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World Bank suggests a new strategy could transform Vietnam into a solar powered metropolis. creating thousands of jobs.

OPEC+ oil ministers will meet in Vienna on March 6.

An estimated 20 to 30 percent of crude oil is burnt or wasted leading to oil refineries being the second largest source of greenhouse gases after power plants.

The slowdown in China’s industrial activity is causing the worst shock to oil demand in over a decade.

IHS Markit expects that the economic shock is likely to reduce China'.s 2020 GDP growth to 5.4%.

MEPs say the Trans-European Network-Energy regulation was set up in 2013 before the Paris climate deal was adopted and several developments have since significantly changed the landscape for energy policy.

A Geological Disposal Facility will put waste hundreds of metres deep underground and will only be built where there is both a ‘willing community and a suitable site.

Air pollution not only affects people’s health but also the ecosystems and food production and is linked to climate change.

WindEurope says this is still not enough to reach the EU’s goal for wind to provide half of Europe’s electricity by 2050.

The lack of deeper improvements in the global economic system is hindering what’s already an anemic outlook for growth. especially as the shock caused by the coronavirus.