Timothée Parrique, Researcher in Ecological Economics at Lund University writes on The Conversation website about a new report by Kohei Saito arguing that “degrowth communism” could halt the escalating climate emergency. EiD looks forward to the comments of readers. Economic growth is fuelling climate change – a new book proposes ‘degrowth communism’ as the … Continue reading Is “de-growth” the way forward to address climate change?
Category: Sustainable development
New EEA briefing on how to handle discarded textiles in Europe
Discarded textiles in Europe, including used clothing and footwear, are an increasing waste and export problem. Rapidly increasing EU exports of used textiles — some of which is reused and some of which ends up in landfills — show that Europe faces a challenge in how to handle its own used textiles, according to a … Continue reading New EEA briefing on how to handle discarded textiles in Europe
Trees, trees and yet more trees can help make Europe’s cities more comfortable
Jon Henley writes on The Guardian website about the importance of trees in urban settings. Sadly, many EU cities are less green than they were a century ago. ‘We need trees’: green vision struggles to take root in Europe’s cities From Madrid to Berlin and Paris to Budapest, scientists and planners agree, trees, trees … Continue reading Trees, trees and yet more trees can help make Europe’s cities more comfortable
At Davos, UN Secretary General critical of fossil fuel industry of refusing to abandon a business model at odds with human survival
The Secretary General has really taken the lead to work at every angle to get climate change policies on track to meet our Paris climate agreement. At COP27, he was very vocal, thankfully. This week Mr. Guterres was at Davos, criticising big companies that, ‘like the tobacco industry’, ride roughshod over their own science. Larry … Continue reading At Davos, UN Secretary General critical of fossil fuel industry of refusing to abandon a business model at odds with human survival
Indonesia’s energy transition: a role for renewable energy?
Firdaus Cahyadi Indonesia Team Leader for the climate campaign group 350.org,, writes on the Mongabay website on the Indonesian government’s approach to renewable energy. Do any of you have experience in Indonesia? For readers not familiar with Mongabay, it is a nonprofit environmental science and conservation news platform that produces original reporting in English, Indonesian, Spanish, … Continue reading Indonesia’s energy transition: a role for renewable energy?
Higher education in France will have to integrate the challenges of the ecological transition into their syllabus
A lack of training on the climate crisis for professors in French universities is one of the main obstacles to making higher education at the forefront of leading the climate transition. Soazig Le Nevé discusses the issues in an article on the Le Monde website. What are your views? In France's universities, the climate … Continue reading Higher education in France will have to integrate the challenges of the ecological transition into their syllabus
Our climate and energy transition: when people speak up and work together, they can spur powerful changes
Adam Aron, Professor of Psychology at the University of California, San Diego writes on The Conversation website about the results from his recent books that explains three reasons why local action addressing climate change is more powerful than many people realise. 3 reasons local climate activism is more powerful than people realize Global warming has … Continue reading Our climate and energy transition: when people speak up and work together, they can spur powerful changes
The European Commission has outlined possible “transition pathways” to address the environmental impact of the construction sector
Europe’s construction ecosystem employs approximately 24.9 million people but it is also extremely fragmented with 99.9% of the companies being SMEs. Nikolaus J. Kurmayer discusses on the EURACTIV website the plans of the European Commission to transform the sector and that digitalisation could be the silver bullet to address all the problems – lack of … Continue reading The European Commission has outlined possible “transition pathways” to address the environmental impact of the construction sector
A two-hour streamed film pollutes as much as a 45-minute car drive
Stefano Bonetti, Professor of Experimental Condensed Matter Physics at Ca' Foscari University of Venice writes on The Conversation website about the carbon footprint of video streaming. What are your views? Could video streaming be as bad for the climate as driving a car? Calculating Internet’s hidden carbon footprint We are used to thinking that going … Continue reading A two-hour streamed film pollutes as much as a 45-minute car drive
“…humanity needs to make peace with nature, because we are out of harmony with nature”
With those words, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres opened the UN Convention on Biological Diversity conference in Montreal this month. Alexandra Zimmermann, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford writes on the Conversation website asking what living in harmony with nature looks like. UN biodiversity conference: what does living in harmony with nature … Continue reading “…humanity needs to make peace with nature, because we are out of harmony with nature”
Energy in Demand - Sustainable Energy - Rod Janssen 