This week’s quote below is indicative of how the oil and gas industry sees climate change – as conveyed by Darren Woods, CEO of Exxon Mobil, last week at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco. Then, in Dubai, attending his first global climate conference, Darren Woods told the Financial Times (behind a … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, December 3, 2023
Category: adaptation
Key issues that will dominate COP28
In an article on The Conversation website, Rachel Kyte, Visiting Professor of Government, University of Oxford provides an excellent overview of the important issues that will dominate COP28. COP28 begins: 4 issues that will determine if the UN climate summit is a success, from methane to money The United Nations climate conference is underway … Continue reading Key issues that will dominate COP28
Canada’s “climate adaptation gap” needs to change
In an article on The Conversation website, Will Greaves, Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Victoria and Yvonne Su, Assistant Professor in the Department of Equity Studies at York University, Canada write about the need in Canada to take an entirely new approach to address the climate disasters that are devastating the … Continue reading Canada’s “climate adaptation gap” needs to change
New EEA briefing on benefits of nature-based climate adaptation
Nature-based solutions, such as restoring wetlands in flood-prone areas or green infrastructure to reduce heat island effects in cities, need to be scaled up and expanded to help Europe better cope with the impacts of climate change. A European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing, published this week, assesses the current state of such climate adaptation projects … Continue reading New EEA briefing on benefits of nature-based climate adaptation
Energy in Demand News, November 12th, 2023
When you Google for social media and climate change, you see links on how it positively helps create awareness on the climate and you see others quite negative especially when there is deliberate misinformation. It was surprising this week to see an article in the Financial Times (behind a paywall) that Shell is tapping gamers … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, November 12th, 2023
As years-long negotiations over boosting global efforts to adapt to climate change enter the final stretch, countries are still divided over targets and the funding to achieve them
Developing and developed countries are wrangling over whether finance should be included in an adaptation framework to be approved at upcoming COP28. Matteo Civillini discusses latest developments in an article on the Climate Home News website. Talks to boost ‘underfinanced’ climate adaptation split over money As years-long negotiations over boosting global efforts to adapt … Continue reading As years-long negotiations over boosting global efforts to adapt to climate change enter the final stretch, countries are still divided over targets and the funding to achieve them
Energy in Demand News, November 5th, 2023
The negotiations taking place before a climate conference are always complicated. This is proving true this year as well. The Financial Times reports (behind a paywall) that western countries have clashed with Saudi Arabia over the role it should play to “kick-start a UN fund to help poorer countries deal with the loss and damage … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, November 5th, 2023
New EEA briefing on the assessment of EU national adaptation actions
Climate risk assessments that take account of threats like heatwaves, droughts, floods and wildfires are increasingly being used to inform and improve national adaptation policies according to the latest European Environment Agency (EEA) assessment of national adaptation actions published recently. Heatwaves, droughts, other extreme weather events increasingly influencing adaptation policies The EEA briefing ‘Is … Continue reading New EEA briefing on the assessment of EU national adaptation actions
Saleemul Huq, a major voice for climate justice , dies at 71
Saleem was a leading advocate of requiring industrialised nations producing the most emissions to compensate poorer countries for ‘loss and damage’ from climate change. He was a dear friend of EiD and did much to encourage us to keep the word going. Saleem was a master communicator at climate conferences. He left a gap that … Continue reading Saleemul Huq, a major voice for climate justice , dies at 71
The benefits of sustainable housing
Andréanne Doyon, Assistant professor, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University and Trivess Moore, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management at RMIT University provide a very good review in an article on The Conversation website about the range of benefits of sustainable housing. How sustainable, liveable and resilient housing … Continue reading The benefits of sustainable housing
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