COP26 pledges could limit warming to 1.8C, says energy agency boss

Fatih Birol, the IEA’s executive director, says a ‘big step forward’ is possible only if all commitments are implemented in full.
Fatih Birol, the IEA’s executive director, says a ‘big step forward’ is possible only if all commitments are implemented in full.
Key trends in developing country technology priorities highlighted –
As part of EnergyRev’s ongoing research into the barriers faced by previous and existing Smart Local Energy Systems in the UK, the EnergyREV team at Heriot-Watt University have compiled a database of local and community energy projects in the UK.
The Innovation Fellowship scheme is a dual-route scheme, funded by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to enable researchers in the humanities and social sciences to partner with organisations and businesses in the creative and cultural, public, private and policy sectors.<...
CREDS has just commenced a new project to address the question: Energy use changed dramatically during the Covid-19 pandemic, so what does that tell us about how to reduce energy demand and deliver a zero carbon energy system?
Clean energy jobs rose to 12 million last year even amid the pandemic but officials say green employment must come with decent conditions and bring in more women. (Reuters, 21 Oct 2021)
Oxfordshire has been heralded as a energy champion in the fight against climate change as the UK prepares to host the COP26 summit next month.
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £1 million in circular economy innovation projects.
The battery storage site developed by our lead partner Pivot Power, part of EDF Renewables, has been recognised by National Grid as the ‘first tertiary connection’ in the country to export onto the Grid. I...