The "food-print" emissions produced by G20 countries, which account for around 64% of the world’s population, currently create 75% of the total global food-related emissions. Many are saying that the pandemic has shown how broken our food system is. Elliot Douglas discusses the issue in an article on the Deutsche Welle website. World needs 7 … Continue reading Among all the globe’s 20 most industrialised nations, only India and Indonesia maintain a diet low enough in carbon emissions to meet the Paris climate target
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Will the Covid-19 pandemic change people’s attitudes and trust towards climate change science?
Sarah Kaplan takes this question and gives a good response in an article on the Washington Post website. What the coronavirus can teach us about fighting climate change The cartoon flashed across Katharine Hayhoe’s social media timeline in mid-July: Two doctors in lab coats scrutinize a box labeled “covid-19 science" while one says to … Continue reading Will the Covid-19 pandemic change people’s attitudes and trust towards climate change science?
Trees have a fundamental place in cities – amongst other benefits they are powerhouses when it comes to regulating city microclimates
As city populations soar, it might seem like there isn't much room for trees. But ecologists say these climatic powerhouses are an often overlooked solution to the health and environmental issues greater density brings. Charli Shield discusses in an article on the Deutsche Welle website why trees are more important than ever. Trees help … Continue reading Trees have a fundamental place in cities – amongst other benefits they are powerhouses when it comes to regulating city microclimates
Climate change: explaining why it is so hard to change our behaviour
Neil King and Gabriel Borrud discuss with the German philosopher Peter Sloterdijk why it is so hard for us to change our behaviour in an article on the Deutsche Welle website. 'Humans are not prepared to protect nature' Why do we find it so hard to change our behavior? German philosopher Peter Sloterdijk explains … Continue reading Climate change: explaining why it is so hard to change our behaviour
US risked severe economic harm by withdrawing from Paris climate agreement
Economists from the Grantham Institute for Climate Change at the London School of Economics examined the economic case for the US withdrawal and they found that climate breakdown would cause growing losses to US infrastructure and property and impede the rate of economic growth this century. Fiona Harvey explains in an article on The Guardian … Continue reading US risked severe economic harm by withdrawing from Paris climate agreement
New Zealand to be test bed for monitoring methane emissions from space
Bernard Lagan writes on The Times website about an international space mission that will use satellites to detect methane emissions from cattle. Satellite will spy on cows making greenhouse gas New Zealand’s five million dairy cows will be the test bed for an international space mission that will use a satellite to detect methane … Continue reading New Zealand to be test bed for monitoring methane emissions from space
With heatwaves growing, UK advised that it must do more to protect infrastructure
Much of the UK’s infrastructure dates from the Victorian age, when the climate was less prone to such high temperatures and the risk of flash flooding. Since the privatisation of utilities in the 1980s and 1990s, the emphasis has been on keeping down costs to billpayers, rather than investing in better infrastructure. Now Britain’s buildings … Continue reading With heatwaves growing, UK advised that it must do more to protect infrastructure
Climate change: how the arts can help motivate us
Researchers say emotion, imagination needed to reach people in ways information alone cannot. A recent CBC radio broadcast looked at how the arts have a fundamental role in helping us address climate change. How the arts might help us grapple with climate change Information alone hasn't closed the gap between what we know and … Continue reading Climate change: how the arts can help motivate us
Mixed messages from BP about the low-carbon energy transition
We are getting mixed messages about BP and their approach to clean energy. This week, many news outlets have reported that BP plans significant investments in renewable energy and has plans for a future with more electrical generation. But Madeleine Cuff had an exclusive article on the inews website this week that shows a somewhat … Continue reading Mixed messages from BP about the low-carbon energy transition
Continuing concern over US federal government tampering with information about climate change
These groups have documented four ways that climate-related information has become less accessible since Trump took office. Morgan Currie, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Digital Civil Society Lab at Stanford University and Britt S. Paris, Ph.D. Student in Information Studies at University of California, Los Angeles explain about the four ways in an article on The … Continue reading Continuing concern over US federal government tampering with information about climate change
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