The African Development Bank (AfDB), supported by the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), has awarded a contract to the Swedish consulting firm CPMA ...
Decline of worldwide clean energy investments
According to a new study, the worldwide clean energy investment fell by 18 percent to 287,5 billion USD last year. The reason for this drop are falls in ...
United Arab Emirates plan to highly invest in renewable energy
The United Arab Emirates intend to invest 163 billion USD in renewable energy projects so that half of the nation’s power is generated by renewables ...
Mitsubishi and Eneco invest in European offshore wind farm
Mitsubishi and the Dutch based energy firm Eneco have agreed to jointly invest in the 370 MW Norther offshore wind project in Belgium. The collaboration ...
Urban income gaps on a map
While it is rather well-known that the US middle class is shrinking, a map by Esri adds a geographic dimension to the phenomenon. Data from state and ...
Examples of community-based energy production
In countries worldwide the number of community schemes for renewable energy production is growing. These groups of citizens vary in size and organization ...
The challenges climate change poses to insurers
More frequent extreme weather, triggered by climate change, caused losses of uninsurered properties to increase. To manage the risks of climate change is ...
Ford plans to raise money to develop autonomous cars
Ford announced to raise USD 2.8 billion for research and development of new technologies. The focus will be on electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles, and ...
The costs of sprawl of Indian cities
A new working paper of the New Climate Economy estimates that the uncontrolled urban sprawl in India will cost its governments $330 billion to $1.8 ...
New Zealand’s resilience challenges from earthquakes
New Zealand is regularly hit by earthquakes and the consequent damages are not just environmental and human. Also damages in infrastructure can mean a loss ...
