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How European Climate Policy Can Bolster Energy Efficiency Measures

3BL Media

Energy systems are, consequently, becoming more decentralized, digitized and decarbonized. Decarbonizing the global economy means lessening our dependence on fossil fuels and increasing dramatically our use of renewable energy sources like solar, wind, biomass, and hydropower.

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The facts of climate progress are the antidote to pessimism

Corporate Knights

That left its collective emissions 37% lower than 1990 levels, all while the economy grew nearly 70% bigger. The vast majority of major economies of the world remain deadly serious about decarbonization. Coal went from powering 40% of the nations electricity in 2012 to nothing in October of last year.