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Vaca Muerta is probably Argentina's quickest path to the export dollars it desperately needs to secure a brighter future.

Singapore has built a floating solar panel farm off the coast because its running out of space on land to produce renewable energy.

A growing push in Singapore to reduce the city-state’s greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change has seen a sea of glimmering solar panels built off the country’s northern coast. Reaching into the Johor Strait, which lies between the city-state and Malaysia, construction of the solar farm has seen 13,000 solar panels laid out at sea, according to a report from AFP. With the ability to produce up to five megawatts of electricity, the...

A growing push in Singapore to reduce the city-state’s greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change has seen a sea of glimmering solar panels built off the country’s northern coast. Reaching into the Johor Strait, which lies between the city-state and Malaysia, construction of the solar farm has seen 13,000 solar panels laid out at sea, according to a report from AFP. With the ability to produce up to five megawatts of electricity, the...

Oceans are ‘new frontier’ in electricity production, says firm tasked with carrying out project

By Simi Mehta, Ritika Gupta, Manoswini Sarkar Climate change is one of the most pressing issues that the world is collectively facing at the moment. It is contended that strengthening the global response is pertinent to combat the threat of climate change. 1 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) adopted in 1992 that entered into force on 21 March, 1994, primarily aims to prevent anthropogenic interference in the earth’s climate system and stabilize Greenhouse Gas ...

Thirty days after Joe Biden entered the White House, the US is officially back in the Paris Agreement. EURACTIV’s media partner, Climate Home News reports. On his first day in office, Biden signed an executive order notifying the UN that the US was rejoining the Paris Agreement. Now that order has taken effect, the US is expected to submit a new national contribution to the agreement, setting out an emissions target for 2030. “It’s good to have the US back in the Paris Agreement, but sadl...

All told, the U.S. was not a participant in the Paris Agreement framework for only a few months. On his first day in office, President Biden signed an order to rejoin the agreement. Just 30 days after Biden’s signature, the U.S. became a party to the accord once again on Friday. But thats just a starting point for climate action. A group of states, cities and companies welcomed the milestone by launching a new coalition to push the Biden-Harris administration toward a more aggressive natio...

After the pandemic-fuelled historic drop in global greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, international e...

Indian ambassador Santosh Jha was in Luxembourg last week to present his credentials to the grand duke. He talks about India as an investment opportunity and its leading role on climate change. Santosh Jha has been the ambassador to Belgium, the EU and Luxembourg since last summer, but because of covid restrictions did not have a chance to formally present his letters of credence before 20 January. He has previously served at missions in Moscow, New York and Colombo and prior to his appointment...