Deforestation – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:55:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Why Southern Africa needs to work together on the energy transition https://energytransition.org/2023/01/why-southern-africa-needs-to-work-together-on-the-energy-transition/ https://energytransition.org/2023/01/why-southern-africa-needs-to-work-together-on-the-energy-transition/#respond Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:55:09 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27835 In Southern Africa the population is growing at a much faster pace than the rate at which the region is developing. This is putting pressure on resources, in particular, on energy provision. Less than half the region’s population is connected to grid electricity, meaning many rely on wood fuel despite its dire impacts on the environment. Countries including Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Africa face a...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/01/why-southern-africa-needs-to-work-together-on-the-energy-transition/feed/ 0 Romanian Power Move: Decarbonization means burning wood instead of coal https://energytransition.org/2022/01/romanian-power-move-decarbonization-means-burning-wood-instead-of-coal/ https://energytransition.org/2022/01/romanian-power-move-decarbonization-means-burning-wood-instead-of-coal/#respond Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:00:53 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=25859 Weeks after agreeing to phase out coal, Bucharest struck a deal to convert an aging state-owned coal-fired power plant to burn locally-sourced “sustainable” biomass instead. But Romania’s forest-covered mountains are already suffering from illegal timber harvesting and biodiversity loss. Yet until this twist in the nation’s “decarbonization” plan, little biomass was burnt for electricity.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/01/romanian-power-move-decarbonization-means-burning-wood-instead-of-coal/feed/ 0 How the EU assists deforestation in Brazil https://energytransition.org/2020/08/how-the-eu-assists-deforestation-in-brazil/ https://energytransition.org/2020/08/how-the-eu-assists-deforestation-in-brazil/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2020 13:00:30 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22949 Last year, Brazil made international headlines for the devastating forest fires in the Amazon and their impact on the world’s vital oxygen lungs. Many governments – especially from Europe – were quick to condemn the deforestation of the Amazon that had been increasing rapidly since far-right President Bolsonaro took office in January 2019. Rebecca Bertram takes a closer look.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/08/how-the-eu-assists-deforestation-in-brazil/feed/ 1 COP25 and what Latin America hopes for. Part IV: A View from Columbia https://energytransition.org/2019/12/cop-colombia/ https://energytransition.org/2019/12/cop-colombia/#respond Mon, 09 Dec 2019 14:00:35 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=21327 In the run up to the Madrid-based COP25 international climate talks set to begin in early December, former Director of the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s Energy and Environment program, Rebecca Bertram, conducted a series of interviews with Latin American officials and activists. In Part 4 of the series, Rebecca has a conversation with Angelica Beltran, researcher on climate policy at the Association...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/12/cop-colombia/feed/ 0 How climate change affects the Honduran economy https://energytransition.org/2019/03/climate-change-affects-honduran-economy/ https://energytransition.org/2019/03/climate-change-affects-honduran-economy/#respond Thu, 07 Mar 2019 14:00:35 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=19212 Honduras is only responsible for a tiny margin of global greenhouse gas emissions – 0.1 percent to be precise. Yet its economy will be destroyed by the impacts of climate change, Rebecca Bertram reports. Graffiti in the streets of Tegucigalpa ( Public Domain) The fact that climate change poses a threat to global economic growth is not a new insight. As far back as 2007, Nicholas Stern in his team...

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