This was a very strange week, with the UK deciding to cut many of its renewable energy subsidies together with ending its flagship Green Deal and France taking an opposite view. Mike Szabo writes a very good article on the Carbon Pulse website, describing the measures in the energy bill that was approved in France … Continue reading France sets the bar for energy savings
Category: climate change
Book review on communicating about climate change
Dennis Bours, from the Global Environment Facility Independent Evaluation Office has posted a book review by a professor who looks at the current climate change debate from the perspective of an English professor. The review is well written and it certainly leads one to want to now read the book. Let EiD know if you … Continue reading Book review on communicating about climate change
Explaining climate policies in Australia
Andrea Bunting writes a thorough overview on the greenleft website on the situation in Australia to balance climate policies with its priorities to be a major energy and commodity producer. It will be interesting to see Australia’s position at the global climate summit in Paris later this year. What’s wrong with emissions trading Australia’s climate … Continue reading Explaining climate policies in Australia
Have your say . . .
Silvia Zinetti was well known to many of us who were working in and around Brussels. Last year she moved to the US but has continued to work in the field of sustainable energy. She has written an excellent post about her first experience of the political scene in Washington, D.C. Washington D.C. from … Continue reading Have your say . . .
New publication on the economy and the climate
The International Institute for Sustainable Development writes about an important new report. This is important reading for all of us. Global Commission Identifies Economic Opportunities that Mitigate Emissions The Global Commission on the Economy and the Climate has released a report that identifies ten concrete economic opportunities that could also reduce emissions, and close … Continue reading New publication on the economy and the climate
British government ditches plans for zero carbon homes
Philip Oldfield writes in the Guardian about the government decision to axe plans to make new homes carbon neutral from 2016. This has raised much criticism. What the article does not mention is how the government will now meet its related obligations for nearly zero energy buildings under the EU’s energy performance of buildings directive. … Continue reading British government ditches plans for zero carbon homes
Latest thoughts on the new development banks
Adrian Fenton, a post-graduate researcher at the Sustainability Research Institute of the University of Leeds, and a visiting researcher at the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), has written an important blog on the website of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) on the possible impact of the new development banks. … Continue reading Latest thoughts on the new development banks
Legal push to increase the ambition to reduce GHG emissions
Arthur Neslen writes in the Guardian about the recent court decision in the Netherlands to force the government to have a more ambitious target to reduce GHG emissions. The Dutch court ordered the state to reduce emissions by 25% within five years to protect its citizens from climate change in world’s first climate liability suit. … Continue reading Legal push to increase the ambition to reduce GHG emissions
Concern over major health risk from climate change
Chris Mooney writes an article in the Washington Post about a new study that concludes that climate change could have a major impact – mostly negative – on our health. It does explain that there are health benefits of climate change mitigation and that reinforces the need for greater energy efficiency, amongst other mitigation options. … Continue reading Concern over major health risk from climate change
Two reflections on the Pope’s message on climate change
It has been fascinating to see how commentators have discussed the encyclical on the environment that the Roman Catholic Church released this week. EiD was particularly interested in two. The first is from Fareed Zakaria, an opinion writer for the Washington Post. The second is by Nick Butler, energy blogger for the Financial Times. … Continue reading Two reflections on the Pope’s message on climate change
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