Renewable Energy
GREEN BUZZ!!
How many types of renewable energy are there?
There are seven main types of renewable energy: solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass, ocean, and hydrogen fuel cells.
What does ESG stand for?
Environmental, Social, and Governance
Identify the organization with this logo
WWF
This climate milestone made headlines repeatedly in 2025, as global average temperatures broke previous records.
Hottest year (or months) on record
What is Thomson Reuters commitment to using renewable energy?
Committed to sourcing 100% renewable energy for all our global operations
What is the name of the annual report that Thomson Reuters release with information on our GHG emissions.
Social Impact and ESG Report
Shown here is a scientist whose long‑term field research transformed our understanding of animal intelligence and helped inspire modern wildlife conservation. She is best known for studying which animals, and in which African country did this work take place?
Chimpanzees, Tanzania
In recent news, this technology—often criticized for high energy and water use—has also been used to optimize wind farms, forecast extreme weather, and manage electric grids.
AI
As of 2024, this country leads the world in total installed renewable energy capacity, accounting for nearly a third of all global renewable energy production.
China
This international agreement, signed in 2015 by 196 countries, committed nations to limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
Paris Agreement
This city has more bikes than cars and where most commutes are by bicycle and and a goal to become carbon neutral by 2025.
Copenhagen, Denmark
GREEN BUZZ!!
In 2026, global spending on clean energy technologies exceeded this milestone amount for the first time. Guess the number
$2 trillion
What technology helps balance renewable energy supply by storing excess electricity for later use?
Energy storage/Batteries
This term describes a company's commitment to balance the amount of carbon it produces with the amount it removes from the atmosphere, resulting in zero net carbon emissions.
Net Zero / Carbon Neutrality
Name the phenomenon
Urban heat island effect
This natural climate pattern helped push global temperatures to record highs in 2023–2024 by amplifying heat already trapped by greenhouse gases.
El Niño
This renewable energy technology provides about 90% of Iceland’s home heating and a significant share of its electricity, making it the country’s most widely used renewable source.
Geothermal Energy
This emissions category includes indirect emissions from a company’s value chain, such as suppliers, business travel, and product use.
Scope 3
In January 2026, a Chinese company launched the world's first megawatt-level version of this technology — a helium-filled balloon generating electricity from 2,000 meters above the ground through a tether cable. What is it?
An Airborne Wind Turbine!
This country, which is co-hosting COP31 this winter, was ranked Europe's worst nation for sustainable development — not making strong progress to deliver any of the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Turkey