Our low-carbon energy transition needs many innovations, as well as the scaled-up deployment of existing technologies. Matt McGrath writes on the BBC website about a new low-cost system to provide cooling in homes. The approach could also be scaled up to cool power stations and data centres. Climate change: Low cost, low energy cooling … Continue reading A new low-cost system that could provide efficient cooling for homes while using very little electricity
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An estimated 150 million to 300 million climate refugees set to be displaced worldwide by 2050
While violence and poverty have been cited as the reasons for the exodus, experts say the big picture is that changing climate is forcing farmers off their land – and it’s likely to get worse. This article by Oliver Milman, Emily Holden, and David Agren in The Guardian focuses on the migrants leaving central America … Continue reading An estimated 150 million to 300 million climate refugees set to be displaced worldwide by 2050
People can now learn about climate change through simulated experience and become motivated to address it
Motivating people to take action can take many twists and turns to find effective approaches. Juliette N. Rooney-Varga, Associate Professor of Environmental Science at the University of Massachusetts Lowell explains in an article on The Conversation website about a simulation game that has participants play delegates at international climate change negotiations. It has proven to … Continue reading People can now learn about climate change through simulated experience and become motivated to address it
Latest update on adaptation finance
Beate Antonich from the SDG Knowledge Hub of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the October update on global developments in adaptation finance. Adaptation Finance Update: Adaptation Fund Approves New Funding, Reports Explore Fund’s Future under Paris Agreement During the month of October, we saw the Adaptation Fund Board (AFB) approve new … Continue reading Latest update on adaptation finance
The overriding message located between the lines of the IPCC report is that we must lead our lives within the planet’s means
Mayer Hillman, senior fellow emeritus at the Policy Studies Institute, writes an important article in The Guardian that we have only one option to address climate change. We’re now at a fork in the road: either we cut out fossil fuels completely, or we pass on a dying planet to our children. As the late, … Continue reading The overriding message located between the lines of the IPCC report is that we must lead our lives within the planet’s means
Tidal energy being promoted in the Orkney Islands
While tidal energy has had a difficult time being deployed, the Orkney Islands, an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, is taking a bold step. Rupert Jones explains in The Guardian that there is a new crowdfunding scheme launched by ethical investment platform Abundance. £7m crowdfunding bid for Orkney tidal energy turbine launches … Continue reading Tidal energy being promoted in the Orkney Islands
Trump misleading public about his commitment to clean air
President Trump is well known for his use of Twitter. There has been much written about its effectiveness. Dino Grandoni writes in The Washington Post of how misleading Trump has been in his tweets boasting about his commitment to the “cleanest air in the world.” What are your views? Three misleading things about Trump's clean … Continue reading Trump misleading public about his commitment to clean air
New materials making breakthrough to lower costs of concentrated solar power
The low carbon energy transition needs to deploy more existing technologies but it also needs innovation. Steve Hanley writes on the Clean Technica website about the impact of new materials to reduce the costs of concentrated solar power, leading to it being cheaper than battery storage. New Materials Could Make Concentrated Solar Power Cheaper … Continue reading New materials making breakthrough to lower costs of concentrated solar power
Why Donald Trump wants to confuse the public about the 97% expert climate consensus
Dana Nuccitelli writes in The Guardian about the views of President Trump and Republican lawmakers about their assumption on the views of climate scientists. When queried about the most recent IPCC report, Republican lawmakers delivered a consistent, false message – that climate scientists are still debating whether humans are responsible. There’s a 97% expert consensus … Continue reading Why Donald Trump wants to confuse the public about the 97% expert climate consensus
Some concerns about one smart-city project
A wired neighbourhood in Toronto planned by a Google sister company has raised questions over data protection. Gabrielle Canon explains in an article in The Guardian 'City of surveillance': privacy expert quits Toronto's smart-city project When it was announced last year that a district in Toronto would be handed over to a company hoping … Continue reading Some concerns about one smart-city project
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