The environmental law charity, ClientEarth, claims Shell cannot achieve net zero goal with current transition plan. A Reuters news item on the Guardian website discusses how the British high court refused to let it be argued through a lawsuit. ClientEarth loses high court fight with Shell over climate strategy An environmental law charity has … Continue reading British high court refuses permission to environmental law charity to bring case against Shell over its climate strategy
Category: climate change
Australians are champions in using courts to hold governments and companies to account on climate change
Jacqueline Peel, Director, Melbourne Climate Futures at The University of Melbourne writes on The Conversation website about Australia using courts to address climate change. The US tops the climate litigation charts with 1,522 lawsuits filed. Australia comes second with 127. The US figure works out to about 4.6 lawsuits per million people, compared to 4.8 … Continue reading Australians are champions in using courts to hold governments and companies to account on climate change
The need for addressing embodied carbon in our buildings
An efficient EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive must look out for the reduction of ‘whole life carbon emissions’ in order to achieve Europe’s climate goals, writes Zsolt Toth from BPIE in an article on the EURACTIV website. Just published is a PhD thesis by Jane Anderson on on 'Reducing Embodied Carbon in the Built … Continue reading The need for addressing embodied carbon in our buildings
Energy ministers failed to agree on phasing down fossil fuels and setting ambitious renewable energy targets at recent G20 meeting
The world’s largest economies failed to agree on targets to phase down fossil fuels and scale up renewables. What sort of impact will this have on upcoming COP28 later this year? Matteo Civillini and Reuters discuss latest developments in an article on the Climate Change News website. G20 divisions over key climate goals pile … Continue reading Energy ministers failed to agree on phasing down fossil fuels and setting ambitious renewable energy targets at recent G20 meeting
While household air conditioning is one of the “most effective adaptation strategies to reduce heat-related mortality and morbidity,” it can also be an unsustainable and problematic solution to extreme heat
Emily Chung writes on the CBC News website about the benefits and costs of air conditioning in extreme heat. Passive cooling, greenery, behaviour changes are more sustainable, researchers say. Why air conditioners can be a problematic solution to extreme heat As extreme heat hits many parts of the world amid a warming climate, millions … Continue reading While household air conditioning is one of the “most effective adaptation strategies to reduce heat-related mortality and morbidity,” it can also be an unsustainable and problematic solution to extreme heat
Even when the carbon captured by new trees is taken into account, wood consumption accounts for about one-tenth of the world’s annual GHG emissions
Little is understood about the emissions from harvesting wood. Max Graham writes on the National Observer website about a new report that discusses the impact of the forest industry. Even when the carbon captured by new trees is taken into account, wood consumption accounts for about one-tenth of the world’s annual GHG emissions. There are … Continue reading Even when the carbon captured by new trees is taken into account, wood consumption accounts for about one-tenth of the world’s annual GHG emissions
New global shipping climate strategy is vague, obscure and almost noncommittal but points the industry toward a cleaner future
Don Maier, Associate Professor of Business at the University of Tennessee writes on The Conversation website about what the new shipping agreement means in terms of reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Global shipping has a new climate strategy – it’s vague, obscure and almost noncommittal, but it may be pointing the industry in the … Continue reading New global shipping climate strategy is vague, obscure and almost noncommittal but points the industry toward a cleaner future
How dangerously under prepared northern Europe is for the consequences of climate change
Jesus Lizana, Nicole Miranda and Radhika Khosla of the University of Oxford write on The Conversation website explaining that their new research highlights how dangerously under prepared northern Europe is for the consequences of climate change. If you are from northern Europe, do you agree with their views? Northern Europe faces biggest relative increase … Continue reading How dangerously under prepared northern Europe is for the consequences of climate change
For Europe’s mayors it’s the Green Deal or bust, and it’s time everyone put their cards on the table
Burkhard Jung, president of Eurocities and mayor of Leipzig, Germany, in an article on the Politico website, explains the important role cities are playing in the implementation of the EU European Green Deal. Europe’s mayors are looking forward to a sustainable future, but, as Mr Jung explains, some governments seem ready to backtrack and there … Continue reading For Europe’s mayors it’s the Green Deal or bust, and it’s time everyone put their cards on the table
What engineers – and others – need to know about the EU Ecodesign Regulation
The second phase of the EU’s Ecodesign Regulation raises the bar for electric motor energy efficiency – and the rest of the world is sure to follow. Daniel Eberli from ABB, a technology leader in electrification and automation, discusses ecodesign in an article on the Engineer Live website. Energy efficiency with ecodesign Energy efficiency … Continue reading What engineers – and others – need to know about the EU Ecodesign Regulation
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