A few weeks ago, a news item on the Energy Live News website in the UK raised the issue of cost as the reason why consumers were not investing in energy efficiency. That’s fair, as a starting point. We are always told how expensive energy-efficient technologies or energy renovations are, whether it is true or … Continue reading Blog from Energy Advice Exchange – “Main barrier to domestic energy efficiency is cost . . .”
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The agriculture sector’s impact on climate change
It is important for all of us to better understand what is causing climate change and what we can do about it. Chelsea Harvey writes in The Washington Post about the importance of the agriculture sector. This is why when you talk about climate change, you can’t ignore agriculture Agriculture has historically released almost … Continue reading The agriculture sector’s impact on climate change
Growing interest in trade of clean technology and services
There are growing opportunities to expand the trade in clean technologies. Glen Hodgson, senior vice-president and chief economist at the Conference Board of Canada writes about the opportunities from a Canadian perspective on the Policy Options website. There are important lessons for everyone. The opportunity of green trade It’s time to think globally about … Continue reading Growing interest in trade of clean technology and services
How to communicate about climate change
We’ve had posts on communication before. Understandably we have more to learn because we are still not convincing enough people and definitely not convincing enough decision makers. Tae Hoon Kim, Researcher in Energy Politics at the University of Cambridge provides some good views about how it should be done. Do you agree? How to … Continue reading How to communicate about climate change
The impact of the Internet of Things on our lives
More and more we are reading about the Internet of Things, an expression first coined in 1999 by Kevin Ashton of Procter & Gamble, later MIT's Auto-ID Centre. Morgan Franklin explains in an article on The Market Mogul website what this will do to change our lives. What do you think? The Internet of … Continue reading The impact of the Internet of Things on our lives
Discussing the importance of the 2 degree C target for climate change
We read about the global climate target all the time and we know that even the 2015 Paris climate conference called for an aspirational goal of 1.5 degrees. David Titley, Professor of Practice in Meteorology, Professor of International Affairs & Director Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk at the Pennsylvania State University writes … Continue reading Discussing the importance of the 2 degree C target for climate change
The environmental impact of mining the materials for electric vehicle batteries
We have given much attention to the developments in batteries for electric vehicles as we try to increase their range. Max Opray provides an important article in The Guardian about the environmental impact from nickel, one of the major materials used in lithium ion batteries. Having grown up in a mining community and having seen … Continue reading The environmental impact of mining the materials for electric vehicle batteries
How one Dutch utility is providing innovative new services
Everywhere we are seeing innovative new ways that energy utilities are performing in the energy transition. Some have obligations provided by governments or regulators, while others act to take advantage of market conditions. Stanley Reed explains in an article in the New York Times about what one utility in The Netherlands is up to. … Continue reading How one Dutch utility is providing innovative new services
The stop-start of the energy transition
Tom Baxter, senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at the University of Aberdeen, writes on The Conversation website about what can replace CCS, which he feels has failed to deliver. You should be interested in his alternatives. What do you think? It's time to accept carbon capture has failed – here's what we should do … Continue reading The stop-start of the energy transition
Have we appropriately considered the human rights and social implications of the clean energy transition?
There is a human dimension to all our policies and we should always remember that. Roberta Pinamonti writes a thoughtful article on the Business for Social Responsibility website about the human rights implications. The Human Rights Implications of the Renewable Energy Transition In 2015, Amnesty International and Greenpeace released a joint statement calling on … Continue reading Have we appropriately considered the human rights and social implications of the clean energy transition?
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