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Newsletter March 2023
IAEA Continues Support for All-Source Energy Planning for Countries Despite Pandemic
Energy planning is an essential part in developing energy strategies that effectively address concerns over energy resource availability, climate change, air quality and energy security. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the IAEA continues to assist Member States in building and strengthening their capacities for energy system analysis and planning, through an emphasis on distance support and e-learning.
Greening of India’s railway network on track
An ambitious plan to make one of the world’s largest and most complex railway networks a net zero carbon emitter by 2030 is moving full steam ahead, although without the steam, thanks, in part, to support from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).
The Impact of Covid-19 on Africa’s energy sector and the role of RE to empower a long term and sustainable recovery
For several weeks now, Africa has been fighting against an invisible enemy: COVID-19. Although the spread in the continent is much lower than in other parts of the world today, it is not less worrying considering the limited capabilities and resources of African countries to mitigate the potentially devastating effects of the virus, from a public health, social and economic context.
Extreme weather ‘record’ likely in Arctic Circle, says UN weather agency WMO
“The WMO is seeking to verify reports of a new temperature record north of the Arctic circle”, WMO spokesperson Clare Nullis told journalists in Geneva. “It was reported in the Russian town of Verkhoyansk amid a prolonged Siberian heatwave and increase in wildfire activity.”
Throughout COVID-19 recovery, ‘plummeting’ clean energy costs can help climate action
The new report, Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2020, is a collaboration between the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre, and energy financing company, BloombergNEF.
‘Stronger response’ key, to build a safer and more stable future: Guterres
UN chief António Guterres is calling for greater unity and solidarity to defeat COVID-19 and build a better world in the wake of the global pandemic.
COVID-19 intensifies the urgency to expand sustainable energy solutions worldwide
To meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets by 2030, countries must safeguard the gains already attained and accelerate efforts to achieve affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
Post-pandemic ‘green shift’ in transport could create up to 15 million jobs
Transforming the transport sector to be more environmentally-friendly in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, could create up to 15 million new jobs worldwide and help countries move to greener, healthier economies, according to a UN-backed report published on Tuesday.
How clean energy can power a COVID-19 recovery
As the coronavirus COVID-19 gains ground in the world’s poorest regions, it will hit the most vulnerable the hardest by adding an unprecedented health and economic crisis to existing poverty and climate crises.
Transforming the energy system—a post-COVID-19 win-win for people and planet
As large parts of the world hunker down and social distance to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, more and more research is being released and studied.
Moving towards 100% renewable power in Hawaii (with a little help from sheep)
The US island state of Hawaii has committed to generating 100 per cent of its power using renewable energy by 2045, demonstrating to other US states and island communities across the world, that sustainable energy can be a reality.
Launch Of The 2020 SDG7 Energy Progress Report & 2020 SDG7 Policy Brief
Published annually, the Tracking SDG7: The Energy Progress Report provides the most comprehensive look available at the world’s progress towards global energy targets on access to electricity, clean cooking, renewable energy and energy efficiency.