New York City takes major steps for climate change adaptation

Unfortunately, we are going to see most coastal cities take major steps to prepare themselves for increasing seas and storms due to climate change. Mayor Bill de Blasio has unveiled a plan to protect New York City from floods and rising seas. Lauren Aratani and Hazar Kilani explain in an article in The Guardian. De … Continue reading New York City takes major steps for climate change adaptation →

Children globally show leadership in addressing climate change

It is good that someone is taking the lead. Our political leadership has been woefully lacking in addressing climate change. Protests continued Friday as described by Sandra Laville, Matthew Taylor and Daniel Hurst in an article in The Guardian. They are showing the way, now over to us? It's our time to rise up': youth … Continue reading Children globally show leadership in addressing climate change →

New community-centred approaches to address air pollution

Cressida Bowyer, Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries at the University of Portsmouth and Heather Price, Lecturer in Environmental Geography at the University of Stirling discuss using art to create awareness on air pollution in an article on The Conversation website. Using art to tackle air pollution: a story … Continue reading New community-centred approaches to address air pollution →

Evangelical Christians starting to take new approach to climate change

Conservative Christians have long opposed climate science, saying human induced warming goes against God’s omnipotence. Opinions divide on whether that thinking might slowly be changing. Shay Meinecke discusses in an article on the Deutsche Welle website. God and the earth: Evangelical take on climate change When Reverend Mitchell Hescox organized an environmental stewardship conference for … Continue reading Evangelical Christians starting to take new approach to climate change →

To frack or not to frack is the question in Britain

Fiona Harvey writes in The Guardian about a high court decision that ruled government's fracking guidelines 'unlawful'. Court finds government failed to consider scientific evidence against fracking The government’s attempts to make fracking easier have received a setback after the high court ruled key aspects of its national planning policy to be unlawful. In … Continue reading To frack or not to frack is the question in Britain →

BP changes its tune on climate change

Where they will be when we fully decarbonise by 2050 is hard to know, but some oil giants are starting to talk more positively about needing to take climate change seriously. Steven Mufson writes about BP in an article in the Washington Post. Let us hope this is a positive step and not simply greenwashing. … Continue reading BP changes its tune on climate change →

Is it possible that Italy will have to import olive oil?

Extreme weather is blamed for plunge in Italy’s olive harvest – the worst in 25 years – that could leave the country dependent on imports by April. Arthur Neslen explains in an article in The Guardian. Has climate change played a role? Italy sees 57% drop in olive harvest as result of climate change, … Continue reading Is it possible that Italy will have to import olive oil? →

The benefits of carbon taxes

There are many countries designing their approach to address climate change. A carbon tax is one of the options. Canada has had much controversy over its carbon tax. For example, there has been recent opposition to the federal government’s carbon pricing scheme by the provinces of Saskatchewan, Ontario, Manitoba and New Brunswick. Brendan Boyd and … Continue reading The benefits of carbon taxes →

Parliamentary committee warns Scotland that it has to be more ambitious in addressing climate change

Following last year’s IPCC special report, all countries need to raise their level of ambition to ensure we don’t go above 1.5 degrees C. Severin Carrell writes in The Guardian that a cross-party parliamentary committee in Scotland is calling for a much greater effort. The goal of cutting emissions by 90% before 2050 fails to … Continue reading Parliamentary committee warns Scotland that it has to be more ambitious in addressing climate change →

Big push in India for energy-efficient air conditioning

The demand for air conditioning is growing for many reasons globally. Lalatendu Mishra writes on The Hindu website about latest developments in India. Demand for energy-efficient ACs rising’ The heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) sector is focusing on energy efficient product offerings to attract customers as well as to comply with energy efficiency … Continue reading Big push in India for energy-efficient air conditioning →