September was a month of new commitments, plans and strategies to reduce carbon emissions. China announced during the United Nation’s 75th General Assembly that it will scale up its climate commitment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. And South Africa became the 18th country to submit its low emission development strategy to the UN, which […]
In the month of July, the European Union (EU) leaders agreed on a seven-year post-pandemic economic recovery package of $1.23 trillion, of which, 30 percent will be committed to climate change. This follows the lead of the green stimulus announcement in the month of May 2020 by the EU president, Ursula Von Der Leyen, centred […]
In May, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen heeded to calls from various climate activists and public servants, including a call from the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, to centralise climate change in the post-Covid-19 economic stimulus packages. At the global scale, on the 18th June 2020, the International Energy Agency (IEA), […]
The energy transition is a step-change in the nature of how humanity functions. It is a break from a distinct mode of operating that began during the mid-to-late 1700s during the Industrial Revolution. For any step-change to be successful often divergent interests need to be unified. This is specifically true for the energy space that […]
The president of the European Union (EU), Ursula Von Der Leyen, has heeded the call to channel funds to renewable energy in order to provide for a dual benefit in lowering carbon emissions and stimulating economic recovery. This is on the back of calls and pressure from heads of states (like German Chancellor Angela Merkel), […]
