An international partnership to speed up the energy transition has been announced. Strong domestic regulations to support renewables are urgently needed. Solar panels on the roof of…… Read more “In Indonesia, regulatory gaps are holding back renewables”

The $27 billion fund established by the Inflation Reduction Act will support projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Ashley StimpsonX December 12, 2022 Published in: Reasons…… Read more “Can a Green Bank Help the US Meet Its Climate Goals?”

Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham European Council president Charles Michel heads to Beijing on December 1, the latest in a procession of western leaders to seek an…… Read more “Western leaders are divided over the future of relations with China”

byJohanna Pauls 2.2 billion people in the world have only irregular access to clean water, including in Europe. While the EU is only hesitantly introducing improvements to…… Read more “Water as a human right – How Slovenia protects its drinking water”

Jocelyn Hutton, University of Oxford; Carolyn Hoyle, University of Oxford, and Lucy Harry, University of Oxford Qatari authorities are ignoring international law by failing to inform embassies…… Read more “Qatar’s death row and the invisible migrant workforce deemed unworthy of due process”

Palm oil supply chains would be a lot simpler if producer country standards were more widely recognised, writes Robert Hii Unloading palm oil fruit bunches in a…… Read more “Opinion: Malaysia’s sustainability standard can clean up murky supply chains”

Ingo Geiger China bans cryptocurrencies. The Central African Republic is making Bitcoins a legal tender. Meanwhile, the EU failed to require the crypto industry to be more…… Read more “Ban or regulate: The world searches for a way to deal with cryptocurrencies”

Integrating human rights into renewable projects will make the energy transition fairer and faster Ngong Hills wind farm, outside Nairobi. Some wind projects in Kenya have been…… Read more “Kenya’s energy transition risks being derailed by human rights failures”

Francois Balloux, UCL China is the only major country which, until now, has continued to enforce a zero-COVID strategy. Other countries, including Australia, New Zealand and Singapore,…… Read more “China could face a catastrophic COVID surge as it lifts restrictions – here’s how it might play out”

Doing what is “right” on a wide range of issues has reinforced the momentum in U.S. efforts to counter Beijing. By Robert Sutter November 30, 2022 Credit: Facebook/The White…… Read more “US China Policy Is About More Than China”