As countries chart paths to net-zero economies by 2050, hydrogen has enjoyed a new wave of attention. Proponents believe that hydrogen could play a key role in decarbonizing industries such as steel, cement, heavy-duty vehicles, and shipping that cannot feasibly be electrified with current technology.
According to Bloomberg, hydrogen could meet up to 24% of the world's energy needs by 2050.
December 11, 2020
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Harro Van Asselt
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Tristan Irschlinger
As countries across the globe develop recovery packages to cope with the socio-economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, we're seeing a unique opportunity to steer public finance away from fossil fuels and toward the clean energy transition.
November 2, 2020
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Alice Tipping
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Tristan Irschlinger
WTO members are negotiating an agreement to end harmful fisheries subsidies. We have 25 reasons why they must reel in a deal this year, for people and planet.
This International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) & Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) three-part commentary series takes a deep dive into how India’s energy sector is coping with the impacts of COVID-19 and what this means for the sustainable energy transition.
This International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) & Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) three-part commentary series takes a deep dive into how India’s energy sector is coping with the impacts of COVID-19 and what this means for the sustainable energy transition.
Nordic countries are well recognized for combining healthy economic growth with strong social and environmental policies. What's their secret to a green recovery?
July 27, 2020
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Christopher Beaton
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Anjali Viswamohanan
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Prateek Aggarwal
From IISD and CEEW, part 1 of a three-part commentary series that takes a deep dive into how India’s energy sector is coping with the impacts of COVID-19 and what this means for the sustainable energy transition.
Decisions taken in response to the COVID-19 crisis today will lock in the world’s development patterns for decades. With policy decisions made on a daily basis, information about how public money is being spent can be hard to follow. That is why a consortium of 14 expert organizations came together to track energy-specific responses by G20 governments.
COVID-19 and low global energy prices have hit Indonesia’s fossil fuel sector hard. The country's stimulus has focused on public health and social safety nets; its energy sector, meanwhile, is receiving tax incentives.
If the world is to recover better from the pandemic, we must avoid a scenario where efforts to overcome one crisis lock us into another. It is possible to support vulnerable groups, including fossil fuel workers, and stop propping up an industry that needs to be winding down.
IISD experts Peter Wooders and Ivetta Gerasimchuk discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the clean energy transition, renewable energy and fossil fuel subsidies.
Alberta's orphan wells require proper decommissioning to prevent harm to the environment and surrounding community, but who will pay for this?
Canadians are facing many struggles right now: an unprecedented economic slowdown due to COVID-19, a global oil price shock, and the still-urgent challenge of transitioning to a low-carbon future.
January 20, 2020
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Paulina Resich
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Dyhia Belhabib
Stories of success in Latin American fishing communities have nothing to do with the price of gas or getting cheap equipment. Instead, there must be a system that protects their business from illegal fishing.
December 21, 2019
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Paulina Resich
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Peter Wooders
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Laura Merrill
COP 25 nearly didn’t happen at all, on account of mass protests in Santiago, Chile, the planned host city; at the last minute, it moved to Madrid, Spain, forcing some who were planning to attend to instead watch from afar.
December 12, 2019
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Paulina Resich
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Dyhia Belhabib
Members of the World Trade Organization are currently negotiating an agreement on fisheries subsidies that will determine the future of our oceans. The need to reach this multilateral deal is embodied in Sustainable Development Goal 14.6, which calls to prohibit harmful subsidies that contribute to overfishing.
October 24, 2019
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Franziska Funke
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Laura Merrill
There’s no question that abandoning fossil fuel subsidies will benefit the economy and the planet, but as protests in Ecuador show, reforms require careful design and considerate execution in order to look after the vulnerable and get citizens on board.
Thousands of people, youth especially, were calling for Indonesia and countries around the world to live up to their commitments on climate change. Students were coming together to demonstrate that they were no longer willing to simply go along with what their leaders were proposing. How can the government answer their calls?
