Oct 29, 2024 | International Climate Policy
At COP28, 133 countries committed to tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030, which is a crucial step toward mitigating the impact of climate change [1]. If this goal is achieved, it will lead to the addition of 10,000 GW of global renewable power capacity in...
Sep 9, 2024 | Climate Justice, September 2024
Introduction Given that renewable energy produces far less emissions than fossil fuels, it is widely viewed as playing a central role in climate change mitigation [1]. Deploying renewable energy at a large scale, however, brings its own social and environmental...
May 23, 2024 | Climate Justice
What is Green Colonialism? Green colonialism occurs on a global scale as a large proportion of countries in the Global North have achieved high living standards via exploiting the land, labour, and health of many countries in the Global South. Climate change policies...
Mar 26, 2022 | EU - Current Affairs
1. Energy efficiency Highlights from the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) One of the key points of discussion for the meeting was the exchange of views with Ms. Kadri Simson, Commissioner for Energy, on the energy related aspects of the Russia-Ukraine...
Nov 21, 2021 | EU - Policies
Q1: I have heard a lot about additionality. What is it and why is it important? In the context of green hydrogen production, deploying additional renewable energy production is key to supplying the electrolysers with the electricity they need. If additionality is not...
