In an article on The Conversation website, Bruce Campbell, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada discusses the impact of the Trump administrations anti-climate measures. What are your views? The impact of Donald Trump’s anti-climate measures on our heating planet Before assessing the impact of United States President Donald Trump’s … Continue reading Yes, Trump is introducing anti-climate measures but “Ultimately, the writing is on the wall for fossil fuels”
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Energy in Demand News, February 9, 2025
The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) aims to reduce carbon emissions, put a fair price on the carbon emitted during the production of carbon intensive goods imported into the EU, and encourage cleaner industrial production through a methodology for calculating embedded emissions according to the Paris Agreement and the EU Fit for 55 package. … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, February 9, 2025
How climate change could upend the American dream
Americans have long accumulated wealth by owning their homes, but a new study predicts that spiking insurance rates and climate disasters now herald an era of widespread losses. Andrea Riquier discusses the new study in an article on the USA TODAY website Climate risk will take trillion-dollar bite out of America’s real estate As … Continue reading How climate change could upend the American dream
Estimating future heat-related and cold-related mortality under climate change, demographic and adaptation scenarios in 854 European cities
A new modelling study estimates 2.3 million additional temperature-related deaths unless urgent action is taken to address changing climate. The study is discussed in a news item on the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine website. Climate study: Rise in heat deaths will substantially outweigh fewer cold deaths A modelling study, led by … Continue reading Estimating future heat-related and cold-related mortality under climate change, demographic and adaptation scenarios in 854 European cities
It’s not clear that Heathrow Airport expansion can fit within the UK’s legal and arguably moral requirement to cut emissions and remain within its carbon budget
Richard Sulley, Senior Research Fellow, Sustainability Policy, University of Sheffield writes on The Conversation website about the impact of expanding the UK’s largest airport on government commitments to reduce carbon emissions. Since this was published, the UK government has given the green light to the construction of the third runway at Heathrow with considerable mixed … Continue reading It’s not clear that Heathrow Airport expansion can fit within the UK’s legal and arguably moral requirement to cut emissions and remain within its carbon budget
Energy consumption is only one part of AI’s broader environmental impact
In an article on The Conversation website, Hamish van der Ven, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Business Management of Natural Resources, University of British Columbia, argues that social and political mediums through which AI affects the planet are far more insidious and, arguably, more consequential for the future of humanity. AI is bad for the … Continue reading Energy consumption is only one part of AI’s broader environmental impact
Energy in Demand News, January 26, 2025
Apart from watching what is going on in Washington DC , our attention has understandably focused again this week on the devastation in the Los Angeles area from the continuing wildfires. The total area affected was recently estimated at more than 16,000 hectares and it is going to take years and a lot of money … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, January 26, 2025
Climate crisis is making it harder for insurance companies to operate, with many pausing or withdrawing policies
Oliver Milman writes on the Guardian website about the struggles that homeowners are facing in many parts of the United States to find insurance. This is not just an American problem but it is probably most acute there. This post follows many that EiD has provided recently. When looked at together, they make one wonder … Continue reading Climate crisis is making it harder for insurance companies to operate, with many pausing or withdrawing policies
Worries that change in fact checking on social media could open the floodgates to more climate misinformation
In an article on The Conversation website, Jill Hopke, Associate Professor of Journalism, DePaul University discusses the concerns following companies such as Meta ending their fact-checking programmes on social media. Climate misinformation is rife on social media – and poised to get worse The decision by Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, … Continue reading Worries that change in fact checking on social media could open the floodgates to more climate misinformation
A third of the Arctic’s tundra, forests and wetlands have become a source of carbon emissions
Patrick Greenfield writes on the Guardian website that critical CO2 stores held in permafrost are being released as the landscape changes with global heating according to a recent report. Readers are also encouraged to read the latest blog by Irene Quaile, “2025: Chilling prospects for a warming Arctic,” for more about the impact of climate … Continue reading A third of the Arctic’s tundra, forests and wetlands have become a source of carbon emissions
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