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Climate Mitigation and Environmental Protection Policies Continue Unabated in China Despite COVID-19 / 新冠疫情下，应对气候变化和环境保护政策不停摆
While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to claim victims across the globe, China is gradually reducing the drastic measures that shut...
CO2 Emissions in France Drop Following Lockdown – Climate Aspects Not Considered in Pandemic Policies
France has been under lockdown because of COVID-19 since mid-March. As of 19 April, the lockdown has been extended twice...
Canada’s Response to Coronavirus Does Not Take Into Account Climate Considerations
(1) Canada’s health and economic recovery policies for addressing COVID-19 In the span of a month, Canada, similar to many...
Brazil’s Unpreparedness for Coronavirus Outbreak Paints a Grim Picture of How it Will React to Climate Change
Like most countries in recent months, Brazil has been severely hit by the recent coronavirus outbreak. In some regions, the...
Fossil Fuels Likely to be Leveraged as an Economic Kick-Starter in Australia
At the time of writing, Australia is in a hopeful position. Strong leadership from state governments has squashed the pandemic...
Energy Sector Reform in the US Means Make Coal Great Again
In order to comply with the Paris Agreement, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under President Obama passed the Clean Power...
2012 Electricity Market Law Still Having A Major Impact in the UK
The Key Energy Market Reform in the UK occurred in 2012 with the Electricity Market Reform, composed of two major...
Wind Energy Sector Likely to Benefit from Thailand’s New Power Development Plan (PDP)
During 2019, installations of new wind turbines in Thailand were at 322 MW, bringing the total wind power capacity to...
Turkey’s Energy Sector Continues to Rely on Conventional Power Sources
Turkey’s demand for energy and natural resources is increasing day by day due to economic growth and population growth. Turkey...
A Five-Year Span of Energy Sector Reforms Favorable for Spain
In 2018, Spain underwent a major energy reform, focusing in large part on the renewables sector, something Spain is very...
South Korea’s Most Recent Energy Plan Focuses on Energy Conversion
Since the establishment of South Korea’s new climate system in 2015, the direction of the government’s energy policy has been...
A State Energy Monopoly Utility Blocks Progress to Renewables in South Africa
The South African electricity supply industry remains dominated by the state-owned and vertically integrated utility, Eskom. Coal is the major...
The Saudi Arabian Energy Sector Remains Tied to Fossil Fuel
Saudi Arabia’s current energy production is close to 26.3 GW, 40% of which comes from oil, 52% from natural gas,...
Russia Needs a New Strategy for Its Energy Sector
At present, there is not much to report on energy sector reform in the Russian Federation. It would be useful...
Nigeria’s Transitional Electricity Market Needs Implementation
Nigeria’s major energy sources, for now, remain wood, coal, oil, gas, tar sands, and hydropower. In January 2015, the government...
Mexican Administration Plans to Revamp the Oil industry and Prioritize Modernizing Existing Power Plants
In 2013, through a controversial proposal Mexican Congress debated and then approved a Constitutional Reform that allowed private and foreign...
Japan is Moving Too Slowly in Efforts to Decarbonize the Energy Sector
In 2019, energy-related CO2 accounted for approximately 90% of Japan’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Under the Paris Agreement, Japan...
Italy Remains Dependent on Fossil Fuel Imports While the Use of Renewables Grows Slowly
Primary energy supply sources The primary energy supply for Italy over the time period 1990-2018 is derived from the following...
Indonesia’s Efforts at Energy Sector Do Not Go Far Enough
The most major change to Indonesia’s energy policy was Government Regulation #49 setting targets for the energy mix by 2030....
India Takes Steps to Reform its Power Sector but Still Heavily Relies on Coal
India is the world’s third-largest producer and third-largest consumer of electricity. With more than 400 million people lifted above the poverty line over the last...