Gustavo Bernal Torres
The World's First Operational 'Sand Battery' Can Store Energy For Months
It's the first sand battery on a commercial scale. A team of researchers from Finland has set up the world's first commercial-scale 'sand...
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Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Jul 8, 2022
- 1 min
MSC Cruises, Fincantieri to Launch World’s First Cruise Ships Utilizing Hydrogen Power
Both companies have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the construction of two of the world’s first luxury cruise ships to...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Jun 24, 2022
- 1 min
Uniting Technology and Sustainability: How to Get Full Value From Sustainable Technology Strategies
Accenture research revealed that companies with most comprehensive sustainable tech strategies perform better across the board....
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Jun 24, 2022
- 1 min
Insuring a Nature Positive World
An insurers' guide to hydropower. This first-of-its-kind guide to hydropower insurance was developed by WWF with the support of the UN...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- May 27, 2022
- 1 min
Deloitte's Report: The Turning Point
We cannot afford to waste another year, another month, debating the merits of doing something versus doing nothing. As leaders, every...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- May 20, 2022
- 1 min
Zero-Emission Vehicles Progress Dashboard
EVs are shoving aside real volumes of oil. Global oil demand in road transport reached roughly 43.7 million barrels per day in 2021, a...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- May 13, 2022
- 1 min
The Largest Water Reservoirs in California Are Rapidly Receding
The ongoing drought in the U.S. West is challenging access to water in several states. Water storage in the state is supposed to be at...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Apr 22, 2022
- 1 min
The Climate Game
Can you reach net zero by 2050? Play to be the Minister of the Future to see if you can save the planet from the worst effects of climate...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Apr 15, 2022
- 1 min
IEA's Direct Air Capture Report
Direct air capture plays an important and growing role in net-zero pathways. In the IEA Net Zero Emissions by 2050 Scenario, direct air...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Apr 8, 2022
- 1 min
IPCC's Climate Change 2022: Mitigation
The Working Group III contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report An updated global assessment of climate change mitigation progress and...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Apr 1, 2022
- 1 min
Global Electricity Review 2022
Ember’s third annual Global Electricity Review aims to provide the most transparent and up-to-date overview of changes in the global...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Mar 10, 2022
- 1 min
'Maladaptation': How Not To Cope With Climate Change
Maladaptation happens when you try to solve one problem and wind up creating another. "We're finding that there are many cases in which...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Mar 10, 2022
- 1 min
IEA's Global Energy Review: CO2 Emissions in 2021
Global CO2 emissions rebounded in 2021 reaching their highest ever annual level. A 6% increase from 2020 levels. 2021 pushed emissions to...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Mar 4, 2022
- 1 min
IPCC's Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
The Working Group II contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report The 18 Chapters and 7 Cross-Chapter Papers of the Working Group II...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Feb 18, 2022
- 1 min
Australia’s Largest Coal-Fired Power Station, Eraring, To Close In 2025, Seven Years Early
Origin Energy says the 2,880MW black-coal generator in NSW is not well-suited to rapidly changing conditions in the national electricity...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Feb 11, 2022
- 1 min
Positive Externalities: Carrots As Well As Sticks For The Carbon Era
Putting a price on carbon is only the beginning. With prices on Europe’s emissions trading scheme topping $100 a ton and rising on other...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Feb 11, 2022
- 1 min
Major Breakthrough on Nuclear Fusion Energy
European scientists say they have made a major breakthrough in their quest to develop practical nuclear fusion - the energy process that...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Jan 28, 2022
- 1 min
McKinsey: The Net-zero Transition
Governments and companies worldwide are pledging to achieve net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases. What would it take to fulfill that...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Jan 21, 2022
- 1 min
Seizing Business Opportunities in China’s Transition Towards a Nature-positive Economy
China has an opportunity to achieve its economic and social ambitions and the vision of ecological civilization, while creating millions...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Dec 18, 2021
- 1 min
Global insured catastrophe losses rise to USD 112 billion in 2021, Swiss Re Estimates
Natural catastrophes caused estimated global insured losses of USD 105 billion in 2021, the fourth-highest since 1970 ”In 2021, insured...
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