The European Parliament gave the green light on September 13th to new rules that will increase the quantity of sustainable jet fuel in flights departing from EU airports, marking a major step towards reducing emissions from the notoriously carbon-intensive transport mode. At the behest of the Parliament, an EU label outlining the environmental performance of … Continue reading What would it take to make aviation green in the EU?
Category: climate change
Today’s trade rules are ill-suited for the climate crisis
In an article on The Conversation website, Noah Kaufman, Chris Bataille, Gautam Jain and Sagatom Saha from Columbia University discuss the need to fix global trade rules to try to fix climate change. The US broke global trade rules to try to fix climate change – to finish the job, it has to fix … Continue reading Today’s trade rules are ill-suited for the climate crisis
Canada’s climate change response: only 40% said they would make some changes to their behaviours “even if this comes with a certain financial cost.”
Mia Rabson writes on the CBC news website that a recent survey shows the majority of Canadians are worried about climate change but only a small fraction of people listed climate change as the top issue facing Canada today. The majority still say pocketbook issues like inflation are their top concern right now. What are … Continue reading Canada’s climate change response: only 40% said they would make some changes to their behaviours “even if this comes with a certain financial cost.”
Europe needs a green industrial policy
As the European elections draw near, Paris and Berlin should move towards a common European approach to industrial policy – with three key elements: vision, funding, and governance, argue Sabine Nallinger and Thomas Pellerin-Carlin in an article on the EURACTIV website. Sabine Nallinger is managing director of Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft, a German CEO alliance of more … Continue reading Europe needs a green industrial policy
New discussion note highlights key longer-term role of synthetic aviation fuels in achieving net-zero aviation emissions by 2050
A new Discussion Note from the European Capacity Building Initiative (ecbi), entitled Sustainable Aviation Fuels - The Way Forward: From Biological to Synthetic Fuels, focuses on the key role Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) play in meeting the aviation industry’s commitment to net-zero emissions by 2050. One approach to achieving net-zero emissions would be to cap or … Continue reading New discussion note highlights key longer-term role of synthetic aviation fuels in achieving net-zero aviation emissions by 2050
Energy in Demand News, September 10, 2023
This weekend’s G20 Summit in New Delhi has the theme “One Earth · One Family · One Future” (drawn from the ancient Sanskrit text of the Maha Upanishad) which is quite fitting, given the range of topics being covered. There have been discussions regarding strategies to tackle the challenges presented by climate change. Developing nations … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, September 10, 2023
Chasm between climate action and scientific reality laid bare in UN stocktake
The chasm between the climate action being taken and the emissions cuts required is set out bluntly in the new “global stocktake” report from the UN, produced in collaboration with nations. In an article on the Guardian website, Fiona Harvey discusses a major UN report that argues that governments are failing to cut emissions fast … Continue reading Chasm between climate action and scientific reality laid bare in UN stocktake
Impact of extreme heat on our machines
Higher temperatures, either from the weather or the excess heat radiated from machinery, can cause materials in machinery to deform. In an article on The Conversation website, Srinivas Garimella, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Matthew T. Hughes, Postdoctoral Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) discuss the impact … Continue reading Impact of extreme heat on our machines
In the search for critical minerals for our clean energy future, recycling is the way forward
Serasu Duran from the University of Calgary, Atalay Atasu and Clara Carrera from INSEAD write on The Conversation website about the importance that recycling should play as globally we look for critical minerals for our renewable energy technologies. How recycling could solve the shortage of minerals essential to clean energy What do silver, silicon … Continue reading In the search for critical minerals for our clean energy future, recycling is the way forward
The world’s poorest countries, mostly in Africa, are effectively priced out of the clean energy action by a global lending system that considers them too risky for investment
Max Bearak writes on the New York Times website about the lack of access to needed financing. A big obstacle is the lack of loans, a subject of intense disagreement between richer and poorer countries. But in Congo, where Mr. Bearak is writing from, a hard-fought solar investment shows a possible path forward. Clean … Continue reading The world’s poorest countries, mostly in Africa, are effectively priced out of the clean energy action by a global lending system that considers them too risky for investment
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