Public health impact from climate change

While we are reading more and more about the impacts from climate change, Paul Gallagher provides a good article on the inews website about a new report. Hopefully one day soon our policies will be revised to properly reflect these concerns. Climate change 'irreversibly' damaging public health Climate change is already damaging public health … Continue reading Public health impact from climate change →

Industry at crossroads – reflections from recent EEFIG industry event

A vibrant and highly competitive EU manufacturing sector can provide the resources and many of the solutions for the societal challenges facing the EU, such as climate change, health and the ageing population, and the development of a healthy, safe and secure society and thriving social market economy. The necessary transition to a more … Continue reading Industry at crossroads – reflections from recent EEFIG industry event →

Questioning role of business community to address climate change

Addressing climate change is a complex issue as all EiD readers know well. Trying to find the right policy package is never easy. It is also not easy to figure out what the private sector should be doing. Christopher Wright, Professor of Organisational Studies at the University of Sydney and Daniel Nyberg, Professor of Management … Continue reading Questioning role of business community to address climate change →

Importance of local climate action

Sonya Angelica Diehn provides a good article on the Deutsche Welle website on the importance of local climate action in the United States. This may be about the US but it is a message that is important to all countries and regions. This cannot be stressed enough. Forget Trump, it's all about local climate … Continue reading Importance of local climate action →

This week’s briefs – flood planning and industrial energy efficiency

This week, you should read about an important new guide to help in flood planning. You also have only a couple of days to submit an abstract for the eceee Industry Efficiency 2018 event to be held next June in Berlin. • ‘The Essential Guide to Flood Planning & Preparation’ Paul Smith has written … Continue reading This week’s briefs – flood planning and industrial energy efficiency →

New study shows role of climate change in ancient Egypt

For your weekend reading, it is good to learn about the impact of climate change (not necessarily man made) in ancient times. William Wan provides a good article in The Washington Post. Climate change in ancient Egypt overthrew pharaohs The leaders of ancient Egypt knew a thing or two about natural disasters. Handle a … Continue reading New study shows role of climate change in ancient Egypt →

Latest update on mitigation

The SDG Knowledge Hub of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the September update on global developments in mitigation. Mitigation Update: Catholic Organizations, Soot-free Buses, Net-zero Buildings, and Citizens Advance Mitigation Action Recent mitigation news includes a diversity of measures through which governments, civil society organizations, the private sector and citizens are … Continue reading Latest update on mitigation →

Reviewing ‘publication bias’ in scientific studies related to climate change

The scientific community has been under the microscope as there are claims and counter-claims about the quality of the research related to climate change. Importantly, Johan Hollander, Associate Professor of Biology at Lund University in Sweden writes on The Conversation website about research they have undertaken to assess publication bias. This is an important article … Continue reading Reviewing ‘publication bias’ in scientific studies related to climate change →

Climate change and the film industry

One advantage of EiD coming out on the weekend is that there is always the need for posts that are not your usual news items. Melena Ryzik provides an excellent article in the New York Times about the role the film industry plays in addressing climate change. What do you think? Can Hollywood Movies … Continue reading Climate change and the film industry →

Will this cluster of disasters provide the lever that leads to action on climate change in the US?

There is more and more evidence about the impact of climate change. But Scott Gabriel Knowles, Professor of History at Drexel University argues in an article on The Conversation website that the recent hurricanes to hit the US and elsewhere will do little to change our approach in the short term. He ends on an … Continue reading Will this cluster of disasters provide the lever that leads to action on climate change in the US? →