Climate gap widens as emissions continue to exceed pledges
A huge climate gap between aspirations and reality in emissions of greenhouse gases makes climate change head in the wrong direction.
How this small country is big in deforestation
A new report by WWF assesses the quantity and provenance of the Netherlands’ import and use of eight deforestation and conversion risk commodities: soy, palm oil, maize, coconut, cocoa, coffee, beef & leather, and timber.
Most plastic waste and garbage in Pacific from fishing
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is largely composed of plastic waste relating to the offshore fishing industry.
Why CCS increases the lifespan of fossil fuels
As a solution to tackling catastrophic rising emissions in its current framework however, CCS is not a climate solution.
Pilot: CCS as a service in fertilizer production
Fertilizer producer Yara and Northern Lights have signed the world’s first commercial agreement on cross border CO2 transport and storage.
New Commission to reduce risk from global warming, or to increase it with geoengineering?
As temperatures continue to rise and overshooting the Paris Agreement’s global warming goals becomes more likely, additional approaches to reduce climate risks, like geoengineering, have been proposed by a new commission.
Dutch optimistic to build first ever commercial hydrogen powered aircraft
The first-ever larger hydrogen powered aircraft for passengers (40-80 seats) is scheduled to fly between the Netherlands and London in 2028.
Repair phones to cut yearly impact on global warming by 31%
Researchers projects that using a smartphone for five instead of three years could reduce the phone’s annual carbon footprint by 31%.
NGOs demand clear commitments to responsible sourcing, design, reuse and recycling of batteries
The EU Batteries Regulation is crucial to guarantee sustainability requirements for the whole life-cycle and recycling of batteries.
Clean energy transition may eventually profit from war, report finds
The war in Ukraine may at first delay the transition and increase emissions, but ultimately will lead to an even faster acceleration in the pace of the transition, a new report finds.