Europe’s air is getting cleaner but persistent pollution, especially in cities, still damages people’s health and the economy. The European Environment Agency’s (EEA) new analysis on air quality shows that exposure to air pollution caused about 400,000 premature deaths in the EU in 2016. Cutting air pollution in Europe would prevent early deaths, improve … Continue reading
Barbara Frei, Executive Vice President of Europe Operations at Schneider Electric, recently spoke at an innovation summit that there is a lot of “untapped potential” to improve energy efficiency but even with such innovations as electric vehicles, there is still a need to cut energy demand. Jonny Bairstow explains in an article on the Energy … Continue reading
Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland who now has the title of adjunct professor of climate justice at Trinity College Dublin, said that climate change had begun to severely affect poorer countries where people are at risk of malnutrition. Paul O’Donoghue explains in an article in The Times. Mary Robinson says climate change hits … Continue reading
The news on climate change with related challenges and consequences seems to explode at present, as there are many things that require special attention: greenhouse gas emissions, micro plastics, extinction of species and many more. So, of course, this news also reached me. Although I have always been conscious about our environment, the concerning news … Continue reading
It is encouraging to see new innovations that should play an important role in addressing our low carbon energy transition. Research from the University of Tokyo and Jiangsu Normal University in China has developed new material converts CO2 molecules into useful organic materials. This was described in a news item on the phys.org website. … Continue reading
Recently, The Guardian has had a series of articles on the need to rein in the oil majors. The lead article on the series was by Rick Heede, who leads the Climate Accountability Institute’s Carbon Majors project, which traces carbon dioxide emissions to oil, gas, and coal producers. Rick is a long-time friend of EiD. … Continue reading
Michael Hardman and Nick Davies at the University of Salford write on The Conversation website about installing green roofs. However, for these roofs to become the norm, there must be a buy-in from public authorities and private actors. What are your views? Green roofs can vastly improve city life, so why don’t we see … Continue reading
Donald A. Brown, Scholar in Residence, Sustainability Ethics and Law at Widener University Commonwealth Law School has written a very thoughtful article on the ethics and climate website about the lessons that climate activists and the media should learn from the speech given by Greta Thunberg. What are your views? What Climate Activists and … Continue reading
A report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) offers a road map for dramatically reducing energy waste, identifing ambitious but cost-effective and technically possible measures that would avert emissions of nearly 2,500 million tonnes of heat-trapping carbon dioxide. Amy Brown explains in an article on the Triple Pundit website. Energy Efficiency … Continue reading
The SDG Knowledge Hub of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the recent update on climate finance for mitigation compiled by Beate Antonich. Mitigation Finance Update: Every Project Counts to Help Achieve SDGs 7, 13 The past month saw a number of initiatives relating to: economic transitions supported by renewable energy sources, … Continue reading
