2010 Global Recap: A Year of Continued Growth

Renewable Energy World Editors

PARIS -- Renewable energy continued its global surge in 2010, accounting for about half of the 194 gigawatts of new installed capacity, according to the REN21 Renewables 2011 Global Status Report.

Global poverty rate falling, says UN

Mark Tran

Annual progress report on the millennium development goals shows the world is on track to end extreme poverty, but hunger target is proving more difficult to achieve

Report: Shipping emissions to rise in Arctic

Juliet Eilperin

Climate change in the Arctic is not likely to spark an immediate boom in oil and gas exploration, according to a new study published in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

Report: Shipping emissions to rise in Arctic

Juliet Eilperin

Climate change in the Arctic is not likely to spark an immediate boom in oil and gas exploration, according to a new study published in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

Deployment of renewables increased: report

Despite global financial challenges, deployment of renewable energy sources has increased rapidly in recent years, according to a report released Tuesday by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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