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and Sustainable Development

Renewables overtake coal as world’s largest source of power capacity

About 500,000 solar panels were installed every day last year as a record-shattering surge in green electricity saw renewables overtake coal as the world’s largest source of installed power capacity. Two wind turbines went up every hour in countries such as China, according to International Ene…

Magical Thinking Won’t Stop Climate Change

World leaders have started to generate some real optimism with their efforts to address global climate change. What’s troubling, though, is how far we remain from getting carbon emissions under control — and how much wishful thinking is still required to believe we can do so. The Paris agreeme…