Food’s role in climate change has emerged as one of the defining challenges of our time

In an article on The Conversation website, Hanqin Tian, Director and Institute Professor, Center for Earth System Science and Global Sustainability, Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society, Boston College; Eric Davidson, Professor, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Pep Canadell, Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO; and Rona … Continue reading Food’s role in climate change has emerged as one of the defining challenges of our time →

Energy in Demand News, July 14, 2024

Despite growing at an unprecedented rate last year, renewable energy sources are still not being deployed quickly enough to put the world on track to meet an international goal of tripling renewables by 2030, new data shows. According to figures published on Thursday by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), renewables are the fastest-growing source … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, July 14, 2024 →

Brazil is no stranger to mass population movements triggered by climate change but the public is unprepared for future extreme climate events

In an article on The Conversation website, Robert Muggah, Lecturer, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro discusses the lack of preparedness and that a new approach is urgently needed. Brazil needs a new approach to climate mobility Devastating floods led to more than 175 deaths and 423,000 people displaced in the southern Brazilian … Continue reading Brazil is no stranger to mass population movements triggered by climate change but the public is unprepared for future extreme climate events →

EEA review of EU’s Climate-ADAPT online platform

While European countries have made considerable progress in putting in place policies to adapt to climate change, the pace and scale of adaptation actions need to increase and widen to cover more areas like the health, agriculture, and forestry sectors. A European Environment Agency (EEA) review of the EU’s Climate-ADAPT online platform, published recently, shows … Continue reading EEA review of EU’s Climate-ADAPT online platform →

“There are no valid economic arguments against rapidly shifting from burning polluting fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources”

In an article on the Common Dreams website, David Suzuki, an award-winning geneticist and broadcaster, co-founded the David Suzuki Foundation, a science-based non-profit environmental organization headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia provides a strong argument about the economic case for a rapid clean energy transition. What are your views. It's Ridiculous Just How Good the … Continue reading “There are no valid economic arguments against rapidly shifting from burning polluting fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources” →

How global warming is already impacting sport, and how the sports world can fight back

Tanya Aldred writes on the Guardian website about a new book about how global warming is playing out on fields, courts, and golf greens across the world. The author, Madeleine Orr is quoted: “I’m very alarmed by everybody’s lack of alarm, that’s the scariest thing for me.” Sport and the climate emergency: collating injustice … Continue reading How global warming is already impacting sport, and how the sports world can fight back →

Reaching net zero emissions across the economy is a technological and social challenge we must approach head-on

Katherine Woodthorpe, president of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering writes on the Guardian website, providing an important message that every year we delay rapidly reducing our emissions creates a more dangerous and less prosperous world. Falling short of ambitious emissions targets isn’t failure – but rushing towards 2C of heating is … Continue reading Reaching net zero emissions across the economy is a technological and social challenge we must approach head-on →

Climate change is affecting wine producers everywhere but farmers producing prosecco in Italy have been plunged into crisis mode

In an article by Ajit Niranjan on the Guardian website, farmers and researchers tell of the impact of a rapidly changing climate, and the measures being taken to adapt. From parched earth to landslides: crisis in the prosecco hills of Italy Paola Ferraro marches through the neat grids of vines that chequer the slopes … Continue reading Climate change is affecting wine producers everywhere but farmers producing prosecco in Italy have been plunged into crisis mode →

“Misinformation about climate science that has sowed uncertainty”

In an article on The Conversation website, Gordon McBean, Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography and Environment, Western University in Canada writes about the misinformation from the oil and gas industry that is continuing to have a negative impact on effectively addressing climate change. The oil and gas industry has been lying about global warming … Continue reading “Misinformation about climate science that has sowed uncertainty” →

Energy in Demand, May 26, 2024

With elections for the European Parliament approaching on June 6-9, predictions are for a surge of right wing parties and a consequent erosion of the climate and energy agenda. According to The Economist election tracker, “the environment, including terms such as “climate change”, is a hot topic on the continent’s fringes: it’s most often searched … Continue reading Energy in Demand, May 26, 2024 →