The European Space Agency (ESA) has unveiled a plan to harvest the sun’s energy in space and beam it back down to Earth. It sounds like the stuff of science fiction - but Europe might one day be powered by giant floating solar panels orbiting the planet. Scientists dream up a massive floating solar farm in space It is hoped the 500 million crown (€48 million) programme will save the city money over the long term. The transport push entails replacing the city's diesel-fuelled buses with 450 electric ones. Norway's capital hopes to reach this goal by the end of 2023 as part of its aim to become the world's first wholly emissions-free city by 2030. Oslo is on course to become the first capital city in the world with an all-electric public transport system. Norway to slash pollution with the world’s first zero-emissions public transport network Even just one item malfunctioning could be very costly.īut what if instead of replacing these items when they break, we could repair them for free? That’s where repair cafes come in.
Repair cafes: Inside the high street hubs giving broken electronics a new lease of lifeĮuropean homes have an average of 74 electricals, according to the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Forum (WEEE). But a handful of EU nations are accelerating fossil fuel phase-outs, looking to reach 100 per cent clean power by the end of the decade, according to energy think tank Ember’s EU power targets tracker. The bloc as a whole is hoping now to reach 82 per cent clean energy by 2030. These EU countries are aiming for 100 per cent clean power by 2030ĭecarbonisation targets and the shift to renewable power have sped up in some EU countries as they look to reduce their reliance in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It has cemented the victory of environmental lawyers from ClientEarth, Friends of the Earth and the Good Law Project, who are calling the decision “an embarrassing but welcome climbdown”. Last week, business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg quietly dropped plans to appeal against a High Court ruling from July that found the government’s net zero strategy was unlawful. The UK government has conceded that its plan to cut carbon emissions is inadequate, and must now come up with a better one. Green lawyers triumph as UK admits its net zero strategy is unlawful It is hoping to find out whether solar energy can be generated without hindering large-scale cereal crops. In the Haute-Saône region, in the northeastern part of the country, an experiment is being conducted by solar-energy company TSE. French farmers are covering crops with solar panels to produce food and energy at the same timeĪgrivoltaics - the practice of using land for both solar energy and agriculture - is on the rise across France. The newly-announced Children and Youth Pavilion at COP27 will enable them to hold discussions and policy briefings. Children’s COP: Young people given a ‘seat at the table’ for the first time in Egyptįor the first time ever, children will have an official space at a UN climate change conference in Egypt in November. A solar power project commissioned in 2021 has provided its thousands of residents with more than enough renewable energy to power their homes. The UN chief visited Modhera in Gujarat, India, as part of a three-day trip to the country.
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