The SDG Knowledge Hub of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the February update on global developments in climate mitigation finance. Climate Mitigation Finance Update: From Divestment to Investment, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency The past month has seen the launch of new renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, investment in the … Continue reading Latest update on climate mitigation finance
Author: Rod Janssen
Potential impact of climate change on pension funds
When it comes to addressing climate change, few things should be left unattended as we are finding out. This is true for our pension funds as explained by Shehab Khan in The Independent. While she writes about the UK, the concern is global. The UK Government admits there is "a lack of attention and outright … Continue reading Potential impact of climate change on pension funds
Why improved energy efficiency?
I never thought I would have to put on my family kilt with the Anderson tartan to make a forceful comment on energy efficiency. We are getting worked up whether the expression energy efficiency first is a slogan, as it appears in a leaked document from the European Council. In historical terms, a slogan is … Continue reading Why improved energy efficiency?
The shift in transport towards electric vehicles will have major impact on energy transition
It is important for us to understand the dynamics underway in all end-use sectors. Asit K. Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor and Cecilia Tortajada, Senior Research Fellow, from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore write a good article on the impact of the move towards electric vehicles. … Continue reading The shift in transport towards electric vehicles will have major impact on energy transition
How to cope with distrustful segments of society that fear what academia does
Everything is being challenged these days. In some ways that is probably positive but it does come with certain problems. Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor at the Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan provides a thoughtful article about how academia needs to adapt to the … Continue reading How to cope with distrustful segments of society that fear what academia does
Energy utilities feeling impact of flat electricity demand
It does not seem that we know enough about the dynamics of energy demand. A good friend of EiD, Andrew Warren, has often written about the drop in energy consumption in the UK that few were willing to acknowledge. Please recall one of those posts from Andrew. David Roberts writes on the Vox website about … Continue reading Energy utilities feeling impact of flat electricity demand
Surprise supporter of clean energy in US
One knows that the energy transition is making good headway when a strong right-winger is fully committed to the low-carbon energy transition and gives a good reason why. Ivan Penn explains in an article in the New York Times. A Gun-Owning Trump Fan’s New Crusade: Clean Energy Debbie Dooley’s conservative profile seems impeccable. The gun-owning … Continue reading Surprise supporter of clean energy in US
Reality check on energy efficiency?
In a week when there has been a leaked document saying that energy efficiency is just a ‘slogan’, Andrew Nikiforum writes on the Tyee website from Canada that energy efficiency is not the solution we have grown to expect it to be. He states that the more ‘efficient’ our technology, the more resources we consume … Continue reading Reality check on energy efficiency?
Australian consumers are not getting the full range of benefits from the smart meter rollout
While Europe is also seeing a rollout of smart meters, it is good to read about how it is evolving in other countries. Sangeetha Chandrashekeran, Lecturer in Geography and Deputy Director of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at the University of Melbourne together with Gavin Dufty, Policy and Research Manager at St Vincent de Paul … Continue reading Australian consumers are not getting the full range of benefits from the smart meter rollout
Expected developments in energy storage technology could lead to electric vehicles recharge in minutes rather than hours
We are regularly hearing about technology developments that are helping the energy transition. Adam Vaughan writes in The Guardian about a breakthrough in energy storage technology that could enable electric cars to be driven as far as petrol and diesel vehicles. Energy storage leap could slash electric car charging times Researchers have claimed a breakthrough … Continue reading Expected developments in energy storage technology could lead to electric vehicles recharge in minutes rather than hours
