Category: climate change

The need for investors to know risks due to climate change

There are concerns that many of our investments will be at risk due to climate change. But how much should shareholders be told? Gareth Hutchens explains in The Guardian about the findings from a thinktank in Australia   Australian shareholders should be told of climate risk to profits, says thinktank Australian companies need to start … Continue reading The need for investors to know risks due to climate change →

Latest update on climate mitigation

The SDG Knowledge Hub of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the October update on global developments in climate mitigation.   Mitigation Update: Progress on Shipping Emissions, HFC Quotas, and Clean Energy in Samoa While the UN Climate Change Conference was underway in Bonn, Germany, several organizations, corporations and countries announced initiatives and … Continue reading Latest update on climate mitigation →

What Nicholas Stern is saying about the price for carbon

Jennifer Gallé interviewed Nicholas Stern, Chair of the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science on The Conversation France website about his views on the right price for carbon. You should enjoy.   Setting the right price for carbon: five questions for economist Nicholas Stern The economist Nicholas Stern, who … Continue reading What Nicholas Stern is saying about the price for carbon →

Australian government’s foreign policy white paper raises major concerns about impact of climate disasters

We keep getting conflicting signals from Australia about its sustainable energy priorities. It is a major producer and exporter of fossil fuels and that has been a major element of its overall economic strength. It has run hot and cold over supporting renewable energy. The same can be said for energy efficiency. Katharine Murphy writes … Continue reading Australian government’s foreign policy white paper raises major concerns about impact of climate disasters →

How the Trump administration is making it harder to find government information about climate change

Toly Rinberg and Andrew Bergman provide an excellent opinion article in the New York Times about how the current administration in Washington is dismantling the EPA climate change website. We shouldn’t be surprised, given everything that has happened to the EPA this year, but it is definitely worrying.   Censoring Climate Change The Trump administration … Continue reading How the Trump administration is making it harder to find government information about climate change →

Effect of telling stories about climate change on changing behaviour

The types of stories that are told can have a positive impact on behaviour. Two academics, Tom van Laer from the University of London and Ross Gordon from Macquarie University provide a good article on their related research work on The Conversation website. Concerning story telling, EiD would also recommend you go to the IEA … Continue reading Effect of telling stories about climate change on changing behaviour →

Britain sees advantages with Dutch “Energiesprong” approach to renovation

Somehow we have to a new approach or a new set of approaches to seriously renovate our entire building stock to an ambitious level (factor four?). Recently, BPIE stated that 97% of our building stock needs updating. Our low carbon strategies need us to increase our ambition, our population segments suffering from fuel poverty need … Continue reading Britain sees advantages with Dutch “Energiesprong” approach to renovation →

Ignoring climate change seen as more risky than proposing solutions

Bruce Anderson writes on the Abacus website about a recent survey taken of Canadians on their attitudes to climate change. You will find that this is one of the most comprehensive reports that EiD has published and hopefully we will find similar surveys from other countries. Importantly, for Canadian politicians, it’s riskier to ignore climate … Continue reading Ignoring climate change seen as more risky than proposing solutions →

How climate priorities are having an effect on farming

There are probably many ways we could discuss agriculture issues, but an article by Daniel Boffey in The Guardian explains about a recent effort for carbon-neutral eggs. Boffey states that organic and free-range varieties reflect farmers’ priority for the welfare of the chickens, at a cost to the wider environment. However, carbon-neutral eggs take a … Continue reading How climate priorities are having an effect on farming →