Climate change
Editors Picks
PEI Connect: Learning powered by the sun
Pei Connect provides a brief look at what got our attention during the week (19 - 26 Feb), and first up, we focus on a good news story out of Madagascar, combining solar power, circular economy and digital learning.
Editors Picks
PEI Connect: A chilly US comes home to Paris
The US returns to the Paris Agreement as temperatures drop and cause people to question how reliable renewables really are.
Strategic Development
G20 policies insufficient to meet Paris climate goals
With just nine months to go until the critical next round of international climate talks, the world’s largest economies are far from having the right climate policies in place.
Renewables
UN unveils Race to Zero Breakthroughs to combat climate change
Iberdrola has joined a new initiative unveiled at the recent World Economic Forum by the United Nations to accelerate the fight against climate change.
Renewables
EIB backs energy and climate action projects in Croatia
In Croatia, the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development and EIB have partnered on key energy, sustainability and climate projects.
Renewables
Total quits American Petroleum Institute over climate goals
French multinational energy company Total has withdrawn its membership within the American Petroleum Institute (API).
Strategic Development
HSBC feels the pressure to abandon fossil fuel financing
Fifteen institutional investors with a combined $2.4 trillion in assets under management have filed a climate change resolution at HSBC.
Hydrogen
Siemens Energy in $146m bid to harvest hydrogen from offshore wind
Companies will integrate an electrolyzer into a purpose-built offshore wind turbine
Africa
Fossil fuels to dominate Africa’s energy mix this decade – report
A new study into Africa’s energy generation uses a state-of-the-art machine-learning technique to analyse the pipeline of more than 2,500 planned power plants.
Emissions & Environment
Gas and renewables combined hold the key to a faster energy...
Accelerated and strategic deployment of renewables and gas power can change the trajectory for climate change.
