Chetan Chauhan writes on the Hindustan Times website about the worsening air pollution in India. Furthermore, the periodicity and duration of dry spells in the country, which is leading to the dust storms, are rising as total rainfall events reduce – a direct consequence of climate change and global warming. Choke on the new … Continue reading
Much has been said about the now departed head of the US Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt. Leaders like to leave a legacy but this is one that is going to do severe harm to the environment. Eric Lipton explains in an article in the New York Times. ‘Super Polluting’ Trucks Receive Loophole on … Continue reading
The annual Tour de France cycling race is well underway. Our thoughts of the climate concern how hot it is for the riders – and the spectators. Interestingly, Nicole Mortillaro writes on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) website about a scientist in Belgium who reviewed archived television footage, showing that the same 46 trees are … Continue reading
The SDG Knowledge Hub of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the June update on global climate finance institutions. Institutional Finance Update: Investment in Sustainable Infrastructure Furthers Climate Action As part of the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027, the European Commission proposed to renew the Connecting Europe Facility, with €42.3 billion to … Continue reading
Société Générale, commonly known as SocGen, is hoping with one small acquisition to burnish its green credentials, meet government requirements on renewable energy and show its potential to adapt disruptive financial technology. Elizabeth Bratton and Peter Lee explain in an article on the Euromoney website. SocGen acquires crowdfunding platform for renewable energy On June … Continue reading
Sam Davis writes on the Power Electronics website about a 5-MW/15-MWh liquid air energy-storage (LAES) system supports solar and wind renewable power and provides reserve, grid-balancing, and regulation services. How important a development is this? Do you have any views? First Grid-Scale Liquid Air Energy-Storage Plant Launched According to Highview Power, the first grid-scale … Continue reading
Meeting the global Sustainable Development Goals was never going to be easy. There is growing concern that SDG7 concerning energy access is significantly not meeting its targets. Ruth Valerio writes on the Climate Home News website that just 1% of funding for energy access goes to decentralised energy, but it’s the only hope for delivering … Continue reading
This week we have seen the devastation caused by major flooding. At the timing of writing, over 200 have died and it is considered the worst flooding in 36 years. It is encouraging to see that Japan is taking a sensible long-term perspective in its low-carbon energy transition. A staff report in the Japan Times … Continue reading
Undoubtedly there is more awareness of energy poverty and how to tackle it. Nicola Willand, Research Consultant, Sustainable Building Innovation Laboratory at RMIT University and Ralph Horne, Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor, Research & Innovation; Director of UNGC Cities Programme; and Professor, RMIT University together with Trivess Moore, Lecturer at RMIT University provide a detailed article … Continue reading
This week there are a couple of upcoming events that you should note. EiD would also like to hear from you about past events. For example the International Energy Policy and Programme Evaluation Conference was recently held in Vienna. It would be good to have the reflections on the conference from some attendees. The same … Continue reading
