In an article on The Conversation website, Felix Arndt, John F. Wood Chair in Entrepreneurship, University of Guelph and Christiaan Röell, Lecturer, UNSW Business School, UNSW Sydney discuss how businesses can easily misuse SDGs as a mere signal of good intention without needing to take them seriously. Businesses are leveraging the UN Sustainable Development … Continue reading SDGs are increasingly being used to reinforce existing practices, rather than genuinely addressing societal issues
Category: climate change
New EEA report showing in 2023 that EU total net GHG emissions decreased to 37% below 1990 levels according to preliminary figures
Total net greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union dropped by 8% last year, marking significant progress towards climate neutrality for the EU. The huge drop was led by a significant decline in coal use and growth of renewable energy sources and supported by reduced energy consumption across Europe, according to estimated figures included in … Continue reading New EEA report showing in 2023 that EU total net GHG emissions decreased to 37% below 1990 levels according to preliminary figures
Energy in Demand News, October 27, 2024
The annual UNEP Emissions Gap Report (EGR), published this week ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP), highlights that without accelerated global action, the world is on track for temperature increases between 2.6°C and 3.1°C by the end of the century. Even the best-case scenario of 2.6°C will bring severe consequences for people, the … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, October 27, 2024
Battery storage equivalent to the output of 20 nuclear reactors has been bolted on to America’s electric grids in barely four years
Oliver Milman writes on the Guardian website how the pace of growth in battery storage helps maintain renewable energy when weather conditions interfere with wind and solar. What is the situation in your country? US power grid added battery equivalent of 20 nuclear reactors in past four years Faced with worsening climate-driven disasters and … Continue reading Battery storage equivalent to the output of 20 nuclear reactors has been bolted on to America’s electric grids in barely four years
Modern sport reflects society’s oil dependency
Theo Lorenzo Frixou, PhD Candidate, Social Sciences, Loughborough University writes on The Conversation website about how the fossil fuel industry is so entrenched in modern sports. Whether it be in the form of high-profile sponsorship deals, sporting equipment made from petrol-based products like carbon fibre or flying to meet the demand for ever more fixtures, … Continue reading Modern sport reflects society’s oil dependency
Glimmers of a better world are already here
In an article on The Conversation website, Heather Alberro, Lecturer in Sustainability, University of Manchester discusses the need to look at the positive steps that have been undertaken in addressing climate change. In despair about Earth’s future? Look for green shoots As species go extinct and a habitable climate teeters, it’s understandable to feel … Continue reading Glimmers of a better world are already here
E-vans: All of Europe’s capitals could be free of large petrol and diesel fleets by 2030
With a booming number of electric vans in Europe, all European capitals could introduce zero-emission freight zones by 2030 and have enough made-in-Europe e-vans to meet the requirements, new analysis shows. Yeelen Möller discusses the analysis in an article on the New Mobility.News website. T&E: ‘Enough e-vans for all EU capitals’ zero-emission zones by … Continue reading E-vans: All of Europe’s capitals could be free of large petrol and diesel fleets by 2030
How to deal with the pace of environmental change in the Arctic
In an article on The Conversation website, James Schaefer, Professor of Biology, Trent University discusses the fundamental point that perseverance, and long-term planning, are key to enabling scientific progress and unlocking ecological secrets in the Arctic. The Canadian Arctic shows how understanding the effects of climate change requires long-term vision Embrace change, they say, … Continue reading How to deal with the pace of environmental change in the Arctic
Conceptualising just transition litigation
In an article on The Conversation website, Annalisa Savaresi, Senior Lecturer, Environmental Law, University of Stirling and Joana Setzer, Associate Professorial Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science define and conceptualise the phenomenon of ‘just transition litigation’. This concept provides a new frame for … Continue reading Conceptualising just transition litigation
Energy in Demand News, October 21, 2024
The energy transition could proceed more quickly than large US oil producers were hoping, with growing pressure to decommission assets sooner than they expected, a Financial Times newsletter (behind a paywall) reported this week. “In any scenario, they’ll eventually need to pay big clean-up costs around the retirement of each individual fossil fuel site. In … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, October 21, 2024
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