Seven British academics have co-written an article on The Conversation website to provide some positive news about climate change in 2018. Do you have a good news item you could add? Climate change: six positive news stories you probably missed in 2018 Climate change news can be incredibly depressing. In 2018 alone, The Conversation … Continue reading Reviewing some of the good climate change news from 2018
The air conditioning challenge in the Mediterranean Basin
Frédéric Dubessy writes on the econostrum.info website about a recent study by the World Bank to address the increasing penetration of air conditioning with the need to promote energy efficiency and reduce energy consumption. Solar power bringing energy efficiency to Mediterranean air-conditioning Faced with an explosion in the numbers of air-conditioners in the Mediterranean … Continue reading The air conditioning challenge in the Mediterranean Basin
New support to improve energy performance of buildings in Lithuania
We all know the challenges to decarbonise the building stock in Europe as part of the EU’s objective of meeting its Paris climate obligations. Financing is fundamental and there is a growing array of initiatives from the Energy Efficiency Financial Institutions Group (EEFIG), the Sustainable Energy Investment Forums, Smart Finance for Smart Buildings and much … Continue reading New support to improve energy performance of buildings in Lithuania
What is the true impact of fuel economy standards on the poor?
Energy efficiency policies in the US certainly have their challenging moments. Steve Hanley writes a spirited article on the CleanTechnica website about the divergent views on fuel economy standards for vehicles on the most vulnerable. What are your views? Big Oil Claims Higher Fuel Economy Standards Hurt Poor People The Most. That's A Lie. … Continue reading What is the true impact of fuel economy standards on the poor?
Important lessons from the energy transition in Spain
The Transnational Institute (TNI) published an article on its website about important developments in Spain’s energy transition. What do you think? A renewable energy model based on participation, collective ownership and gender equity The Spanish electricity sector has undergone major changes since 1997, when the government of José María Aznar adopted a decision to … Continue reading Important lessons from the energy transition in Spain
Only two in five of Scotland’s smaller firms feel prepared for risks posed by climate change
This is a problem for practically every country, but it is good to see that there has been a study to see the level of preparation of SMEs in Scotland to cope with climate change. Hannah Burley explains in an article on The Scotsman website. So, what is the situation in your country? Scottish … Continue reading Only two in five of Scotland’s smaller firms feel prepared for risks posed by climate change
Collaboration needed to set climate change policies in Canada, not the courts
Only two years ago there was relatively good consensus on the way forward for climate change policy in Canada. Since then there has been increased “resistance”. Nathalie Chalifour and Jason MacLean provide a good article on the Policy Options website about the situation in the country. As we often hear, no one said the low-carbon … Continue reading Collaboration needed to set climate change policies in Canada, not the courts
New development in energy storage
Rima Sabina Aouf writes on the dezeen website about a new development using concrete bricks to store energy. Energy-storing concrete bricks could be key to proliferation of renewables Renewable energy could reliably power the grid at peak times using an eco-friendly and cost-effective storage solution designed by Swiss start-up Energy Vault. The technology, which works … Continue reading New development in energy storage
London’s world-famous black cabs are major polluters
When one visits London, there is nothing but amazement for the ubiquitous black cabs. While there are moves to have more electric vehicles, at this point in time they are still major polluters. Harry Cockburn explains in an article on The Independent website. London’s black cabs ‘up to thirty times as toxic as personal cars … Continue reading London’s world-famous black cabs are major polluters
World Sustainable Energy Days: Industry comes into focus
World Sustainable Energy Days has been an annual event in late February or early March for over 20 years in Wels, Austria. I’ve attended several of them as a speaker, panel leader or member of the scientific committee for the Young Researchers event. WSED brings hundreds of people together with a wide variety of conferences … Continue reading World Sustainable Energy Days: Industry comes into focus
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