"The state of the climate in 2023 gave ominous new significance to the phrase ‘off the charts.'" That quote introduced the World Meteorological Organization’s latest annual report. It confirms that 2023 was the hottest year on record by a clear margin. Records were broken for ocean heat, sea level rise, Antarctic sea ice loss and … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, March 24, 2024
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Sufficiency concerns: Aussie homes are getting bigger, wiping out energy efficiency gains
Kate Wingrove, PhD Candidate at the Sustainable Buildings Research Centre, University of Wollongong and Emma Heffernan, Associate Professor in Architecture, University of Sydney write on The Conversation website about the trend in Australia for ever bigger homes. This has to be a concern as the country addresses climate change. What is happening in your country? … Continue reading Sufficiency concerns: Aussie homes are getting bigger, wiping out energy efficiency gains
The Dutch airline KLM accused of greenwashing
The Dutch airline KLM has misled customers with vague environmental claims and painted “an overly rosy picture” of its sustainable aviation fuel, a court has found. Ajit Niranjan discusses the court decision in an article on the Guardian website. Dutch airline KLM misled customers with vague green claims, court rules The Dutch airline KLM … Continue reading The Dutch airline KLM accused of greenwashing
New atlas of unburnable oil for supply-side climate policies
Jess Thomson writes on the Newsweek website about a map that shows oil that must be left alone. The selection of the resources that need to stay under the ground compared with those that can be extracted is a crucial step on the way to imagining and constructing an effective international system to leave a … Continue reading New atlas of unburnable oil for supply-side climate policies
The road to COP29: EU foreign affairs ministers want fossil fuel industry to pay for fighting climate change in poorer countries
EU foreign affairs ministers met earlier this week and argued that the fossil fuel industry needs to play a bigger role in addressing climate change. In an article on the Reuters website, Kate Abnett discusses the views of EU ministers. Fossil fuel sector should pay climate finance, EU ministers say The fossil fuel industry … Continue reading The road to COP29: EU foreign affairs ministers want fossil fuel industry to pay for fighting climate change in poorer countries
New report shows transport is the “problem child” of Europe’s climate efforts
Transport emissions in Europe have grown 26% since 1990 and greenhouse gases from sector could make up 44% of continent’s total output by 2030, says the campaign group Transport & Environment. Ajit Niranjan discusses the report’s findings in an article on the Guardian website. Campaigners warn over failure to curb Europe’s ‘runaway’ transport emissions … Continue reading New report shows transport is the “problem child” of Europe’s climate efforts
New EEA report on the circular economy in Europe
Despite legislative steps forward over the past five years, efforts to transform Europe’s largely linear, ‘throw-away’ economy into a circular one will require further bold action and strong implementation of existing measures. Decisive action is essential to drastically reduce waste, prioritise reduction of resource use, improve recycling rates and improve the introduction of products that … Continue reading New EEA report on the circular economy in Europe
Energy in Demand News, March 17, 2024
Bain’s annual survey of 600-plus executives in oil and gas, utilities, chemicals, mining, and agribusiness, taken during COP28 and the weeks after is cause for concern. From that corporate perspective, the energy transition looks slower as it becomes even more difficult to ensure adequate investment returns, and progress diverges across a fragmenting world. About 62% … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, March 17, 2024
How social sciences can help address climate change
In an article on The Conversation website, Fayola Helen Jacobs, Assistant Professor of urban planning, University of Minnesota; Candis Callison, Associate professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, and Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, University of British Columbia; and Elizabeth Marino, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Oregon State University discuss how social sciences can help … Continue reading How social sciences can help address climate change
The role of healthcare professionals as climate change educators
Dr. Mona Sarfaty, founder and emeritus executive director of our Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, writes on the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine website about the critical role physicians and health professionals play as effective educators and communicators on the human health impacts of climate change. How doctors should … Continue reading The role of healthcare professionals as climate change educators
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