Cities are important centers of opportunity and drivers of prosperity, accounting for over 80% of global…
Month: March 2024
Climate Policy for Cities: 5 Key Instruments for a Resilient Future
Cities are major contributors to GHG emissions, with cities in low-income countries contributing only 14% of…
Cloud Seeding or Climate Change? Unraveling the Cause of Dubai’s Floods
A powerful storm system unleashed record-breaking rainfall across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman this…
Climate Finance: Where we are VS where we need to be
On average in 2019/2020, no less than €650 billion was raised and invested in climate finance…
What is needed to reach Net Zero?
Adaptation refers to actions and measures taken to cope with the current or expected climate and…
Food security updates: Key points to remember
On December 1st, 2023, the World Bank published a report outlining the evolution of food prices…
A transition to Net-zero: What does it cost?
In recent years, efforts in climate finance have been observed with an average of $653 billion…
Nuclear Energy: A controversial solution to decarbonization
Rooppur, Akkuyu, Vogtle, HPC, Flamanville, Saeul Bushehr, etc., the nuclear power industry has never been so…
How to Transition away from Coal?
In 2021, coal accounted for 36% of the world’s electricity generation, the largest share with Asia…
Decarbonization in the Hard to abate Sector: What are the main challenges?
Industrial sectors, such as cement, steel, aviation, heavy trucking and freight transport, ammonia, are very critical…
The “ASI” framework in the decarbonisation of the transport sector
The transport sector typically accounts, depending on the country, for about 25% of global energy-related co2…
Powering Africa: Egypt’s experience
To achieve SDG 7, access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services for all must be…