Gianni Silvestrini The worldwide energy framework is rapidly changing. Different signals highlight the already happening energy transition: an annual renewable energy installed capacity which overcomes the fossil and nuclear one and decreasing prices of clean technologies. Are China and USA the leading actors of this epic change? An article of Gianni Silvestrini, scientific director of…
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In the central scenario, the entire carbon budget allowed under a 2°C climate trajectory is consumed by 2040, highlighting the need for a comprehensive and ambitious agreement at the COP21 meeting in Paris in 2015. Events of the last year have increased many of the long-term uncertainties facing the global energy sector, says the International…
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Water is used around the world for the production of electricity, but new research results show that there will not be enough water in the world to meet demand by 2040 if the energy and power situation does not improve before then. Two new reports that focus on the global electricity water nexus have just…
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