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On track to full electrification: Low carbon railways in IndiaRailways are a central part of the rapid transition towards low-carbon transport. In order to meet international climate targets, there needs to be a drop...
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Building back better: South Korea shows the challenge and opportunity of green stimulus spending for Covid recoveryIs the world poised to learn from the missed chance of 2008 and take the opportunity of rebuilding after a huge economic shock to make a rapid, low carbon...
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The lightbulb moment: the rapid shift to LEDs and ultra efficient lightingThe invention of the incandescent light bulb brought enormous changes to the way that people with access to electricity live and work, but it was not until...
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The dash away from gas: how the Netherlands kicked a big fossil fuel habitOne of the biggest problems in making a rapid transition away from fossil fuels is because whole industries become dependent on them and infrastructures get...
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The jump to pumps: how Finland found an answer to heating homesHow to heat homes and workplaces without relying on fossil fuels is one of the more difficult challenges for moving rapidly to zero carbon economies. Within...
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Making streets people friendly: the rise of car free communitiesThe rise of ‘low-car to no-car’ residential initiatives is gathering pace in many cities around the world. In the UK they offer a glimpse of how to...
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Solving the tree planting puzzle: natural forest regeneration for rapid transition and community empowermentWhen it emerged that a miscalculation by the oil company Shell meant that its new scenario for meeting the 1.5C climate target would need a new forest about...
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Reclaiming power: The rapid rise of community renewable energy and why the added benefits of local, clean power can help accelerate transitionRenewable energy is on the rise. It made up more than a quarter of global electricity generation (27%) in 2019 and is outpacing all other energy sources’...
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The Sunrise Movement: how a US grassroots youth movement helped set the national climate agenda for rapid changeThe enthusiastic and prominent position given to climate policy by the new United States (US) President, Joe Biden, might have surprised some. If so it...