Progress of Goal 13 in 2017 A report of the UN Secretary-General “Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals“, published in July 2017, confirmed continuing global warming in 2016. This report builds on the Statement on the State of the Global Climate in 2016 by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), which confirms 2016 as the warmest year on record, with Continue Reading
Sustainable Development: new UN report on importance of rural areas in developing countries
A new report by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has identified rural areas as key to economic growth in developing countries. “Fulfilling the 2030 Agenda depends crucially on progress in rural areas, which is where most of the poor and hungry live,” said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, in his foreword to the report. Continue Reading
Australian Energy Sector: ARENA and AEMO to fund demand response projects
Demand Response: Helping to secure the grid by 2020. In May, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) in partnership with the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) launched their so-called demand response program (https://arena.gov.au/). Five months on, ARENA and AEMO have awarded funding to ten pilot projects under the demand response initiative to manage electricity supply during extreme Continue Reading
