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How European Climate Policy Can Bolster Energy Efficiency Measures

3BL Media

We’re on a pathway to global warming of more than double the 1.5°C C target set out under the Paris Agreement in 2015. 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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Degrowth and the Global Movement for Environmental Justice

EJOLT

This interview with Joan Martinez Alier and Federico Demaria, from the research team of the Environmental Science and Technology Institute (ICTA) of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) explains how a global movement for environmental justice has risen. They also make the connection with the global economy and the need for degrowth.

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The facts of climate progress are the antidote to pessimism

Corporate Knights

Coal went from powering 40% of the nations electricity in 2012 to nothing in October of last year. Brazil is hosting the United Nations climate conference in Belm this year, the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, and has made major progress in bringing Amazon deforestation to its lowest level since 2015.