7 May 2009: Renewables offer way forward in South Asia
President Obama's meeting with the Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on 6 May understandably focussed on how to combat the Taliban and control Pakistan's nuclear weapons.
View Article18 May 2009: The Indian Congress and climate
The Congress Party has won India's general election, so will be in power for a further five years - and it looks like its position will more be more secure than during the previous five. This is...
View Article1 June 2009: Canada must do much more on climate change
Canada is responsible for only 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions and also 2% of the historic contribution. However, it uses a third more energy per unit of GDP than the USA, has per capita annual...
View Article7 July 2009: Kenyan school innovating on biogas
The International Climate Challenge brings together young people from around the world for online discussions and exchanges of information about how to control climate change. There are also actual...
View Article11 August 2009: Brazil must look after the Amazon – with our help
Brazilian president, Lula da Silva, says (quite often) that “Brazil is in charge of looking after the Amazon” and, to be fair, his government has tried to reduce the rate of destruction. However, being...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Climate powers, policy and performance in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales...
The Labour Party came to power in 1997 committed to devolving powers to Scotland and Wales, and re-creating a London-wide government. It was also determined to improve the political situation in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Policy and performance of the States in the USA
This article reviews the climate performance of different US states and is mainly based on Climate Change 101: state action published by the Pew Centre on Global Climate Change and on State of the...
View Article1 February 2010: Chile and low-carbon energy
Last week, I went to Chile to take part in a conference about energy policy - mainly about whether Chile should build nuclear power stations. The current Chilean government has been discussing nuclear...
View Article22 October 2010: UK Spending Review – not too bad, but open goal missed
The UK government has cut spending on climate schemes less than it has cut most other schemes. But is has cut local government grants by more than a quarter, so local government must play a greater...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Paqueta: a community running almost entirely on renewables
A small island in Rio bay already gets most of its energy from renewables. It should move to become totally powered by solar, biogas and imported hydroelectricity.
View ArticleClik here to view.
27 October 2015: Ghana is a renewables pioneer, but is still not doing enough.
A post by Melody Waterworth on energy in Ghana, where she is currently volunteering.
View Article
