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US$2.7 trillion annual investment required for global net-zero by 2050
At least US$2.7 trillion must be invested in renewables, infrastructure and energy transition technologies annually to achieve global n...
Raf Vermeire from Upgrade Energy Africa on recent market developments
Watch this ESI Africa interview with Raf Vermeire, Managing Partner at Upgrade Energy, recorded from the Enlit Africa 2023 exhibition f...
US renewable energy farms outstrip 99% of coal plants economically – study
Coal in the US is now being economically outmatched by renewables to such an extent that it’s more expensive for 99% of the country’s c...
SA sun and wind, unlike Eskom’s coal, can’t be stolen by ‘sophisticated’ crooks, says De Ruyter
Eskom CEO André de Ruyter has slammed critics of the utility's move towards renewables, away from coal, arguing that their arguments ar...
SA’s growth rate would expand if it moves away from coal – World Bank
South Africa could achieve higher economic growth if it moves away from coal and adopts renewable energy sources, a report by the World...
Earth Day 2022
Upgrade Energy supports Earth Day today, 22 April 2022. This is the moment to change it all — the business climate, the political clim...
Russia’s Invasion Supercharges Push to Make a New Green Fuel
Europe’s push to wean itself off Russian natural gas is sparking billions of dollars in new commitments toward building a market for lo...
South Africa could easily be powered by solar and wind, says UN report – with global emissions peaking by 2025
Focused on mitigation, the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change catalogues the failures to reduce greenhouse ...
New IPCC report: over 3bn people face rising climate-change threat
THE “ASSESSMENT REPORTS” from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change used to assess scientific extrapolations, the output of mod...
Directors face potential liability for climate change risks – Webber Wentzel
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Directors face potential liability if they fail to carry out their fiduciary duties to curb climate c...
There’s Too Much Carbon Going Into the Air to Hit Climate Goals
The pace of rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere needs to slow by about 20% over the next five years in order to limit global warmin...
Message by President Ramaphosa at COP26 Energy Session
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
There is no longer any doubt that climate change presents a critical and urgent threat to humanity.
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