What we should do now to safeguard the future is not easy to deal with, especially when we want to enjoy the spoils of our labour and effort. But it is not that simple. Justin Gillis writes a very thoughtful article in the New York Times about some of the issues that we must address. … Continue reading Inter-generational concerns
Category: climate change
Was the recent IPCC report watered down?
Pilita Clark writes in the Financial Times writes that nearly 75 % of a section on the impact of international climate negotiations was deleted at a meeting in Berlin that finalised the report. Most of us never see the behind the scenes deliberations that happen before such reports are published. Climate change report was … Continue reading Was the recent IPCC report watered down?
Focus on education
While we hear of the waxing and waning priority for climate change, there is steady progress in discussing it in our classrooms, according to Beth Gardiner in the New York Times. The classroom experience can have a strong, long-term impact on changing habits and attitudes. Setbacks Aside, Climate Change Is Finding Its Way Into … Continue reading Focus on education
Business needs to raise its voice
Recently, EiD has focused on the role of business to address climate change or sustainable energy concerns. This focus continues with an important article by Andrew Winston in Guardian Professional who writes about the dawning realisation of the threat of climate change to business but who cautions that there is not enough urgency when it … Continue reading Business needs to raise its voice
Companies can become zero energy
The Swedish furniture company has never had so much attention. Dominic Basulto, a futurist and blogger, writes in the Washington Post that all companies should pledge to be net zero energy by 2050, following the example of IKEA that has pledged to do so by 2020. With the eceee industrial summer study coming up in … Continue reading Companies can become zero energy
How companies should approach climate change
Continuing on the corporate theme this week, Eliot Metzer writes in The Guardian about the need for companies to be transparent on their position on climate change, they must be clear, consistent, and constructive. Corporate lobbying on climate change: silence is not neutrality Questions are rising about how companies should lobby on environmental issues, and … Continue reading How companies should approach climate change
Some potentially good news coming out of Canada
Ever since Canada dropped out of the Kyoto Protocol and based its economic future on the tar sands, there has been little good news on its efforts to address climate change and sustainable development in general. A ray of hope comes from Marc Gunther writing in the Guardian about the role that oil producers may … Continue reading Some potentially good news coming out of Canada
If it heats up, we want to cool off
David Unger writes in the Christian Science Monitor about warming climates and rising incomes leading to a surge in cooling-related energy use, according to the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It's one of several ways global warming is set to alter global energy supply and demand. IPCC global warming report: why … Continue reading If it heats up, we want to cool off
“Planetary insurance”
This week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published its latest report and, no doubt, you have had much to think about on where we are headed in terms of the importance of mitigation and the need to adapt. One cannot go without the other. This blog by Damian Carrington in the Guardian is important … Continue reading “Planetary insurance”
Five-point plan for communicating on climate change
Continuing on the communication theme, Simon Maxwell, Executive Chair of the Climate & Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), has published a new paper, offering a five-point plan on how to win the public and policy argument on climate change. Maxwell argues that a plan is necessary because climate change policy is contested, and – like all … Continue reading Five-point plan for communicating on climate change
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