Global Issues News Headlines for “Energy Security” https://www.globalissues.org/news/topic/595 2024-03-28T11:00:15-07:00 Global Issues Inter Press Service UN News https://static.globalissues.org/i/globalissues.png https://static.globalissues.org/i/globalissues/logo-feed.jpghttps://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/20/36276Biogas Is Key to Harmony Between Agribusiness and Environment in El Salvador - VIDEO2024-03-20T12:55:13-07:00<p>SAN MIGUEL, El Salvador, Mar 20 (IPS) - Faced with the recurring problem of environmental pollution caused by the poultry industry in rural communities in El Salvador, some companies are responding by producing biogas from organic waste from their chicken farms and processing plants, and using the gas to generate clean electricity.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/20/36276">Read the full story, “Biogas Is Key to Harmony Between Agribusiness and Environment in El Salvador - VIDEO”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/13/36227Brazil's Biofuel Potential Set to Expand Thanks to Sustainable Aviation Fuel2024-03-13T18:04:00-07:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/a-4-629x472.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 13 (IPS) - Brazil is counting on biofuels to assert itself as an energy powerhouse in the near future, as a decisive supplier of low-carbon jet fuel, a requirement of the climate crisis.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/13/36227">Read the full story, “Brazil's Biofuel Potential Set to Expand Thanks to Sustainable Aviation Fuel”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/13/36223LPG, a Useful Transitional Fuel for the UN’s Clean Cooking Effort2024-03-13T12:16:41-07:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/Athar_Indoor-Air-Pollution-629x472-100x100.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>Mar 13 (IPS) - One of the key efforts under the <a id="m_7134511558691567783m_-1094098612872199545OWA297bc5ea-4fc0-3a04-f2f9-f9e7c0a60af7" href="https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal7" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal7&source=gmail&ust=1710413741258000&usg=AOvVaw22CLLuPME1CxtQycql0jCT">United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals</a> is to provide poor households with access to clean cooking technologies to replace, in particular, the burning of solid biomass (<i>e.g.</i>, fuelwood and charcoal) in traditional open stoves that <a id="m_7134511558691567783m_-1094098612872199545OWA4a1d9710-9cc6-4da3-4f2e-9eba58141ca5" href="https://cleancooking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Gender-and-Clean-Cooking.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://cleancooking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Gender-and-Clean-Cooking.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1710413741258000&usg=AOvVaw2E12tV1vLoL30OWMN7IrYh">kills millions of women and children</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/13/36223">Read the full story, “LPG, a Useful Transitional Fuel for the UN’s Clean Cooking Effort”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/01/36127From Gas to Ash: The Struggle of Nigerian Women Amidst Surging Cooking Gas Prices2024-03-01T09:14:34-08:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/Nigerian-women-returning-from-the-forest-with-firewood--629x452.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>KWARA, Nigeria, Mar 01 (IPS) - One sunny mid-morning in Omu-Aran village, a community in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria, Iyabo Sunday sat beside a firewood stand observing her pot of beans with rice (a combination enjoyed by many in Nigeria).</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/01/36127">Read the full story, “From Gas to Ash: The Struggle of Nigerian Women Amidst Surging Cooking Gas Prices”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/01/36123Salvadoran Poultry Farms Produce Biogas, Easing Socio-environmental Conflicts2024-03-01T02:04:50-08:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/a-629x358.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>SAN MIGUEL, El Salvador, Mar 01 (IPS) - In a win-win relationship, a segment of El Salvador's agribusiness industry is taking steps to ease the tension of the historic socio-environmental conflict caused by poultry and pig farms, whose waste has caused concern and anger in nearby communities.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/01/36123">Read the full story, “Salvadoran Poultry Farms Produce Biogas, Easing Socio-environmental Conflicts”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/02/28/36103Hapless New Year for Global South2024-02-28T06:54:43-08:00<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb 28 (IPS) - As <a href="https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/a-new-year-of-economic-risks?utm_source=" rel="noopener" target="_blank">dire economic predictions for 2023</a> did not materialise, pundits began 2024 far more <a href="https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/a-new-year-of-economic-risks?utm_source=" rel="noopener" target="_blank">optimistically</a>. But policy ghosts from the last half-century will likely undermine such wishful thinking.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/02/28/36103">Read the full story, “Hapless New Year for Global South”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/02/20/36037Phasing out from Fossil Fuels: An Imperative for Climate Justice2024-02-20T12:39:49-08:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/02/SOLAR_POWER_PLANT_RWANDA-629x418-629x418.jpeg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>YAOUNDE, Feb 20 (IPS) - Climate change made <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/09/climate/temperature-rise-2023-climate-copernicus-intl/index.html">2023 the warmest</a> year on record. As urgency mounts to address this worldwide crisis, phasing out the use of fossil fuels is a necessary step that all nations must take. This is because fossil fuels—coal, oil and gas -- are the primary drivers of the climate crisis accounting for over 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions and nearly 90% of all carbon dioxide emissions.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/02/20/36037">Read the full story, “Phasing out from Fossil Fuels: An Imperative for Climate Justice”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/02/19/36025Women Biomass Producers: Energy’s Largest and Largely Invisible Workforce2024-02-19T11:31:19-08:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/02/biomass.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>PARIS, Feb 19 (IPS) - The International Energy Agency (IEA) held its annual ministers meeting last week in Paris, marking the 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the world’s leading energy organization. <a id="m_-5746574336088866625OWA4198cdc5-17f9-903b-0055-0f9ef0167194" href="https://www.iea.org/events/iea-2024-ministerial-meeting" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.iea.org/events/iea-2024-ministerial-meeting&source=gmail&ust=1708424966498000&usg=AOvVaw13nnaMgUmYvA9wCeMqTVWE">Critical topics on the agenda</a> included energy security issues linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, as well as advancing a <a id="m_-5746574336088866625OWAcbe1eeda-d953-9815-0ff6-45d6db62f464" href="https://unfccc.int/cop28/5-key-takeaways" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://unfccc.int/cop28/5-key-takeaways&source=gmail&ust=1708424966498000&usg=AOvVaw1uY-6whU7JT42jXssgpf83">clean energy transition to meet global climate change goals</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/02/19/36025">Read the full story, “Women Biomass Producers: Energy’s Largest and Largely Invisible Workforce”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/02/08/35942Embodying the Spirit of the Dragon2024-02-08T06:56:36-08:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/02/dragon_-629x394.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>BEIJING, Feb 08 (IPS) - The Year of the Dragon is upon us.</p><p>UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for this Lunar New Year, “The dragon symbolizes energy, wisdom, protection and good luck. We need these qualities to rise to today’s global challenges.”</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/02/08/35942">Read the full story, “Embodying the Spirit of the Dragon”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/02/07/35932Neocolonial ISDS, Abused, Biased, Costly, and Grossly Unfair2024-02-07T07:01:24-08:00<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb 07 (IPS) - Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions in international trade and investment agreements – long abused by opportunists with means – are slowly being rejected by cautious governments.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/02/07/35932">Read the full story, “Neocolonial ISDS, Abused, Biased, Costly, and Grossly Unfair”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>