Since the virus crisis started, air quality has improved because of the drastic drop in GHG emissions. Paul Monks, Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Earth Observation Science at the University of Leicester writes on The Conversation website that the pandemic could show us how the future might look with less air pollution, or it may … Continue reading If there is something positive to take from this terrible crisis, it could be that it’s offered a taste of the air we might breathe in a low-carbon future
Author: Rod Janssen
Does cycling during the coronavirus pandemic make sense?
Cycling has many great benefits for our mental and physical wellbeing, and is allowed in the government rules, but concerns have been raised that this cyclists could be flouting government guidelines and potentially spreading the virus farther afield. Lawrence Ostlere discusses the issues in an article on The Independent website. What are your views? Update: … Continue reading Does cycling during the coronavirus pandemic make sense?
Strong argument for renovating homes in America’s Great Lakes region
Increasingly, arguments are being made that strategies to encourage renovation of buildings to address climate change. Nicholas Rajkovich, Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York explains in an article on The Conversation website the many benefits from renovating buildings. To protect people in the Great Lakes … Continue reading Strong argument for renovating homes in America’s Great Lakes region
Germany’s energy transition increasingly seen to be key to the economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic
Freja Eriksen and Julian Wettengel write on the Clean Energy Wire about the importance given to the energy transition in Germany as a means to have the country recover from the serious economic impacts of the crisis. German states and utilities say Energiewende central to economic recovery The energy transition must remain high on … Continue reading Germany’s energy transition increasingly seen to be key to the economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic
Low carbon energy transition making some progress in Europe
Austria and Sweden have each unplugged their last coal-fired power station from the grid. This is a major step forward in the low-carbon energy transition. Encouragingly, at least a dozen more European nations plan to abandon coal power by the end of the decade. Now let’s see if that can happen more quickly. Oliver Moody … Continue reading Low carbon energy transition making some progress in Europe
The buildings sector is essential for an economic recovery after the COVID-19 crisis
The construction sector is essential for an economic recovery after the COVID-19 crisis. It can rapidly create large amounts of jobs and involves far-reaching value chains of small and large businesses. At the same time, the building sector presents a massive – and largely unused – opportunity to respond to the climate crisis. Christiana Hageneder … Continue reading The buildings sector is essential for an economic recovery after the COVID-19 crisis
The current coronavirus crisis shows us how ill prepared we are for the disruptive potential of climate change
The current coronavirus crisis is spurring a lot of thoughtful articles that make links to climate change and/or the low carbon energy transition. In this article on The Conversation website, Kate Guy, PhD Candidate and Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Oxford explains how unprepared we are for the security threat of climate … Continue reading The current coronavirus crisis shows us how ill prepared we are for the disruptive potential of climate change
Story telling in the low-carbon energy transition
Derek Gladwin, Assistant Professor, Language & Literacy Education, and Sustainability Fellow at the University of British Columbia writes on The Conversation website that stories matter and those for the new energy transition will be different than those when fossil fuels dominated. Importantly he writes: “If we start to communicate and educate about energy transition through … Continue reading Story telling in the low-carbon energy transition
US Department of Energy sued over its energy efficiency process
The NRDC has sued the Department of Energy because of its illegal changes to its “Process Rule” represent yet another attack on the nation’s highly successful energy efficiency standards programme. Latest developments are explained in a news item on the NRDC website. NRDC Sues Over Department of Energy’s New Rule Hampering Energy-Saving Standards Natural … Continue reading US Department of Energy sued over its energy efficiency process
Utilities in the US are being required to increase energy efficiency to address climate change challenges
Rachel Gold from ACEEE writes on the GreenBiz website about the efforts by several states in the US to lean on local utilities to ramp up their energy efficiency programmes. What are utilities in your region doing? States step up climate efforts by requiring utilities to increase energy efficiency Before the COVID-19 pandemic adjourned … Continue reading Utilities in the US are being required to increase energy efficiency to address climate change challenges
