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Human behaviors shift. Policies change. New technology arrives and evolves. All those changes and more are hard to predict, and they affect tomorrow’s costs.
An energy expert explains the challenges of finding alternative natural gas supplies for Europe in case of a Russian cutoff over Ukraine.
Calm and cloudy days led to a resurgence in fossil fuel use.
Renewable energy is expanding at a record pace, but still not fast enough. Here are the key areas to watch for progress in bringing more wind and solar into the power grid in 2022.
Canada has neglected to keep up with China’s climate politics, putting the future of the country’s fossil fuel exports at risk.
Many vulnerable people are unable to engage with their energy usage online, leading to higher bills and even debt and illness.
How and where people spend their money and use energy can influence corporate behavior.
Has the summit delivered on its goals?
Humanity’s biggest challenges are not technical, but social, economic, political and behavioural. Effective actions are still possible to stabilise the climate and the planet, but must be taken now.
Canada must move away from using fossil fuels, but a transition that comes too fast could harm the economy. Policy-makers must strike a balance between energy security and economic growth.
The press releases sound promising, but the negotiations have a long way to go. Here’s what’s ahead at the midpoint of the COP26 climate talks.
Energy isn’t really made of anything else. It’s a kind of capacity to do things
Clean energy innovation, giving up coal, cutting methane and getting China and India on board for net-zero can deliver progress at COP26.
Reach net zero requires policies spanning energy, industry, transport, agriculture, land use, even trade. Climate change is a whole-of-government issue. It’s every minister’s problem.
The goal of carbon neutrality changes everything. Canada can no longer limit itself to solutions that partially reduce emissions here and there. The chosen solution must be zero emissions.
Major international donors, including the US and UK, are pledging to stop funding fossil fuel projects overseas, but they aren’t making the equivalent cuts at home.
Problems with affordable, accessible energy could be mitigated by making more energy providers publicly owned.
China’s Belt and Road initiative offers advantages and drawbacks for renewable energy development worldwide.
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