A world of action in Cancun: Don't listen to your grandma
Negotiators have worked through the past three nights in search of agreements that all nations can sign up to (see my last blog). At 3 am this morning they reached consensus on a package of decisions...
View ArticleWill China and the US be partners or rivals in the new energy economy?
When Chinese president Hu Jintao visited the US this month, many issues made headlines, but one that didn’t is nonetheless important: clean energy cooperation, competition, or both. This issue is a...
View ArticleCome to this Malaysian province to see an alternative path on energy
Photo courtesy Willem V. Strien/Flickr under Creative Commons LicenseIt is all too easy to see environmental protection and economic development simply as competing philosophies, and nothing...
View ArticleCan East Asia do for Green what it’s done for Growth?
East Asia has shown us how economies can grow at a pace unparalleled in human history. What made it happen? Key ingredients included high savings rates and a willingness to invest them for the long...
View Article80% of all energy could be from renewables by 2050...with the right policies
In just one day, the sun delivers about as much energy as has been consumed by all human beings over the past 35 years. So why haven’t we exploited more than a tiny fraction of this potential? There...
View ArticleThe `how-to' of renewable energy
Last month, I blogged about the Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), for which I was a coordinating lead...
View ArticleCool work with heat in Iceland inspires Africa
Iceland’s journey from being a developing country until the 1970s, to a modern, vibrant and developed economy owes much to its ability to tap into and develop geothermal energy. Its inspirational...
View ArticleHow a small grant turned Humbo green
A number of years ago, I started a journey with seven poor communities located about 380 kilometres southwest of Addis Ababa, by a mountain called Humbo. The idea was to allow a degraded mountain to...
View ArticleDoha: keeping hope alive - just
COP President Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah gavels through the decision text. Photo courtesy IISDThe UN climate conference in Doha this past week kept the fight to combat global warming alive – 194...
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