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Global: Health experts call virus pandemic a window into future climate threats
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The coronavirus pandemic is a preview of the types of global health threats that will emerge as the planet becomes hotter, and how it is tackled has implications for dealing with climate threats as well, health experts said on Tuesday.
Read more: https://news.trust.org/item/20200331212618-olgx4/Record year sees world wind power capacity up by fifth
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- Written by Eco News
The world’s wind power capacity grew by almost a fifth in 2019 after a year of record growth for offshore windfarms and a boom in onshore projects in the United States and China.
Read more: http://econews.com.au/63981/record-year-sees-world-wind-power-capacity-up-by-fifth/Global: Fossil fuel funding by world’s biggest banks has grown every year since the Paris Agreement, report finds
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America’s JP Morgan Chase has pumped more than the GDP of Finland into fossil fuels expansion since the Paris climate accord of 2015, while Japan’s and China’s mega banks have also been ‘failing miserably’ in their response to climate change over the last four years, a report from a coalition of NGOs has shown.
Read more: https://www.eco-business.com/news/fossil-fuel-funding-by-worlds-biggest-banks-has-grown-every-year-since-the-paris-agreement-report-finds/Vietnam’s new conservation plan prioritizes trees and people. Emissions? Not so much
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- Written by Mongabay
For nearly a decade now, Vietnam has made “payment for forest ecosystem services” its key strategy for protecting forests and improving the lives of poor rural communities. Now, it plans to use the same model to help rein in greenhouse gas emissions.
Read more: https://news.mongabay.com/2020/03/vietnams-new-conservation-plan-prioritizes-trees-and-people-emissions-not-so-much/Global: Renewables surge in 2019 sees fossil fuels for electricity at turning point
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The use of fossil fuels such as coal and oil for generating electricity fell in 2019 in the United States, the European Union and India, at the same time overall power output rose, a turning point for the global energy mix.
Read more: http://econews.com.au/63790/renewables-surge-in-2019-sees-fossil-fuels-for-electricity-at-turning-point/Analysts: Indonesia’s green energy plans best served by auctions, not feed-in tariffs
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Indonesia should enact clean energy auctions, not feed-in tariffs (FiTs), to meet its renewable energy goals, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).
Read more: https://www.pv-tech.org/news/analysts-urge-indonesia-to-enact-auctions-not-feed-in-tariffs