Climate Prudence Initiatives - CPI

17/11/2025

National Council on Climate Change

17/10/2025

We look forward to robust discussions and actions on securing our shared future, a future that is just and clean. @@@@@

14/08/2025

🌱🔋 Canada Just Created a Battery! 🇨🇦

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have developed a biodegradable battery made from tree pulp and zinc, providing a cleaner alternative to lithium-ion batteries. These eco-friendly batteries naturally decompose in soil within months, leaving no harmful chemicals or toxic residue.

Ideal for medical implants, wearable devices, and environmental sensors, they could help address the growing e-waste crisis affecting the planet. 🌍

✅ Made from sustainable materials
✅ Fully dissolves in soil
✅ Leaves no toxic waste
✅ Perfect for short-term electronics

💡 The future of green technology is becoming much cleaner.

Sources: University of British Columbia Research, 2025; Environmental Technology Journal, 2025.

German

14/08/2025

Read our insightful interview with Fatoumata Cisse on tips for success in the World Bank Africa Fellowship Program: network, broaden perspectives, seize opportunities. Calling all African women PhD candidates/grads, you could be next! http://wrld.bg/EU7F50WkC90

14/08/2025

04/08/2025

Congratulations to the best woman for the job.

10/07/2025

10/07/2025

Japanese officials were in Brussels to talk about carbon markets this week, as they prepare for the launch of their mandatory domestic system next year. 🚀

Carbon pricing continues to spread around the world while building our green economy at home. DG CLIMA is looking forward to seeing what great example will be coming from 🇯🇵 next year.

10/07/2025

Nickel is needed to create all kinds of clean energy technology, from stainless steel alloys for wind turbines to the cathodes in the lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles. Driven in part by the clean energy transition, global demand for nickel is expected to double by 2040.
But nickel production has a massive carbon footprint, releasing up to 40 tons of CO2 for every ton of nickel refined. Without new, cleaner ways to meet this demand, we risk undermining the very goals we’re trying to achieve.
I’ve written before about potential solutions such as the “phytomining” project in Albania that grows and harvests nickel-accumulating flowers. But now, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials in Germany have discovered another new, low-carbon way to source this valuable metal, using hydrogen plasma—instead of coal-derived coke—to extract nickel from ore.
This new process reduces carbon pollution by 84 percent and uses 18 percent less energy. Even better, the leftover materials from the process can be repurposed to make bricks, reducing waste.
This method isn’t ready for full-scale industrial use yet, and scaling it up will bring its own challenges. But the fact that it can be done represents a huge step forward. “What we did here is to prove that the science works,” said one of the study’s authors, Ubaid Manzoor .
This breakthrough is a good reminder that climate solutions aren’t only about using less—they’re also about doing things differently. Thanks to science, new discoveries are being made all the time that can cut emissions, reduce energy use, turn industrial waste into building materials, and help us build a better world.

23/02/2025

Climate change literacy page. …. Stay tuned.