The 21st Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change concluded its international climate negotiations in Paris with a global accord.
First Global Green Bank network will speed shift to clean energy
A group of six green banks and two leading non-profit groups say they are establishing a Green Bank Network to help meet the urgent need of increasing and accelerating investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency worldwide.
Over 150 organizations urge President Obama to pledge greater climate action in Paris
Following President Barack Obama’s opening speech at the COP21 climate change conference in Paris this week, more than 150 environmental, social justice, indigenous, and health groups called on the President to greatly increase the U.S. commitment to reducing carbon pollution. The message: keep at least 80% of U.S. fossil fuel reserves in the ground, and help…
Mission Innovation: 20 countries commit to clean-energy R&D
Editor’s note: This week, at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, President Obama, President Hollande, and other world leaders launched Mission Innovation. The aim of this initiative is to accelerate global clean-energy progress and innovations in a cost-effective manner. As part of its contribution to Mission Innovation, the U.S. Government will seek…
Siemens to present cost-reducing new products and grid technology at EWEA 2015
Siemens plans to present their latest innovations to further reduce the cost of wind power at one of the most important trade show for wind energy in Europe, EWEA 2015 in Paris. The event takes place November 17 to 20 (M01 in pavilion 1 of the Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles) and Siemens will have a…
What to expect when you’re not expecting: Anticipating the outcome of the 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference
This is the introduction to the article written by law firm ReedSmith. The 21st Conference of the Parties (“COP”) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (“UNFCCC”) meets in Paris at the end of this year (December 2015) to seek to achieve the vaulted ambition set by the Durban Platform of “developing a…