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The COVID-19 pandemic is a global health crisis that has major implications for world economies, energy use and CO2 emissions. According to the IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2020 report, the immediate effects of the pandemic on the energy system shows expected falls in 2020 of 5% in global energy demand, 7% in energy-related CO2 emissions and 18% in energy investment. Oil consumption is anticipated to decline by 8% and coal use by 7%. However, as with previous crises, the rebound in emissions may be larger than the decline, unless the wave of investments to restart economies is dedicated to cleaner and more resilient energy infrastructure. Decarbonizing energy use in time to avert catastrophic climate change requires increased international cooperation. Recovery measures following COVID-19 pandemic could include flexible power grids, efficiency solutions, electric vehicle charging, energy storage, interconnected hydropower, green hydrogen and other technology investments consistent with long-term energy and climate sustainability.
In line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there is a global movement to address these challenges by substantially increasing investment in renewable energy technologies and implementation, doubling the rate of improvement to energy efficiency, and changing user behaviours, with the aim to achieve absolute decoupling between energy consumption and economic growth.
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I recently published a piece about SDG 7 and the objective of 'sustainable energy for all' in the context of Bangladesh. This piece and its lessons learned very much speak to the overall South East Asian and African contexts through the key policy insights and how to drive energy access forward to all rural areas.
Abstract: After decades of growth, the Bangladesh Solar Home Systems (SHS) programme, the world’s largest domestic solar off-grid electrification scheme which has frequently been heralded as a model for other developing countries, is in danger of collapsing as end user support and installation levels have plummeted. This paper explores the reasons behind this development, tracing the programme run by the Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) from its early expansion employing pioneering partnership and financing models, to its more recent decline. It finds that the government’s simultaneous implementation of several competing on- and off-grid energy access projects and lack of regulatory oversight alongside significant subsidy decreases which made SHS uncompetitive, led customers to abandon the programme. This, in turn, is putting at risk Bangladesh’s objective of achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 – affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all – by 2030.
Please find the article here in an open-access format:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14693062.2022.2056118
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Renewable energy sector employed 11.5 million people in 2019. With added investment, jobs in renewables could reach 42 million by 2050, with another 21.3 million in energy efficiency and 14.5 million people in jobs related to power grids and energy flexibility.
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Created a Post in Energy, Cities and Urban Development
The new German government is aiming for an earlier coal phase-out, “ideally” by 2030. The associated job loss was perhaps the most important concern here. But the consequences of such a job loss for individual workers vary widely: a job loss may be followed by a long period of unemployment, a direct job change or early retirement.
This IZA article dissects a recent IZA paper ‘The Welfare Costs of Job Loss and Decarbonization: Evidence from Germany’s Coal Phase Out’ to answer questions at stake such as, who is most affected by job loss? What additional costs will workers face if we bring forward the coal phase-out from 2038 to 2030? What labor market policies can alleviate the welfare costs?
hello family, i would like to share with all of you our amazing video art about climate action and time to restore our earth and support clean energy . welcome with your comments and feedback . this video created by professional visual artist and co founder green society initiative hossna hanafy , yes , she is my sister and talented in art
Created a Post in Energy, Agriculture, Water and Sanitation
Hi to the group, to reduce water consumption, we have designed this shower timer with cut off to prevent from wasting water and gas. It is programmable and restricts the maximum time for shower and when it has been used, it blocks the shower and keeps it shut during the waiting time we have previously set. Therefore, the user has to abandon the the shower and water and energy are being saved. Saves up to 80% of water and energy.
Clean energy can help undermine Russia and strengthen Europe
"The large-scale adoption of low-carbon energy technologies such as solar, wind and green hydrogen would reduce Russia’s geopolitical and economic influence, as demand shifts away from fossil fuels thus serving to neuter Russian belligerence."
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Shower timers with shut off
The power crunch seems to be accelerating the push away from fuel-based energy, whose volatile prices caused this crisis, and into zero-carbon power, whose cost is fixed when the project is first developed.
Bloomberg columnist David Fickling analyses the latest energy trends from China, UK, and the world to demonstrate how the fundamental cost benefits are ultimately driving the energy transition.
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EU proposes rules to label some gas and nuclear investments as green
Investments in some gas and nuclear power plants would be labelled as sustainable under rules proposed by European Commission on Wednesday, a plan that has split countries and investors, and which some lawmakers will attempt to block.
As European, I do feel deeply disappointed. As a sustainability practitioner I wonder whether the EU had another choice.
What's your opinion on this?