The outcome of the two-week-long COP25 conference in Madrid with delegates from almost 200 nations was a partial agreement that asks countries to come up with more ambitious targets to
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Despite widespread awareness of the perils of climate change and grandiose declarations by governments, global average temperatures and carbon emissions continue to rise for a third consecutive year and will
Last Thursday, the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced that it would cease funding for fossil fuel energy projects in 2021, making it the first ‘climate bank’. The unprecedented move by
Carbon capture technology could become a major industry, according to authors of a new perspective published on 6 November in Nature (1). In their analysis, Hepburn and colleagues investigate the
This year, the Chemistry Nobel was awarded to three scientists for their contributions to the development of lithium-ion batteries, which enabled the portable technology revolution and since they first entered
A new article published on 18 September in Nature presents a set of “troubling charts” outlining the lack of progress nations have made in limiting greenhouse gas emissions. The infographic
Carbon taxes not sufficient to meet the targets set out by the Paris Agreement, according to a new study published on 4 September in the journal Joule (1). Putting a
A new analysis published on 11 July in Nature Energy reveals increasing ‘energy cost’ associated with fossil fuels, which means renewables may be quickly catching up (1). The authors suggest
Power plants, boilers, furnaces, vehicles, and other existing energy infrastructure must be retired to meet the 1.5-degree-Celcius target set out in the Paris agreement and stabilise the climate; however, the
Part Two: Can technological progress break the deadlock by 2040? “Incremental” improvements or breakthrough innovations? The question that arises is: “Can battery technology be advanced to address its current