Gigawatt Global’s solar energy project in Rwanda.
Gigawatt Global’s solar energy project in Rwanda. | Credit: Sameer Halal

U.S. to Announce Decarbonization Plan at COP22; IEA Issues Favorable Forecast for Renewable Energy

Bloomberg BNA (10/25) quoted U.S. climate envoy Jonathan Pershing saying the United States will unveil plans to decarbonize its economy by 2050 at the COP22 U.N. climate summit in Marrakech this November. 

 
In a new report, the International Energy Agency (10/25) said renewable energy represented more than half the new global power capacity installed in 2015. The IEA said renewables will be the fastest-growing source of electricity generation over the next 5 years. 
 
Daily Nation (10/20) said climate change is threatening East Africa’s water sources and causing an increase in forest fires, according to a report from the U.N. Environment Programme. 
 
IPS News (10/25) said Kenya is investing in an afforestation effort with a focus on drought-tolerant tree species to reduce the threat of desertification. 
 
Thomson Reuters Foundation (10/25) wrote about the linkages between climate change, urban migration and child marriages in Bangladesh.  
 
A New York Times (10/25) series on climate change and global migration focused on China’s “ecological migrants” – people who have been relocated from lands distressed by climate change, industrialization and human activity. 
 
Strategic Objective
Mitigation, Adaptation
Topics
Water and Sanitation, Urban, Sustainable Landscapes, Mitigation, Migration, Forest/Forestry, Disaster Risk Management, Climate Policy, Clean or Renewable Energy, Carbon, Adaptation
Region
Global, Asia, Africa

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