archiveNovember 24, 2022

Hydropower as an enabler of other renewables and provider of firm electricity must be reflected in net zero strategies, the IHA urges. Hydropower can meet increasing demand for renewable sources of electricity and global policymakers and financial decision-makers must support and incentivise sustainable hydropower, says the International Hydropower Association. The IHA believes three clear actions are required, namely: That hydropower’s role as an enabler of other renewables as well as a direct provider of firm electricity is reflected in policymakers’ net zero strategies; That investments in hydropower are incentivised in...

Construction accounts for 34 per cent of global energy demand and will fail to meet decarbonisation pledges by 2050, according to the UN Environment Programme. The global building and construction boom has pushed the sector’s CO2 emissions to an all-time high of 10 gigatonnes, meaning that it is now “off track” to meet decarbonisation pledges by 2050, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said at COP27. Years of warnings about the impacts of climate change have become a reality,” said Inger Andersen, UNEP executive director. “If we do not rapidly cut emissions in line with...

Dr Bruce Lascelles, president of British Society of Soil Science explains that a key solution has been right under our noses, and feet, the entire time: soil. Science has established beyond doubt that the window for action is closing rapidly. As the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27) in Egypt, Sharm El-Sheikh comes to its conclusion, we are all waiting to hear the learnings, actions and outcomes that will be decided to ensure the sustainable future of our planet. This is a golden opportunity for us to rise to the occasion...