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Booming Decentralized Solar Power in Africa’s Cities. Satellite Imagery and Deep Learning Provide Cutting-Edge Data on Electrification

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18 January 2022
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The market for decentralized solar systems first developed in rural Africa, and today it is expanding to the continent’s cities, though these areas are already covered by each country’s central network.

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What can we expect from Russia at COP26?

28 October 2021
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We ask experts whether the Kremlin’s latest moves on climate, including its 2060 net-zero target, heralds genuine change or more greenwash. 

Russia has been seen as a climate pariah by the international community for some years. It was one of the last counties to ratify the 2015 Paris Agreement – not until September 2019, at the UN’s Climate Action Summit.

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The Missing Guest: Energy Efficiency in the Multilateral Energy Arena

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12 October 2021
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Since the 1970s, energy efficiency has gained visibility as a low hanging fruit – its potential impact on critical issues such as climate change, energy security, or competitiveness is now widely acknowledged, even more so in times of higher energy prices.

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Climate and International Trade: The Clash of Powers

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07 September 2021
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The fight against climate change has a major economic dimension. With climate neutrality as their new objective, the major powers are counting on green industrial policy, and trying to contain the emissions related to their imports. 

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India’s Energy and Climate Policies Post COVID-19: Short Term Slowdown, Longer Term Boom in Renewables

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06 July 2021
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India has long been a positive and committed partner in global and domestic climate change mitigation efforts. 

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United States Climate Politics Under Biden: Is the Clean Energy Revolution Under Way?

Date de publication
13 January 2021
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For most of United States (US) history, environmental issues enjoyed bipartisan support. While Democratic President Johnson signed the Clean Air Act in 1963, Republican President Nixon established the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970. America’s “environmental decade” culminated under President Carter, with Congress enacting ambitious environmental legislation. 

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The War on Carbon. Five Priorities for the European Green Deal

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08 October 2019
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2019 has marked a fundamental turning point in the energy transition of the European Union (EU). 

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Opposing Trump's Environmental Policy

12 July 2018
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An interview with Julie CERQUEIRA, Executive Director of the U.S. Climate Alliance.

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Opinion : "No common view on the role of nuclear energy at COP climate talks, but individual countries can decide"

16 December 2016
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A year after the landmark COP21 climate discussions, the ambitious Paris Agreement entered into force just before COP22 began in Marrakech, Marrocco. With this latest round of talks new over, Carole Mathieu of Ifri debriefs Nuclear Report on what happened in Marrakech, the importance of the decarbonization agenda, and on the silent place nuclear energy occupies at the UNIFCCC negociations.

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From COP21 to COP22: Keeping up the Momentum

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04 October 2016
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In December 2015, a new international climate agreement was adopted, paving the way for increased mitigation and adaptation efforts.

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