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IRENA: Global renewables capacity grows a record 9.6 per cent

Business Green

The performance was driven by significant growth in Asia where 141GW of new capacity was added in China alone, helping to take Asia's total renewables capacity to 1.63TW of capacity. Moreover, Oceania saw 5.2GW of new capacity come online and South America continued an upward trend with 18.2GW of capacity added.

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Interview – Harnessing the potential of geothermal to scale up by 2030

ThinkGeoEnergy

There is wide recognition that this will take monumental effort in terms of technology advancement, financing, and policy. And the value of geothermal energy as a rock-solid, resilient, indigenous source of power is increasing as the penetration of intermittent renewables increase. Doing that depends a lot on policy.

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Poll: British public 'overwhelmingly' backs robust supply chain deforestation laws

Business Green

Demand for such products continues to grow rapidly around the world and is widely blamed for fuelling mass deforestation - both legal and illegal - in Asia, Africa, and South America, where forests are frequently cleared to make way for commodity cultivation and production.

Law 101
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It's not totally unlike a comet

Business Green

If the world warms more than 4C by 2100, the number of days with climatically stressful conditions for outdoor workers will increase by up to 250 workdays per year by century's end in some parts of South Asia, tropical sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Central and South America.

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We want to deliver a green recovery in partnership with business and finance

Business Green

In the UK, we did this on 23 March 2020 and we also launched a series of major policy initiatives to support businesses and individuals through the pandemic. And my department will continue to work at pace to deliver these policy commitments over the course of this Parliament. adaptation and resilience. clean transport.

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How green hydrogen could completely reshape the global energy map

Business Green

The geopolitical ramifications of the green energy transition have long been contemplated by foreign policy wonks. At the same time, these countries will likely require technology, infrastructure, and investment from economic powers in North America, Europe and East Asia to ramp up renewables and electrolysis capacity.

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Fairtrade Foundation: UK must clean up food supply chains and stop 'dumping' emissions on poor nations

Business Green

Given that nearly half of the UK's food comes from overseas, with up to 10-15 per cent from Asia, Africa and South America, we all have a stake in ensuring future generations of farmers who produce our food can do so in climate-friendly ways, while earning enough to stay in business and live the sort of life their hard work deserves.".