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Photo of Maroš Šefčovič — Europe to the world: don’t give up on 1.5 degrees goal
“We are really playing with the future of the next generation,” the EU's Green Deal chief said in an exclusive interview with Cipher. Latest News
Anca Gurzu 2 min read

A map of Africa with countries in different colors based on their level of access to clean cooking — Universal access to clean cooking lags behind
While the world strives to transition to a net zero economy, many poorer countries still do not have access to basic energy needs like clean cooking.
Anca Gurzu 2 min read

The image highlights various words like — The words that shape our energy future
Should fossil fuels be phased downed or phased out? Or should the emissions of fossil fuels be dealt with and phased out? This may sound like semantic games, but the nuances are important. Explainers
Anca Gurzu 4 min read

The Earth, shaded red, is in the middle of a black background with the words — COP28’s big challenge is closing the energy investment gap
Clean energy investment is ramping up fast, but most of it is still not reaching beyond the world’s richest countries. Explainers
Bill Spindle 4 min read

Europe to the world: don’t give up on 1.5 degrees goal

“We are really playing with the future of the next generation,” the EU's Green Deal chief said in an exclusive interview with Cipher. Latest News

Anca Gurzu 2 min read

Photo of Maroš Šefčovič

Universal access to clean cooking lags behind

While the world strives to transition to a net zero economy, many poorer countries still do not have access to basic energy needs like clean cooking.

Anca Gurzu 2 min read

A map of Africa with countries in different colors based on their level of access to clean cooking

The words that shape our energy future

Should fossil fuels be phased downed or phased out? Or should the emissions of fossil fuels be dealt with and phased out? This may sound like semantic games, but the nuances are important. Explainers

Anca Gurzu 4 min read

The image highlights various words like

COP28’s big challenge is closing the energy investment gap

Clean energy investment is ramping up fast, but most of it is still not reaching beyond the world’s richest countries. Explainers

Bill Spindle 4 min read

The Earth, shaded red, is in the middle of a black background with the words

COP leadership on fossil fuels, finance and China-U.S. relations

The director general designate of COP28 lays out the challenges and goals of the UAE leadership for the critical climate conference. Q&A

Bill Spindle 4 min read

Graphic depicting a tug of war over money above a heating globe

Renewables boss says world needs to prop up new energy system

Power grids, undersea cables and ports are overlooked yet essential connectors ensuring renewable energy can flow across great distances from production to consumption. Latest News

Anca Gurzu 3 min read

As the world bakes, developing world scrambles to adapt

The world is not cutting emissions fast enough to slow climate change, leaving everyone—but especially developing nations—scrambling to adapt to a hotter planet and its extreme-weather consequences. Latest News

Anca Gurzu 3 min read

Europe grapples with energy crisis while climate pressure ramps up

World leaders are gathering this week in the United States at two key conferences aimed at ratcheting up pressure to turn ambitious climate goals into reality. Latest News

Anca Gurzu 3 min read

Hurdles abound in race to build more clean energy

As conference attendees were waking up last week for the annual United Nations climate conference underway in Glasgow, Scotland, voters in Maine were rejecting a proposed power line sending Canadian hydropower to Massachusetts. Harder Line

Amy Harder 3 min read

Climate talks reveal big progress, but it’s not coming fast enough

When gauging progress, it's important not just to look ahead to where you need to go but also to look back to see where you've been. Harder Line

Amy Harder 3 min read