Per Bolund, Minister of Financial Markets for the Government of Sweden has written a powerful letter to the editor of the Financial Times about a long-term viable investment strategy as we move to a low-carbon economy. This is an issue that we will be addressing more and more in the future, no doubt. Making … Continue reading Letter to the editor on sustainable investing
Category: Sustainable development
Backyard energy plants
Paul Hockenos writes a very good article in Foreign Policy about the green energy revolution taking place in Germany’s backyards. Undoubtedly, this is an important part of Germany’s energy transition. As Hockenos states Germany is increasingly powered by backyard windmills and locally owned solar panels. And he goes on that this complex, patchwork system just … Continue reading Backyard energy plants
Improving the sustainability of football
All sectors of our economies can make improvements to ensure greater sustainability. This article by Oliver Balch in The Guardian shows the efforts underway in “the beautiful game,” football and even some reference to American football. From organic pitches and recycled turf to footstep power and energy efficient lighting, new technology is taking football closer … Continue reading Improving the sustainability of football
Skyscrapers turning into plyscrapers
Athlyn Cathcart-Keays writes in the Guardian about a new development of engineered timber that could herald a new era of eco-friendly ‘plyscrapers’. Christchurch welcomed its first multistorey timber structure this year, there are plans for Vancouver, and the talk is China could follow. Wooden skyscrapers could be the future of flat-pack cities around the … Continue reading Skyscrapers turning into plyscrapers
Latest update on Sustainable Energy Finance
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the August update on global developments in sustainable energy finance. August 2014 Sustainable Energy Finance Update During the month of August, the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the European Investment Bank (EIB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the African Development Bank … Continue reading Latest update on Sustainable Energy Finance
Serious efforts in the energy transition
This is an important article that should make us sit up and take notice. John Vidal writes in The Guardian that the world’s largest private bank predicts large-scale power stations will soon make way for electric cars and new solar technologies. While the article focuses on renewable energy, it also points out the importance of … Continue reading Serious efforts in the energy transition
World Trade Organisation about to re-start negotiations on green goods
After the failure of the Doha Round, the WTO was paralysed for a considerable period. Now the new head of the WTO is trying to get the ball rolling again, according to Shawn Donnan in the Financial Times. Green goods trade talks set to start The world’s leading economies are due on Tuesday to launch … Continue reading World Trade Organisation about to re-start negotiations on green goods
The world needs a game changer
In April this year, John Llewellyn wrote an excellent column for eceee on Formula 1 and the need for incentives to encourage innovation. For the Financial Times, John continues talking about vehicles and the need for encouraging inventiveness, possible through some “incentive.” As John says, “It should not take fear to make us motivate talents … Continue reading The world needs a game changer
Sustainable Energy for All
Globally, there is a new effort to seriously address universal energy access, improve energy efficiency and increase the share of renewable energy. Many organisations and companies are participating. In Europe, the European Commission recently began a couple of important long-term projects in Africa under the SE4ALL banner. Krysta Villeda has written an excellent blog for … Continue reading Sustainable Energy for All
We need to live within our biosphere’s thresholds
Andrew Simms of the New Economics Foundation wrote in the Observer about society’s need to live within our means in a material sense. As he argues, limits govern everything, even though the way we behave gives no indication we have learned that lesson. Simms argues that our economies – and this is a lesson that … Continue reading We need to live within our biosphere’s thresholds
