Published 1.7.2024
The role of solar power (PV) as the best option for meeting the electricity access gap in Africa is underestimated. Carbon pricing and system reliability impacts on pathways to universal electricity access, according to a new study.
Renewable energy | Energy consumption
Published 25.6.2024
Most countries have hard-to-abate “Achilles’ heel” sectors for domestic environmental action; in Latin America, these are large export-oriented primary industries like fossil-fuel extraction, mining, and industrial agriculture.
International climate policy | Oil and gas policy | Climate impacts internationally
Published 24.6.2024
The use of alternative fuels could be one way for the aviation sector to reduce its emissions. A new study of fuel use in domestic flights in Norway shows some mitigation potential for alternative fuels, but warns that these alternatives are neither emission-free nor climate-neutral.
Transport | Technology for change | Atmospheric particles | Carbon emissions globally
Published 12.6.2024
According to a new report by the Global Carbon Project, emissions of nitrous oxide – a greenhouse gas about 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide – continued unabated between 1980 and 2020.
Food and agriculture | Emission scenarios
Taoyuan Wei, Steffen Kallbekken
Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment , 2024
Academic article
Øivind Hodnebrog, Gunnar Myhre, Caroline Jouan et al.
Communications Earth & Environment , 2024
Sourangsu Chowdhury, Risto Hanninen, Mikhail Sofiev et al.
Science of the Total Environment , 2024