by Sue Landau | 15 Oct 2025 | Decoder Replay, Economy, Environment
The world seems to have reached a turning point in replacing carbon polluting fuels with clean, renewable energy. A solar panel farm with wind turbines in the background. Photo by yangphoto/Getty Images Signature Editor’s note: Earlier this month, the energy...
by Enock Wanderema | 25 Apr 2025 | Africa, Economy, Environment
Will an oil pipeline that would stretch from Tanzania to Uganda bring wealth to East Africa or is it the same old story of exploitation? Protesters demand action on climate change during a demonstration in Nairobi, Kenya ahead of the Africa Climate Summit, 4 September...
by Preety Sharma | 18 Apr 2024 | Asia, Economy, Educators' Catalog, Environment, Politics, Technology, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows
Meeting a growing energy demand can go hand-in-hand with the green transition. This is what India could show the world. Workers carry a solar panel for installation at the under-construction Adani Green Energy Limited’s Renewable Energy Park in Gujarat, India,...
India’s position as a growing global economic leader, a leading producer of renewable energy and as a large consumer of energy puts it at the center of the debate on climate-friendly energy transition. Preety Sharma looks at how if India successfully manages the move towards greener energies, it will serve as a model for low and middle-income countries as they develop economically while striving to meet climate goals.
Exercise: Individually, or in groups, students put their research skills to the test. Use the following questions as a guide to finding out more about this topic.
What is energy transition? How does it relate to the UN SDGs? What energies should we transition to and what are the issues surrounding using each of these? What would a ‘model for low and middle-income countries’ look like?
Find examples of countries that have grown and managed energy transition well.
by Düzgün Ali Sarikaya | 22 Mar 2024 | Contest winners, Europe, Politics, Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich, Student Posts, Youth Voices
The fear of another Chernobyl makes nuclear energy bad for politics. But with Europe struggling to reduce carbon, is it good for the environment? The Cattenom Nuclear Power Plant in Cattenom, France, 8 September 2022. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias) This...
by News Decoder | 18 Jul 2023 | Ecologues, Environment, Writing's on the Wall
In our Ecologues series, we brought environmental experts together to exchange ideas and actions on how to cool down our warming planet. George Monbiot, Emma Heiling and Sébastien Treyer speak at Ecologues at the American Library in Paris, 27 April 2023. (Photo by...