When homes are protected as assets but not as homes

On the World Sufficiency Lab website, Yamina Saheb raises some fundamental points about the European Commission's proposed Affordable Housing Act. The article is making a much larger argument than the Affordable Housing Act itself. Its central idea is that Europe’s legal architecture gives strong protection to markets, capital and property while social needs such as … Continue reading When homes are protected as assets but not as homes →

Energy in Demand News, August 30, 2026

Europe’s new renewable energy champion is Romania, according to The Economist. Energy storage as become a key feature of its deployment of renewables. “Unlike many western European countries, Romania is deploying storage relatively early in its solar build-out, rather than trying to catch up after large amounts of solar capacity have already been installed,” says … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, August 30, 2026 →

Americans want data centres to pay their energy way

The Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University has announced a new climate note on what Americans think about data centres. What are your views? New analysis: What do the Six Americas think about data centers? We are pleased to announce the publication of a new Climate Note, “What do Global Warming’s Six … Continue reading Americans want data centres to pay their energy way →

Energy in Demand News, August 23-24, 2026

The Trump administration is doing everything possible to crush California’s environmental policies that have been respected world-wide, New York Times reports. “Mr. Trump and his Republican allies in Congress have blocked California from setting its own limits on automobile pollution, which federal law has permitted since the 1970s. The Energy Department has announced $75 million … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, August 23-24, 2026 →

The hidden carbon cost of choosing a home

In an article on The Conversation website, Burak Gunay, Liam O’Brien and Pedram Nojedehi from Carleton University and Brodie Hobson from Natural Resources Canada Associate Professor in Building Engineering, Carleton University discuss how Canadian homebuyers are making major financial and environmental decisions without being given the information needed to understand a home's energy and carbon … Continue reading The hidden carbon cost of choosing a home →

Too much doom, too little action

In an article on The Conversation website, Sander van der Linden, Professor of Social Psychology in , Society, University of Cambridge and Rachel O'Boyle, PhD Candidate, Social Decision-Making Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge; Academia Sinica, discuss how doom-laden climate communication can actually discourage action rather than inspire it. Climate doom may discourage … Continue reading Too much doom, too little action →

The politics behind climate scepticism

Julia Vergin argues on the Deutsche Welle website that growing climate scepticism is driven less by scientific evidence or personal economics than by political identity, institutional trust, and social belonging. Some 98% of active climate scientists say climate change is happening, and is man-made. Nonetheless, a new study shows the number of climate-change sceptics in … Continue reading The politics behind climate scepticism →

Energy in Demand News, August 2-3, 2026

Frank Elderson, a member of the European Central Bank’s executive board, told the Guardian that the climate emergency and the breakdown of nature poses a dramatically growing risk to the global economy. He said it was clear the rising frequency of natural disasters linked to global heating poses a threat to financial stability. “Nature-related risks … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, August 2-3, 2026 →

Understanding the human side of climate change

In an article on The Conversation website, Bernadette McBride, Lecturer in Creative Writing, Liverpool Hope University writes about how about how people experience climate change emotionally. The key message is that we need new language and stories to help us understand and cope with climate anxiety, grief and loss. How storytelling can help articulate emotions … Continue reading Understanding the human side of climate change →

The slow story behind fast disasters

Doug Specht, Reader in Cultural Geography and Communication, University of Westminster, in an article on The Conversation website, argues that while journalism excels at covering dramatic events such as wildfires, it often fails to explain the slower climate processes that make those events more frequent and severe. Wildfires: why media coverage doesn’t always make … Continue reading The slow story behind fast disasters →