According to Christian Brand, Associate Professor in Transport, Energy & Environment, Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford, in an article on The Conversation website, focusing solely on electric vehicles is slowing down the race to zero emissions. In new research, colleagues and I reveal that people who walk or cycle have lower carbon footprints from … Continue reading Cycling can have real impact in our race to zero emissions
Category: Sustainable development
Blog by Sophie Elizabeth Carter: A look at important sustainability initiatives in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
For travel enthusiasts, exploring more of our wonderful planet falls high on the priority list. But tourism takes its toll on the environment, with global travel accounting for around 8% of the world’s carbon emissions. Luckily, more and more destinations are beginning to step up and boost the eco credentials of their tourism infrastructures, helping … Continue reading Blog by Sophie Elizabeth Carter: A look at important sustainability initiatives in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Pioneering the use of theatre, music and visual arts to research issues around plastic pollution
The global plastics treaty negotiations meeting this week remain on a knife edge. In an article on The Conversation website, Cressida Bowyer, Associate Professor in Arts and Sustainability, University of Portsmouth and Erika Hughes, Professor of Theatre for Social Change, University of Portsmouth discuss how creative arts can disrupt this process and bring about a … Continue reading Pioneering the use of theatre, music and visual arts to research issues around plastic pollution
Energy in Demand News, November 24, 2024
The talks at COP29 ran 33 hours late, and came close to collapse. In the end richer countries pledged a record $300bn to help the developing world fight climate change, but the deal is facing recrimination that it comes nowhere near addressing poorer countries' challenges from global warming. The New York Times (behind a paywall) … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, November 24, 2024
With the climate change crisis, how insurance companies set rates and coverage in the US
In an article on The Conversation website, Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, Ross School of Business, School for Environment & Sustainability, University of Michigan writes about the current situation in the US concerning the insurability crisis. Americans face an insurability crisis as climate change worsens disasters – a look at … Continue reading With the climate change crisis, how insurance companies set rates and coverage in the US
Energy in Demand News, November 17, 2024
It has been quite a first week at COP29. Azerbaijani president, Ilham Aliyev, defended Azerbaijan’s current exports of gas and plans to expand production told world leaders gathered in his country for COP29 that natural gas was a “gift from God” and he shouldn’t be blamed for bringing it to market. Kicking off the leaders’ … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, November 17, 2024
Latest report from the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative on the status of the world’s ice stores: at a tipping point for irreversible loss and damage
Over 50 leading cryosphere scientists released their annual report on the status of the world’s ice stores this week at COP29 in Baku, warning of vastly higher impacts and costs to the global economy given accelerating losses in the world’s cryosphere (snow and ice regions). The State of the Cryosphere Report 2024, coordinated by the … Continue reading Latest report from the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative on the status of the world’s ice stores: at a tipping point for irreversible loss and damage
Energy in Demand News, November 10, 2024
The IEA’s Energy Efficiency 2024 report was published this week, just before COP29. Energy intensity improvements have decreased in the past year, even though nearly 200 countries agreed at COP28 to the goal of doubling the rate of progress, which would mean increasing intensity from 2% in 2022 to 4% by 2030. Yet, the IEA … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, November 10, 2024
New EEA report on ensuring justice in sustainability transitions in Europe
As Europe strives to lower greenhouse gas emissions and decouple economic growth from resource consumption, various social groups and regions face unequal challenges. According to a report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) published this week, ensuring justice in sustainability transitions requires combining corrective measures to address potentially regressive social consequences of the green transition … Continue reading New EEA report on ensuring justice in sustainability transitions in Europe
Energy in Demand, November 3, 2024
A piece of good news about electric vehicles. In Florida, EVs exhibited an unexpected side benefit during Hurricane Milton, according to Energy Changemakers (behind a paywall). Before Milton made landfall on October 9, Florida resident Paul Fosse reported in CleanTechnica that public charging stations were readily available to EV drivers in the days preceding Milton, even … Continue reading Energy in Demand, November 3, 2024
