EiD writes regularly about the impact of air pollution. Jasmine Andersson writes on the I newsletter website about the efforts of one mother to have a new inquest to determine whether air pollution caused the death of her nine-year-old daughter. It will be important to follow future developments in the inquest. Death of nine-year-old … Continue reading
Damian Carrington writes in The Guardian that seas absorb 90% of climate change’s energy as new research reveals vast heating over past 150 years. This has to be a big concern. Now to solve it. Global warming of oceans equivalent to an atomic bomb per second Global warming has heated the oceans by the … Continue reading
Sophie Mbugua writes on the Deutsche Welle website about a new initiative to promote solar powered motorcycles in Kenya. Pollution is a big problem that needs innovative approaches. Importantly, electric motorcycles do not require an investment in new transport infrastructure such as the installation of special charging stations. It will be interesting to see how … Continue reading
Stories with positive role models and which focus on the positive outcomes of solutions are much more likely to inspire action to solve it, says Denise Baden, Associate Professor in Business Ethics at the University of Southampton. She explains in an article on The Conversation website. Environmental storytelling can help spread big ideas for … Continue reading
Before the end of the year, Daimler announced it was going to spend €21 billion (US $23 billion) on batteries and manufacturing facilities as it gears up on electric vehicles. Charles Riley explains in an article on the CNN website. The maker of Mercedes cars is spending $23 billion on batteries The maker of … Continue reading
We are increasing concerned about the growth in carbon emissions after a period where we thought they had been stymied. Brad Plumer writes in the New York Times about latest developments in the US. U.S. Carbon Emissions Surged in 2018 Even as Coal Plants Closed America’s carbon dioxide emissions rose by 3.4 percent in … Continue reading
Sometimes it is good to look back to see how other civilisations dealt with issues that we are struggling with. Such is the case with the circular economy, as Maikel Kuijpers, Assistant Professor at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science explains in an article on The Conversation website. Circular economy: ancient … Continue reading
Paul Brown wrote an article in The Guardian that there continues to be many deaths when there is cold weather in Britain. Surely, after so many years of addressing this, we know how to solve it and, more importantly, we are addressing it effectively. Brown mentions that last winter there were 50,100 excess deaths in … Continue reading
Seven British academics have co-written an article on The Conversation website to provide some positive news about climate change in 2018. Do you have a good news item you could add? Climate change: six positive news stories you probably missed in 2018 Climate change news can be incredibly depressing. In 2018 alone, The Conversation … Continue reading
Frédéric Dubessy writes on the econostrum.info website about a recent study by the World Bank to address the increasing penetration of air conditioning with the need to promote energy efficiency and reduce energy consumption. Solar power bringing energy efficiency to Mediterranean air-conditioning Faced with an explosion in the numbers of air-conditioners in the Mediterranean … Continue reading
