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
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A unique workshop run by a French nonprofit of the same name, that teaches the basics of global warming and highlights possible solutions
More than a million people in France have attended a “Climate Fresk” class to understand the process of global warming. The project is now spreading abroad, particularly in Europe and Latin America. Constant Méheut discusses this trendy new approach in an article on the New York Times website. Have you participated in your country? … Continue reading A unique workshop run by a French nonprofit of the same name, that teaches the basics of global warming and highlights possible solutions
Only through confronting our complex relationship with heat — by accepting the inherent dangers of more heat — that we can hope to seriously pursue real action on fossil fuel emissions
Jennifer Ellen Good, Associate Professor Communication, Popular Culture and Film at Brock University in Canada analyses our complex relationship with heat in an article on The Conversation website. She argues that the reckless pursuit of heat (among other comforts) through the burning of fossil fuels has turned heat from a source of life to a … Continue reading Only through confronting our complex relationship with heat — by accepting the inherent dangers of more heat — that we can hope to seriously pursue real action on fossil fuel emissions
Assessing how adopting an active lifestyle can make us better equipped to cope with rising global temperatures
Thomas Deshayes from the Université de Montréal and Julien Periard, from the University of Canberra write a good article on The Conversation website about how humans can combat heat, which is increasingly important as we need to find ways to adapt to increasing temperatures. Can physical activity boost our resilience to rising temperatures? Climate … Continue reading Assessing how adopting an active lifestyle can make us better equipped to cope with rising global temperatures
New app developed in Romania helps users lower the cost of their energy bills and manage energy consumption
It is encouraging to see a new startup in Romania not only developing the app but planning to market it internationally. An English language version of the app should be available later this year. Simona Fodor discusses the startup and its new app in an article on the Romania Insider website. Romanian startup develops … Continue reading New app developed in Romania helps users lower the cost of their energy bills and manage energy consumption
Do phrases like “global boiling” actually help drive us towards faster and more effective climate action? Or do they risk making us prone to climate doomism, and risk prompting a backlash?
It has been widely reported that UN Secretary General António Guterres declared last week that the era of “global boiling” has arrived. Is this a help or a hindrance? Noel Castree, Professor of Society & Environment at the University of Technology Sydney discusses the impact of such phrases in an article on The Conversation website. … Continue reading Do phrases like “global boiling” actually help drive us towards faster and more effective climate action? Or do they risk making us prone to climate doomism, and risk prompting a backlash?
New UK research exploring the effect of energy labels on consumer shopping decisions
In autumn 2021 the Behavioural Insight Team (BIT), unofficially known as the “Nudge Unit”, conducted research through experiment, survey and interview to see whether the information on appliances’ energy labels influenced the consumer’s choice of product. The research was undertaken for the UK Department for Energy Security & Net Zero. The experiment examined the difference … Continue reading New UK research exploring the effect of energy labels on consumer shopping decisions
Excessive personal consumption needs to be addressed in our climate strategies
Fernando Valladares from the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) in Spain, in an article on The Conversation website, discusses a study that found that rich people leave a disproportionately large carbon footprint, and that the share of global emissions for which they are responsible is increasing and there is a need to tax the … Continue reading Excessive personal consumption needs to be addressed in our climate strategies
New survey shows that the more a climate change measure would change lifestyle, the less it is supported
A recent YouGov survey in seven European countries tested backing for government and individual action on crisis. Jon Henley discusses the results in an article on the Guardian website. Many Europeans want climate action – but less so if it changes their lifestyle, shows poll Many Europeans are alarmed by the climate crisis and … Continue reading New survey shows that the more a climate change measure would change lifestyle, the less it is supported
One British radio programme highlights issues we face in our energy transition
The Archers is a British radio soap opera currently broadcast on BBC Radio 4, the corporation's main spoken-word channel. Broadcast since 1951. It was famously billed as "an everyday story of country folk" and is now promoted as "a contemporary drama in a rural setting." Ed Atkins and Ros Death from the University of Bristol … Continue reading One British radio programme highlights issues we face in our energy transition
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