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Historic opportunity Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the '&' symbol, click Advanced Search and use the 'search headings' and/or 'in first paragraph' options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by Have a listen to this for an energy roadmap: “We are a relatively small country located at the end of the world, but this moment calls us all to be ambitious and that’s exactly what we are trying to do. It’s what we did when we launche...

The basics As things stand, COP26 will be hosted by the U.K. and held in the Scottish city of Glasgow between Nov. 1 and 12, 2021. It was originally due to take place in Nov. 2020, but was rescheduled because of the coronavirus pandemic. COP stands for Conference of the Parties — in other words, countries — while the number 26 refers to the fact it will be the 26th summit. The European Union is considered a "party" to the Paris Agreement in its own right, as are its 27 member states. The U.K. government says talks at COP26, "will bring together heads of state, climate experts and campaign...

14 April 2021 Share The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has a clear mandate, but the climate crisis and the economic impact of the pandemic mean that, on behalf of its Member States, it needs to have a more visible presence than has traditionally been the case, its director general said yesterday during the  World Nuclear Fuel Cycle forum, which is being held this week by the US Nuclear Energy Institute and World Nuclear Association. Speaking as part of the forum's first session - Executive Panel: From Plans to Actions - Rafael Mariano Grossi said the IAEA is therefore collaborat...

Global leaders recognise clean energy’s huge economic potential. Now they need to act Energy and climate leaders from more than 40 countries who took part in the IEA-COP26 Net Zero Summit last week called on countries to work more closely together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stave off a potentially catastrophic rise in global temperatures. But they also emphasised that major international efforts to boost clean energy policies and investment can bring more immediate benefits: massive job creation and economic opportunities that can put the world on a sustainable recovery path fro...

Net zero targets and carbon-neutrality pledges by governments and policymakers are just pie in the sky. That’s the suggestion from Raj Kumar Singh, India’s Minister of Power, New and Renewable Energy, who spoke at the International Energy Agency (IEA)’s COP26 Net Zero Summit about how far these targets seem to be amid the ‘climate disaster’ the planet faces. He said: “We are facing a disaster of gigantic proportions. What we hear is that by 2050 or by 2060 countries will become carbon-neutral but 2060 is far away by that time. “If the people continue to emit at the rate at which...