Mexico’s Electric Mobility, Stuck in Fossil Fuel Traffic — Global Issues

Mexico’s Electric Mobility, Stuck in Fossil Fuel Traffic — Global Issues

The Mexico City government is increasing the number of electric buses in its fleet, such as the trolleybuses pictured here on a street in the south of the capital. But their energy source is still fossil fuels and the deployment of electric cars remains slow in the country. CREDIT: Emilio…

Great Wind and Solar Potential Boosts Green Hydrogen in Northern Brazil — Global Issues

Great Wind and Solar Potential Boosts Green Hydrogen in Northern Brazil — Global Issues

View of the port of Pecém, in the state of Ceará in northeastern Brazil, with its container yard and the bridge leading to the docks where the ships dock, in the background. Minerals, oil and gas, steel, cement and wind blades are some of the products imported or exported through…

United We Stand to Achieve Sustainable Development — Global Issues

United We Stand to Achieve Sustainable Development — Global Issues

Opinion by Siddharth Chatterjee, Deepali Khanna (bangkok / beijing) Monday, September 12, 2022 Inter Press Service BANGKOK / BEIJING, Sep 12 (IPS) – The world today faces a future that is in peril. Our challenges have become more complex and interconnected, as we see the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, an…

United We Stand to Achieve Sustainable Development — Global Issues

1980s Redux? New context, Old Threats — Global Issues

Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Anis Chowdhury (sydney and kuala lumpur) Tuesday, September 06, 2022 Inter Press Service SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Sep 06 (IPS) – As rich countries raise interest rates in double-edged efforts to address inflation, developing countries are struggling to cope with slowdowns, inflation, higher interest rates and…

Biomethane, the Energy that Cleans Garbage in Brazil — Global Issues

Biomethane, the Energy that Cleans Garbage in Brazil — Global Issues

Thales Motta, director of GNR Fortaleza, stands in front of the biomethane plant located in northeastern Brazil, the development of which required overcoming prejudices, mistrust and misinformation to open up the market for gas generated from garbage. Now biomethane is expanding, making use of landfills and agricultural biomass. CREDIT: Mario…

Africa Should Trade its Carbon Credits to Fund Renewable Energy

Africa Should Trade its Carbon Credits to Fund Renewable Energy

Africa needs to transit away from fossil fuels to renewables to boost energy security. Pictured here is a coal production plant in Hwange, Zimbabwe. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS by Busani Bafana (bulawayo) Wednesday, August 31, 2022 Inter Press Service Bulawayo, Aug 31 (IPS) – Africa needs to trade in carbon credits to…

A Tale of the Spanish Neckties and Other Made-in-Europe Things — Global Issues

A Tale of the Spanish Neckties and Other Made-in-Europe Things — Global Issues

“Wildfires – well known for their disastrous consequences in southern Europe – are now occurring as far north as Scandinavia”. Credit: Unsplash/Fabian Jones. by Baher Kamal (madrid) Tuesday, August 30, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Aug 30 (IPS) – Shortly before the 25 August approval by the Spanish Parliament of the…

Argentina Seeks Elusive Investments to Fully Exploit Shale Gas — Global Issues

Argentina Seeks Elusive Investments to Fully Exploit Shale Gas — Global Issues

A view of two towers in Vaca Muerta, the field whose discovery gave Argentina huge potential in shale gas and oil. Since 2011, governments have dreamed of fully exploiting it, but have been unable to do so, so the country spends billions of dollars annually on imports of gas. CREDIT:…