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The key to universal energy access
Oped, Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven and Francesco La Camera, Published on 18/03/2025
» Our planet and its inhabitants are in trouble. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that to meet the targets of the 2015 Paris agreement and keep global warming below 2° Celsius (relative to preindustrial levels), renewable energy must supply 70-85% of the world's electricity by 2050. In other words, renewable capacity must triple by 2030 to avert a climate catastrophe.
Decarbonisation needs joint effort
Oped, Francesco La Camera & Bruce Douglas, Published on 21/05/2024
» As countries around the world experienced record temperatures last year, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres declared, "We must turn a year of burning heat into a year of burning ambition." But to move away from fossil fuels and unlock the green transition's economic benefits, such as job creation and universal access to clean energy, industry leaders and policymakers must work together to translate the commitments made at the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai (COP28) into actual renewable gigawatts.
Talent deficit hurts US chip dream
News, Francesco Guarascio, Published on 01/09/2023
» A chronic shortage of engineers in Vietnam is emerging as a major challenge to the growth of its semiconductor industry and to US plans of fast-tracking the Southeast Asian nation as a chips hub to hedge against China-related supply risks.
Carbon shift may aid companies
News, Sharad Apte & Dale Hardcastle & Torsten Lichtenau, Published on 09/08/2021
» Covid-19 has intensified the race to battle climate change, renewing focus on critical efforts to drastically cutt greenhouse gas emissions to reach a 50% reduction by 2030 and net zero by 2050.
How to make EV viable within Asean
News, Dale Hardcastle, Francesco Cigala & Sharad Apte, Published on 07/10/2019
» If there is a region that could use a mobility revolution, it is Southeast Asia. Much of the area grapples with persistent congestion, expanding environmental concerns, and surging oil demand to serve transit needs.