Stories: Two Degrees of Innovation

When it comes to changing the way we use energy, cities are at the center of the action.

Recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a comprehensive study on renewable energy, entitled Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation. The report finds that by 2050, nearly 80 percent of the world’s energy supply could be provided by renewable energy sources. WRI Analyst Lutz Weischer, who works on renewable energy policies, sat down to talk about the report’s implications.

WRI’s response to the Bingaman-Murkowski White Paper on the design of a clean energy standard in the United States.

China, the United States, and the European Union take on transmission upgrades

WRI is accepting participants for Solar@Work, a new solar collaborative purchasing program.

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Jennifer Morgan and our team of climate experts look back on the keys to progress in Cancun, and analyze the major decisions.

Last month, WRI convened a group of international experts to discuss policies and incentives for increasing the use of renewable energy in the developing world. WRI’s Davida Wood and Lutz Weischer discuss the key lessons learned at the workshop and their work on helping developing countries make the transition to renewable energy.

This piece originally appeared in Solutions (Volume 1: Issue 6) and is reposted with permission.