How smart hot water heaters can help South Africa’s energy transition

An estimated 5.4 million electric water heaters in South African homes and public buildings use around 40 GWh of energy per day, requiring 12% of operational capacity from the electricity grid at peak times. MJ (Thinus) Booysen, Associate Professor at the Electrical & Electronic Engineering Department at Stellenbosch University explains the benefits of smart water … Continue reading How smart hot water heaters can help South Africa’s energy transition →

SMEs and the low carbon energy transition

While large businesses have more possibilities to make the low carbon energy transition, Ariel Edesess, Postdoctoral Researcher in Low Carbon Technology at Liverpool John Moores University explains in an article on The Conversation website about the difficulties facing SMEs to do the same. What are your views? Why some green policies can actually harm … Continue reading SMEs and the low carbon energy transition →

Bushfires in Australia show we need a more systems approach to avoid collapse

Anthony Richardson, Tutor and Researcher, Centre for Urban Research at RMIT University writes on The Conversation website about the need for more systems thinking to address climate change. He uses examples from the recent bushfires in Australia. No food, no fuel, no phones: bushfires showed we're only ever one step from system collapse This … Continue reading Bushfires in Australia show we need a more systems approach to avoid collapse →

Why do so many climate change initiatives globally tend to get started, make some progress and then get stuck or even regress?

Matthew Hoffmann and Steven Bernstein, Professors of Political Science and Co-Directors at the Environmental Governance Lab at the University of Toronto write about why so many actions on climate change starts well but then “gets stuck.” Have you experienced this? Why action on climate change gets stuck and what to do about it Work … Continue reading Why do so many climate change initiatives globally tend to get started, make some progress and then get stuck or even regress? →

Story map from the EEA on the worsening impacts of climate change over the next decades

Europe’s many regions are expected to face worsening impacts of climate change over the next decades. A compilation of several existing maps published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) today illustrates how drought, heavy rain and flooding, forest fires and sea-level rise could affect some selected regions in Europe, including Central Europe, the Iberian peninsula, … Continue reading Story map from the EEA on the worsening impacts of climate change over the next decades →

At Siemens’ recent annual shareholder meeting in Munich, climate change took center stage

If you have ever been to the Hannover Messe in Germany, you will realise what Siemens means to technologies for the industrial sector. So many of the technologies, if not all, extol their energy-efficient features as a major selling point. Last week, Siemens held its annual shareholder meeting. Steven Beardsley explains in an article on … Continue reading At Siemens’ recent annual shareholder meeting in Munich, climate change took center stage →

Energy efficiency has the power to replace dirty fossil fuels and decarbonise the energy sector

Forest Bradley-Wright explains in an article on the Clean Energy website that the choices we make in the next decade will either lock us into a future of fossil fuel dependence or transition us toward a clean energy future. Energy efficiency has the power to replace dirty fossil fuels and decarbonise the energy sector. … Continue reading Energy efficiency has the power to replace dirty fossil fuels and decarbonise the energy sector →

Impact of climate change on the wine industry

It is important to understand what climate change will do to various industries. Laura Reiley writes on the Washington Post website about the impact on the wine industry. Goodbye cabernet sauvignon. How climate change will end wine as we know it. The prospect of hotter summers, warmer winters, drought and violent weather events have … Continue reading Impact of climate change on the wine industry →

Central bankers lack the tools to address climate change

Like other central banks, the European Central Bank, which met last week, is scrambling to prepare for what a report warns could be a coming economic upheaval. Jack Ewing discuss the issue in an article on the New York Times website. Climate Change Could Blow Up the Economy. Banks Aren’t Ready. Climate change has … Continue reading Central bankers lack the tools to address climate change →

The worst-case scenario for emissions of CO2 this century is no longer plausible, say researchers

Matt McGrath writes on the BBC website about some of the concerns about the worst-case scenario for CO2 emissions. What are your views? Worst CO2 emissions scenario 'exceedingly unlikely' The worst-case scenario for emissions of CO2 this century is no longer plausible, say researchers. Referred to as "business as usual", the scenario assumes a … Continue reading The worst-case scenario for emissions of CO2 this century is no longer plausible, say researchers →