Oct 29, 2024 | October 2024
The European Union is set to finalise its negotiating position for COP29 in October 2024, focusing on climate finance, emissions reduction and transitioning away from fossil fuels. These commitments are central to the EU’s commitment to keeping global...
Jun 2, 2024 | North America
Energy production Figure 1 shows the domination of fossil fuels, especially oil, followed by natural gas and coal. However, production of fossil fuels did decrease by 50% between 2000 and 2021. Oil decreased the strongest (-56%), followed by coal (-38%) and natural...
Feb 27, 2022 | North America
Energy efficiency 12.5 billion USD is allocated for improvements in home energy efficiency and for appliance electrification rebates. About 30% of GHG pollution in the US comes from buildings [3]. 360 million USD is provided to states for training courses for workers...
Mar 6, 2021 | Energy, Technology and the Environment
The fossil fuel industry, which profits from continued extraction of fossil fuels, is an influential actor globally, and is partially owned by the government in many countries [1]. Scholars and climate activists have argued that the reach and influence of the industry...
