Q&A: David Maguire, Founder Director, BNRG Renewable
The Climate Council recently approached David Maguire, Founder of BNRG, for insightful perspective on how renewables developers are maximising their rapidly expanding opportunities.
Smart Cities, Adapting to the Future
Smart cities are the solution that may change our idea of how we live and how we can improve our communities, adapting to the unique challenges of the future.
Digitalisation & the Future of Financing
Sustainable finance can be described as taking due account of environmental, social and governance considerations when making investment decisions. This process is intended to lead to increased longer-term investments into sustainable economic activities and projects and lasting benefits to both clients and society at large.
Blockchain: Opening Doors in the Energy Sector
Blockchain is most commonly known as the technology that underpins crypto currencies, the most well-known of which is Bitcoin. But the capability of the technology goes further than just the banking industry as it can also be harnessed to transform the renewable energy industry.
The Bitcoin Boom, What It Means For The Environment
Twelve years after Bitcoin was launched, prices continue to peak and trough. With this recent surge in the price of the cryptocurrency, comes a surge in the amount of electricity it uses. The Climate Council looks at the surprising environmental impact of Bitcoin.
A Gendered Perspective of Renewables in Africa
The Energy Council has looked at renewables projects and programmes across Africa that are actively improving the lives of the women and children in their communities; promoting societal and economic inclusion of this historically disenfranchised demographic
Climate change disputes: Sustainability demands fuelling legal risk
Global law firm White & Case highlights the steady expansion of climate change disputes, and contemplates what lies ahead. Read More.
The Paris Climate Agreement, 5 years on
The Paris Climate Agreement is one of the most defining political acts of the 21st century, a rare global cooperative measure to tackle climate change.
Green Hydrogen in Developing Economies
A future in which Green Hydrogen gas is set to replace the carbon-intensive fossil fuels of yesteryear has entered an era of quiet and confident anticipation. How can the global south participate in this shift…
MicroGrids and Solar PV in Africa – A Path to Rapid Development
The restrictive costs of infrastructure development across rural Africa leave millions without reliable access to power. Could solar PV panels and Micro-grid solutions finally solve this inhibitor to development?
Summary: The absence of a clear benchmark for measuring ESG is the main barrier to investment into low-carbon infrastructure
On the 10 September 2020, the Energy Council hosted the fourth webinar in their debate series which posed the question of whether “The absence of a clear benchmark for measuring ESG is the main barrier to investment into low-carbon infrastructure.”
The absence of a clear benchmark for measuring ESG is the main barrier to investment into low-carbon infrastructure
10 September 2020 – There is no argument over the fact that much more investment is needed if we are to achieve the goals laid out in the Paris Agreement. In order to create an enabling environment for an accelerated transition, it is commonly argued that developed green standards and taxonomies are vital.