Latest update on climate mitigation

The SDG Knowledge Hub of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the October update on global developments in climate mitigation. Mitigation Update: Progress on Shipping Emissions, HFC Quotas, and Clean Energy in Samoa While the UN Climate Change Conference was underway in Bonn, Germany, several organizations, corporations and countries announced initiatives and … Continue reading Latest update on climate mitigation →

Impact of air pollution on respiratory problems

The medicalxpress website reports about the impact of even low levels of air pollution on respiratory problems. It only shows that we certainly need to increase our efforts to improve air quality. Air pollution can increase asthma risk in adults, even at low levels Living close to a busy road can be bad for … Continue reading Impact of air pollution on respiratory problems →

What Nicholas Stern is saying about the price for carbon

Jennifer Gallé interviewed Nicholas Stern, Chair of the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science on The Conversation France website about his views on the right price for carbon. You should enjoy. Setting the right price for carbon: five questions for economist Nicholas Stern The economist Nicholas Stern, who … Continue reading What Nicholas Stern is saying about the price for carbon →

Australian government’s foreign policy white paper raises major concerns about impact of climate disasters

We keep getting conflicting signals from Australia about its sustainable energy priorities. It is a major producer and exporter of fossil fuels and that has been a major element of its overall economic strength. It has run hot and cold over supporting renewable energy. The same can be said for energy efficiency. Katharine Murphy writes … Continue reading Australian government’s foreign policy white paper raises major concerns about impact of climate disasters →

How the Trump administration is making it harder to find government information about climate change

Toly Rinberg and Andrew Bergman provide an excellent opinion article in the New York Times about how the current administration in Washington is dismantling the EPA climate change website. We shouldn’t be surprised, given everything that has happened to the EPA this year, but it is definitely worrying. Censoring Climate Change The Trump administration … Continue reading How the Trump administration is making it harder to find government information about climate change →

Now even public transport starting the day with a coffee

Most of us start the day with a cup of coffee or tea. Alan Cowell writes in The New York Times about how coffee grounds are being used in fuel to help power buses in London. Wake Up and Smell the Traffic? London Tries Coffee to Power Buses It was part of the imagery … Continue reading Now even public transport starting the day with a coffee →

IEA DSM collaboration programme’s Task 24 Gets Published in Special Issue on ‘Storytelling and Narratives in Energy and Climate Change Research’

IEA Demand Side Management’s Task 24 Operating Agent and friend of EID, Dr Sea Rotmann, helped co-edit a Special Issue on storytelling in the journal Energy Research and Social Sciences (ERSS), together with Drs Mithra Moezzi and Kathryn Janda. This Special Issue, titled ‘Storytelling and narratives in energy and climate change research’ is the largest … Continue reading IEA DSM collaboration programme’s Task 24 Gets Published in Special Issue on ‘Storytelling and Narratives in Energy and Climate Change Research’ →

How our changing lifestyles are impacting on our overall electricity consumption

Our increase in the use of various digital devices and other new appliances, Erin Mundahl writes on the InsideSources website to explain why overall electricity bills have not really changed in the US, even though programmes to improve the energy efficiency of major appliances have seen significant gains. With the Growth of Energy Saving … Continue reading How our changing lifestyles are impacting on our overall electricity consumption →

Solar and storage new competing with coal and other fossil fuels

We know that the costs for various renewable energy technologies have been coming down significantly in recent years. Travis Hoium writes on the Motley Fool website about some of the progress that has been made. Importantly, solar together with storage can now compete with coal and other fossil fuels on its own. The Energy … Continue reading Solar and storage new competing with coal and other fossil fuels →

Reinsurance and renewable energy

An article on the Climate Group website explains how improved energy productivity and renewable energy are having a positive impact for Swiss Re, one of the major reinsurance companies. Good for business: how energy productivity and renewable power are saving Swiss Re millions of dollars every year Walking the talk on renewables In the … Continue reading Reinsurance and renewable energy →