Increasingly experts are talking about the fourth industrial revolution. While writing about Australia, David Ritter writes in The Guardian that there is great potential but only if we get the language, policy and politics right. It's up to organised people to ensure the new economy serves the greater good One evening, about 10 years … Continue reading The fourth industrial revolution has enormous emancipative power
Author: Rod Janssen
One more important city reveals its low carbon plans
Reykjavik, Iceland’s capital, plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2040 by reversing urban sprawl and promoting walking, cycling and public transport. Senay Boztas discusses their plans in a recent article in The Guardian. Reykjavík: the geothermal city that aims to go carbon neutral Reykjavík used to be marketed as a … Continue reading One more important city reveals its low carbon plans
Sustainable Development Goals not getting attention from business that they need
Continuing on the Sustainable Development Goals, Katharine Earley writes in The Guardian about two recent surveys that show how businesses are not doing enough for the SDGs. More than half of all businesses ignore UN's sustainable development goals Businesses are failing to work on the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs), according to two new … Continue reading Sustainable Development Goals not getting attention from business that they need
Global Sustainable Development Goals need new approach
W. Scott Tew, executive director for the Centre for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability at Ingersoll Rand writes an important article on the IndustryWeek website about the new approach industry must take if we are to have any chance of meeting our UN Sustainable Development Goals. What are your views? Meeting UN Energy Efficiency SDGs … Continue reading Global Sustainable Development Goals need new approach
With costs dropping, renewable energy is shaking up the power sector
The Futurism website provides a good article explaining that the significant drop in the costs for renewable energy technologies means they are more competitive and now shaking up the power sector globally. The Cost of Renewable Energy Is Plunging, and It’ll Change Everything In Brief New solar bid is a more than 16-percent drop … Continue reading With costs dropping, renewable energy is shaking up the power sector
Turkey: IEA publishes in-depth review of energy policies and programmes
Since the in-depth review in 2009, the International Energy Agency believes Turkey has made significant progress in reforming its energy sector. The report states that completing the reforms will allow Turkey to tap into its renewable and energy efficiency potentials. The review is available as a free download here. Meanwhile, it is good to see … Continue reading Turkey: IEA publishes in-depth review of energy policies and programmes
The ups and downs of the energy transition
We read this week that the Ontario government is planning to scrap many of its renewable energy contracts in order to save the average homeowner Canadian $2.45 per month. Rob Ferguson writes about the developments in the Toronto Star. For a province that has few resources to generate electricity, it seems somewhat puzzling. Ontario … Continue reading The ups and downs of the energy transition
Testing a stretch of highway to generate electricity
The energy transition is bringing forward some good innovation in all areas. Gabriel Samuels writes in The Independent about a pilot project in California to use road traffic to vibrate crystals in order to generate electricity. Interestingly, the technology has been around since the Second World War. Samuels writes that scientists estimate crystals placed on … Continue reading Testing a stretch of highway to generate electricity
The need for the aviation industry to act on reducing emissions is urgent
As we address climate change challenges, the transport sector is increasingly poses difficulties, in large part because of its dependence on fossil fuels and in part because of the reluctance to use fiscal instruments to reduce emissions. John Vida writes an important article in The Guardian explaining that with biofuel potential limited and emissions rising, … Continue reading The need for the aviation industry to act on reducing emissions is urgent
Businesses are increasingly pledging their support for action on climate change
We realise that the energy transition takes the efforts of all parts of society. There have been concerns that companies have been slower to react. However Gina-Marie Cheeseman writes on the Justmeans.com website that companies are increasingly showing their support. Having recently attended the eceee industrial efficiency conference in Berlin, EiD would certainly agree. What … Continue reading Businesses are increasingly pledging their support for action on climate change
