Energy efficiency and electrification should lead the effort to decarbonise society, not hydrogen.
Artist rendition of the National Western Center, a net-zero campus under construction in Denver to house multiple activities.
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Net zero energy buildings produce at least as much energy as they use. Designing whole net zero campuses and communities takes the energy and climate benefits to a higher level.
The Groningen gas field in the Netherlands was discovered in 1959, and is the largest natural gas field in Europe.
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After his landslide victory, Boris Johnson declared his ambition to make his country ‘the cleanest, greenest on Earth’. Here’s what he needs to do to prove it.
Guterres wanted world leaders to tackle subsidies for fossil fuels, implement taxes on carbon, and end new coal power beyond 2020. None of this happened.
Ratcliffe-on-Soar, one of 7 UK coal-fired power plants still in service.
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The Committee on Climate Change criticises slow progress, but has little to say about how to reconfigure government to make climate action a priority.
The greening of university spaces, as demonstrated by the University of Warsaw’s library, can also help universities lower emissions.
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Contrary to the advice of the UK’s climate advisers, aiming for net zero before 2050 is credible – but the country must reassess how much its future is worth.