The Global Gender Gap Index annually benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment). It is the longest-standing index tracking the progress of numerous countries’ efforts towards closing these gaps over time since …
Sitting in a control center that helps ensure uninterrupted power for 82 million Germans, Gunter Scheibner is proving that renewable energy from the sun and wind can be just as reliable as fossil fuels. Scheibner, in charge of keeping flows stable over 6,200 miles (9,976 kilometers) of transmission lines in …
BERLIN—Germany’s cabinet approved draft legislation on Wednesday effectively banning shale gas fracking for at least five years despite growing concern along business and western allies that the country is too reliant on gas imports from Russia. “As long as risks are unaccountable or currently can’t be conclusively assessed, fracking will …
German emergency services have reportedly been called to more than 900 incidents At least nine people have been killed in gales that have battered Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the UK. Seven people were killed in Germany, including two men whose car was hit by a tree. German media reports that …
Germany's greenhouse gas emissions fell for the first time in three years in 2014, helped by a mild winter and the expansion of renewable sources of energy, the environment ministry said on Tuesday. CO2 emissions declined by more than 41 million tonnes last year, equivalent to a drop of 4.3 …
Asian Development Bank has become the first multilateral development bank accredited to receive financing from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for projects to enhance climate change mitigation and adaptation in its developing member countries, the bank said in a statement yesterday. The GCF was established in 2010 under the United …
EU regulators have referred Germany to the EU Court of Justice over a failure to look into alternative cooling processes at a coal-fired plant in Hamburg, operated by Vattenfall in order to protect wildlife, the European Commission said. The first of two blocks at the Moorburg power station on the …
Around 320,000 new electric vehicles were registered around the world in 2014, accounting for 43% of all electric vehicles currently on the road. The US is leading the charge, having added 117,000 electric cars, retaining the no. 1 spot for the world's biggest fleet of e-vehicles. The figures for China …
A new German government report is stoking fears that the country’s energy companies can’t shoulder the cost of a government plan to close the country’s nuclear-power plants. Germany aims to phase out its nine remaining reactors by 2022, faster than almost any country. But nobody knows exactly how much it …
Germany plans measures to force operators of coal plants to curb production at their oldest and most-polluting power stations, as part of efforts to achieve its climate targets, senior government sources said on Thursday. Concerned it was on track to fall short of goals to reduce CO2 emissions by 40 …
Although most people believe that organic farming involves no use of chemical pesticides and fertilisers. But an investigation by the Crop Care Federation of India (CCFI), an apex association of the Indian agrochemical industry that advances the cause of Indian farmers through better crop protection strategies, has unearthed just the …
Germany's government set out changes to subsidy guidelines on Wednesday to try and boost the renewable sources of energy used to heat buildings and offices as it strives to avoid missing its ambitious climate targets. Renewable sources of energy accounted for almost 28 percent of Germany's electricity last year, but …
Presentation by Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director General of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.
The UK's 'buoyant' utility-scale solar market could soon be the third largest in the world, according to industry experts. In a new report, Wiki-Solar - an international commentator on utility-scale solar - found that the UK is currently the fifth-largest market in the world when it comes to utility-scale solar, …
Germany's oil and gas industry urged the government on Monday to ensure that new gas fracking rules will support future domestic production and technological development. The environment ministry is preparing a legal framework to govern drilling and has promised strict environmental audits, which include a ban on drilling in water …
A German energy cooperative will take legal action against the European Commission for approving state aid for a 16 billion pound ($25 billion) nuclear power plant in Britain, it said on Wednesday, arguing it threatens to distort competition. The project, to be built by French utility EDF at Hinkley Point …
The Nigeria-Germany Energy partnership under the Nigeria Energy Support Programme (NESP), an initiative signed between President Goodluck Jonathan and his German counterpart, Chancellor Angela Merkel, recorded a sound achievement as the Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo commissioned a 25KW Hybrid solar PV/ wind demonstration power plant. The plant is …
The UK is losing its appeal as a destination for investment in renewables as a continuing lack of clarity round the future of the UK's green energy mix and a policy hiatus caused by the upcoming General Election take their toll. That's according to EY's Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index, …
Britain falls behind France to 8th place in ranking of attractiveness for renewable energy investment Britain’s ability to attract investment to fund renewable energy projects has fallen to its lowest level in 12 years, threatening hopes the UK will ever achieve energy security or hit its 2020 target of 15pc …
Report by UK waste experts warns that growing global middle class could see £388bn worth of food wasted every year by 2030 Governments across the world should make reducing food waste an urgent priority in order to save as much as £194bn annually by 2030, according to a report. Cutting …
Solar energy is set to become the cheapest source of electricity in many parts of the world within the next 10 years, with the cost of photovoltaics continuing to decline. In fact, in some parts of the world, solar energy would become cheaper than the heavily subsidised fossil fuel energy, …
