A variety of media offer images on the effects of climate change may help people be motivated to solve them

On a daily basis, a variety of media offer images that depict the effects of climate change to help us understand the extent of environmental damage. Carmela Cucuzzella, Professor Design and Computation Arts at Concordia University in Montreal explains in an article on The Conversation website that through these experiences, people move a step closer … Continue reading A variety of media offer images on the effects of climate change may help people be motivated to solve them →

Classical music is one of the greatest joys on our planet and that we need to make changes in order to keep it that way

Classical concerts consume energy in several ways: patrons traveling to the venue, the concert hall's lighting and heating costs, and the artist traveling via plane, car or bus to venues across the country or even the globe. While environmental activism and support is shown by performers and composers, there are ways in which music appreciators … Continue reading Classical music is one of the greatest joys on our planet and that we need to make changes in order to keep it that way →

For business, fighting climate change effectively requires a new mindset to prioritise sustainability over profit

Raz Godelnik, Assistant Professor of Strategic Design & Management at The New School writes on The Conversation website about how integrating climate change concerns is requiring changes by business. It is requiring an entirely new mindset from past practice. How the climate crisis is transforming the meaning of ‘sustainability’ in business In his 2021 letter … Continue reading For business, fighting climate change effectively requires a new mindset to prioritise sustainability over profit →

The power of storytelling: climate fiction – or “cli-fi” – has quickly become a recognised genre in recent years

Authors of science fiction are consulted by organisations and governments to help us think about the risks and challenges of the future in ways inaccessible to other discipline. Chris Pak, Lecturer in English Literature at Swansea University in an article on The Conversation website, discusses the role of science fiction as we try to address … Continue reading The power of storytelling: climate fiction – or “cli-fi” – has quickly become a recognised genre in recent years →

Focusing solely on technical solutions will fail to solve the climate crisis

The University of Utah provided details of a new study on the Science Daily website that examined the comparative effectiveness of energy efficiency improvement and renewable energy production in the United States. For the past 150 years, humans have pumped extraordinary amounts of greenhouse gasses, such as CO2, into the atmosphere and warmed the planet … Continue reading Focusing solely on technical solutions will fail to solve the climate crisis →

Rupert Murdoch eases climate change scepticism ahead of COP26

The media mogul Rupert Murdoch hopes to become the ‘hero of COP26’ by performing an about-turn over climate change, as advertisers pile on the pressure. Adam Sherwin explains in an article on the inews website. Rupert Murdoch’s Australian media empire begins to ease decades-long climate change scepticism Rupert Murdoch has bowed to political and … Continue reading Rupert Murdoch eases climate change scepticism ahead of COP26 →

New EEA briefing on the importance of innovation for sustainability

Innovation is a political priority across Europe that can deliver many benefits for society but also generate costs that are often unaccounted for. A European Environment Agency briefing, published this week, looks at how innovation can respond to sustainability challenges and how Europe needs to look for solutions beyond technological innovation. Innovating for sustainability … Continue reading New EEA briefing on the importance of innovation for sustainability →

Tony Blair’s experts say achieving net zero does not require transforming our live

Tony Blair’s think tank, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, has recently published a report that states that meeting the net-zero goal – and our arguably more difficult interim targets in 2030 and 2035 – cannot rely on technology deployment alone. It will also require significant behavioural changes from consumers (and voters) across the … Continue reading Tony Blair’s experts say achieving net zero does not require transforming our live →

“Is there anything morally praiseworthy about driving an electric vehicle?”

It is good to look at our energy and climate transition from various angles. Matthew Scarfone, Postdoctoral Fellow and Moral Philosopher at the University of Toronto, writing on The Conversation website, makes the assumption that driving EVs is generally good for the environment, but that assumption doesn’t show that driving EVs is morally praiseworthy. What … Continue reading “Is there anything morally praiseworthy about driving an electric vehicle?” →

Men’s spending on goods causes 16% more climate-heating emissions than women’s spending

Men’s spending on goods causes 16% more climate-heating emissions than women’s. The biggest difference was men’s spending for their cars. Damian Carrington discusses the differences from a study undertaken in Sweden. Men cause more climate emissions than women, study finds Men’s spending on goods causes 16% more climate-heating emissions than women’s, despite the sum … Continue reading Men’s spending on goods causes 16% more climate-heating emissions than women’s spending →