Climate

Barbados Completes World’s First ‘Debt-for-Climate’ Swap

Barbados Completes World’s First ‘Debt-for-Climate’ Swap

Barbados has secured the world’s first “debt-for-climate” swap to finance crucial water and sewage projects that will help the island cope with the destructive impacts of climate change. Through a deal with international funding partners, the Caribbean island nation was able to replace outstanding debt with less expensive financing, which generated a savings of $125 […]

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    New Solar Panel Recycling Facility Is Coming to Georgia

    New Solar Panel Recycling Facility Is Coming to Georgia

    Solarcycle, a company handling end-of-life solar panels, is opening a new solar panel recycling facility in Cedartown, Georgia.  According to the company, the upcoming 5-gigawatt facility will span 255,000 square feet and will eventually have the capacity to recycle around 10 million old solar panels annually, or as much as 30% of the country’s retired […]

    As COP29 Winds Down, Poorer Nations Reject Wealthy Countries’ Offer of $250B to Assist With Climate Crisis They Created

    As COP29 Winds Down, Poorer Nations Reject Wealthy Countries’ Offer of $250B to Assist With Climate Crisis They Created

    The COP29 United Nations Climate Conference extended into overtime on Friday, as the offer by the world’s richest countries of $250 billion annually by 2035 to assist poorer nations struggling with the most dire effects of the climate crisis was rejected as inadequate. “I’m so mad. It’s ridiculous. Just ridiculous,” said Juan Carlos Monterrey Gómez, […]

    Switzerland to Add More Solar Power to Rooftops and Highway Noise Barriers

    Switzerland to Add More Solar Power to Rooftops and Highway Noise Barriers

    In Switzerland, highway noise barriers surrounding the Oberland Autobahn near Wangen-Brüttisellen will soon provide solar power. Last year, Switzerland’s Federal Roads Office made the surfaces of highway noise barriers free and set out to cover 350 of them in solar panels. Swiss officials estimated that the arrays could generate 100 gigawatt hours of clean energy […]