Essay: Nuclear fusion may still be decades away, but the latest breakthrough could speed up its development
JUSTIN WARK and GIANLUCA GREGORI, professors of physics at the University of Oxford, assess – in an article published on The Conversation, the latest breakthrough in the development of nuclear fusion as an unlimited and clean energy source…
The Long Read: Battle from below – How South African miners are fighting climate change
KIM HARRISBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how, in a country which is the world’s seventh largest coal producer, there’s a push among informal miners for cleaner energy…
Britain £200 million in aid to tackle climate change
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Britain pledged on Wednesday to spend £193 million on research and technology to help developing countries cope with climate change. From investing in electric motorbikes to improving weather warning systems or boosting clean energy, Britain’s foreign aid department said it would use the money to help those in Africa and Asia withstand […]
Switch to clean energy and save $US500 million, aid agencies told
Thomson Reuters Foundation Aid agencies could save more than $US500 million by choosing clean energy over fossil fuels in war zones and disaster areas, global think-tank Chatham House said in a report on Monday. Humanitarian agencies spent about five percent of their funds – or an estimated $US1.2 billion – on diesel last year, and […]