It is welcome news that, as of last week, the Baltic States joined the European continental electricity grid after fully disconnecting from Russian and Belarussian networks. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania successfully integrated into the EU internal energy market by joining the European continental network via Poland. According to a Commission press release, “The success of … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, February 23-24, 2025
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‘Women in Solidarity for Energy’ (WISE) taking action to address energy poverty among women-led households
Marilyn Smith, WISE Project Coordinator, writes about the latest actions undertaken by WISE, including a ‘Translate-a-thon’ to get volunteers to help us get more content (e.g. energy saving tips, a policy brief on access to energy as a basic human right) into more languages. Here’s your chance to help out. WISE targets energy poverty among … Continue reading ‘Women in Solidarity for Energy’ (WISE) taking action to address energy poverty among women-led households
Recommendation algorithms like YouTube’s could help us build climate bridges across political divides, promote action and raise awareness
In an article on The Conversation website, Martin Gibert, Chercheur en éthique de l'intelligence artificielle, Université de Montréal ; Lê Nguyên Hoang, Enseignant et vulgarisateur, Tedxsaclay, École polytechnique ; and Maxime Lambrecht, Lecturer and communicator in ethics, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) discuss the need to prioritise climate content on social media. Online algorithms could help … Continue reading Recommendation algorithms like YouTube’s could help us build climate bridges across political divides, promote action and raise awareness
Given the shift in public priorities and the state of politics, should climate advocates just stop talking about climate change?
In a newsletter on the National Observer website, Chris Hatch asks a relevant question that so many are raising. In the article, Chris talks with Jessica Lu from the Potential Energy Coalition. Do you agree with her? Should we even bother talking about climate change? It’s a question you hear muttered more and more … Continue reading Given the shift in public priorities and the state of politics, should climate advocates just stop talking about climate change?
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
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
The rise in extreme weather is not generating political support for climate action
Fridays for Future organiser Luisa Neubauer warns conspiracy theories are increasingly taking hold despite effects of global heating. In an article on the Guardian website, Ajit Niranjan discusses how the climate struggle in rich democracies has drastically changed. Extreme weather failing to encourage political climate action, says activist Luisa Neubauer The rise in extreme … Continue reading The rise in extreme weather is not generating political support for climate action
The new play Kyoto now in London, dramatising the intense negotiation of the world’s first climate change treaty, celebrates the potent power of consensus that we have lost today
Steve Waters, Professor of scriptwriting and playwright, University of East Anglia, writes on The Conversation website about what the new play Kyoto says about our climate change negotiations today. Robin McKie provides a review of the play in the Guardian saying the Kyoto climate treaty is hailed on stage but reality tells a different story. … Continue reading The new play Kyoto now in London, dramatising the intense negotiation of the world’s first climate change treaty, celebrates the potent power of consensus that we have lost today
“While Donald Trump is singing from the Republican Party songbook when it comes to climate change, the music was written long before he came along”
In an article on The Conversation website, Joe Árvai, Director of the Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability | Professor of Psychology, Biological Sciences, and Environmental Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, discusses how the oil industry over many decades has used a combination of large donations to politicians and misinformation to … Continue reading “While Donald Trump is singing from the Republican Party songbook when it comes to climate change, the music was written long before he came along”
Scientists should stop trying to be neutral and instead embrace their values, says a group of top climate scientists
Canadian climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe was among the group behind a paper recently published in the Nature journal Climate Action, which argued that scientists are living, feeling, caring humans, and not just "brains in a jar." In an article on the CBC news website, Amanda Buckiewicz reports on a recent interview Katharine Hayhoe had on … Continue reading Scientists should stop trying to be neutral and instead embrace their values, says a group of top climate scientists
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