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
Category: climate change
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
Climate change: delay is the new denial
Denying climate change has taken on a new approach. Stuart Capstick, Research Fellow in Psychology, at Cardiff University with a contribution by Julia K. Steinberger, Professor in Social Ecology and Ecological Economics at University of Leeds write on The Conversation that delay is the new denial and they explain how to spot the arguments. What … Continue reading Climate change: delay is the new denial
Court requires Ireland to come up with more robust and ambitious climate plan
The case was the first of its kind in Ireland and only the second in the world in which the highest national court of law has required a government to increase the ambition of the national climate policy. Brian Mahon explains in an article on The Times website. Victory for Friends of the Irish … Continue reading Court requires Ireland to come up with more robust and ambitious climate plan
Climate change: “walking into an increasingly dense minefield”
Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics at Massey University in New Zealand discusses whether humanity is doomed if we are unable to curb emissions by 2030 in an article on The Conversation website. What are your views? Climate explained: are we doomed if we don't manage to curb emissions by 2030? Humanity is not … Continue reading Climate change: “walking into an increasingly dense minefield”
Immediate action is required for UK to achieve its net zero carbon targets
Robert Lea writes on The Times website that a new report by the National Grid says that the target will be missed if ministers focus only on decarbonising the energy and transport sectors and neglect efforts to change consumer behaviour and the way homes are heated. The consumer needs greater understanding of their energy use … Continue reading Immediate action is required for UK to achieve its net zero carbon targets
Torrential rains have submerged at least a quarter of Bangladesh
Having been to Bangladesh for climate meetings and having worked with many Bangladeshi over the years, it is always painful to watch how the country has to cope with extremes that are not their doing. The country’s latest calamity illustrates a striking inequity of our time: The people least responsible for climate change are among … Continue reading Torrential rains have submerged at least a quarter of Bangladesh
Decarbonising our entire economy by 2050 will require massive investments and investor patience to allow investments to pay off
The scale of the climate crisis and its potential impacts mean we need a scientific and investment revolution to tackle it. There are opportunities for patient investors in areas such as energy storage and electrification. It's time to tap into the power of science and innovation. Nicole Systrom, Founder of the Sutro Energy Group explains … Continue reading Decarbonising our entire economy by 2050 will require massive investments and investor patience to allow investments to pay off
Opponents of battling the climate crisis have had twice the media coverage of those advocating to take action
Mainstream news organisations often mislead readers by giving equal weight to two sides of an argument thus providing a platform to climate deniers. Louise Boyle explains in an article on The Independent website. Climate deniers get twice the news coverage of pro-climate messages, study finds Opponents of battling the climate crisis have had twice … Continue reading Opponents of battling the climate crisis have had twice the media coverage of those advocating to take action
“It is therefore certainly possible socially and psychologically for humans to live without growth. But it is certainly impossible politically and economically for humans to choose that option proactively now.”
Dennis Meadows, the American scientist and Emeritus Professor of Systems Management, and former director of the Institute for Policy and Social Science Research at the University of New Hampshire, known as a coauthor of The Limits to Growth, writes a timely article on the Club of Rome website about a world where the globe’s population, … Continue reading “It is therefore certainly possible socially and psychologically for humans to live without growth. But it is certainly impossible politically and economically for humans to choose that option proactively now.”
Energy in Demand - Sustainable Energy - Rod Janssen 