The Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTI) is undergoing some changes. SBTI show companies how much and how quickly businesses need to reduce their GHG emissions to prevent the worst impacts of climate change, leading them on a clear path towards decarbonisation. By guiding companies in science-based target setting, SBTi enables them to tackle climate change … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, September 17, 2023
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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.”
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
Generational divide in supporting nuclear energy
Young climate activists in Europe are calling on Greenpeace to drop its "old-fashioned" stance against nuclear energy. Scientists say the generational divide not surprising, as nuclear disasters are distant memories for some. Sheena Goodyear discusses in an article on the CBC news website. Greenpeace opposes nuclear energy. Young climate activists say that's 'old-fashioned' Young … Continue reading Generational divide in supporting nuclear energy
Africa climate summit adopts ‘Nairobi declaration’
The first ever Africa Climate Summit ended on Wednesday with a call for world leaders to back global taxes to fund climate action. The "Nairobi declaration" also calls for financial reforms to help African countries. The text is intended to define the shared position of the 54 countries of the African continent ahead of the … Continue reading Africa climate summit adopts ‘Nairobi declaration’
The resistance of rural women: “Energy is not just a technical issue, it’s a political issue to do with life, territories, sovereignty and the right to community self-determination.”
From the Akbelen forest in Turkey to northern India to Brazil, rural women are standing up against the power of the corporate chainsaw. The Turkish-British novelist and political scientist, Elif Shafak, writes a powerful article on the Guardian website about what local women are doing to protect fragile ecosystems. In the battle to save … Continue reading The resistance of rural women: “Energy is not just a technical issue, it’s a political issue to do with life, territories, sovereignty and the right to community self-determination.”
Great series of billboards in US calling out oil and gas companies for their role in fueling climate disasters
Fossil Free Media, a non-profit media organization, installed the ads in cities rocked by heatwaves including Phoenix and Austin. Dharna Noor explains in an article on the Guardian website. ‘Brought to you by big oil’: US billboards call out companies for record heatwaves Drive down the highways of Phoenix, Arizona; Austin, Texas; or Fresno, … Continue reading Great series of billboards in US calling out oil and gas companies for their role in fueling climate disasters
“Where is the politician who dares address the growth economy that threatens to devastate our civilization, and call for a response to global heating on the scale that’s needed?”
The Danish journalist Carsten Jensen deplores the political and media world's lack of any real awareness of the climate emergency. He calls to dare to dream of a new world, free from the spiral of growth. Mr. Jensen provided this op-ed on the Le Monde website. Carsten Jensen: 'Where is climate change's Winston Churchill?' … Continue reading “Where is the politician who dares address the growth economy that threatens to devastate our civilization, and call for a response to global heating on the scale that’s needed?”
