Cities worldwide can now track their carbon and methane emissions from space, thanks to a new dataset from the World Bank that puts high-resolution, real-time urban data at everyone’s fingertips. Cities produce 70% of global carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions and a significant share of anthropogenic methane (CH4) emissions. Yet in many urban areas, especially in […]
Cities worldwide can now track their carbon and methane emissions from space, thanks to a new dataset from the World Bank that puts high-resolution, real-time urban data at everyone’s fingertips. Cities produce 70% of global carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions and a significant share of anthropogenic methane (CH4) emissions. Yet in many urban areas, especially in […]
Businesses will find it easier to get state aid for projects aimed at cutting their carbon emissions and to switch to green projects while heavy industries will benefit from temporary power price relief under looser rules announced by the European Commission on Wednesday. The new state aid rules, valid until December 2030, are part of […]
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles can use either fossil fuels or electricity and offer potential emission reductions, depending on the driver’s usage. This column examines how access to charging at home influences the share of driving that employees with company cars in Germany do using electricity. Access to home charging reduces the users’ fossil fuel consumption […]
