history
Writing for RTCC, film maker Todd Southgate asks whether the huge dams planned in Turkey, Brazil and China are coming at too great a cost for the environment
Energy and green jobs priorities for Irish EU Presidency
Ireland PM Enda Kenny aims to integrate green growth into country’s climate and energy policy priorities during its six-month presidency
Efforts to stop Alberta Tar Sands ‘delusional’ says Canadian MP
David McGuinty says climate campaigners must rethink strategy and focus on pushing positive messages of green economy
China clean energy drive is working, says BP
Oil giant’s Energy Outlook highlights China’s slowing thirst for coal and better efficiency but its new greener economy will still increase its emissions output
Is it time to rethink water and energy links in Middle East?
Writing for RTCC, Holger Hoff from the Stockholm Environment Institute argues that it’s time countries in the MENA region develop joint energy and water strategies
BP: We are going to miss the 2°C warming target
Emissions growth slowing and renewables could still avoid the “nuclear ceiling” and continue as the fastest growing energy source globally
Solar and wind could power Australia
World’s largest coal exporter could be self-sufficient in renewable energy in 10 years according to research by University of Melbourne
Davey says £3.3 trillion clean tech market ‘booming’
UK climate and energy chief Ed Davey warns countries who fail to invest in low carbon economy will be left behind
Francois Hollande accused of climate change hypocrisy
President calls for clean energy investment at sustainability summit in Abu Dhabi before lobbying on behalf of oil industry