The debate goes on about the value and impact of carbon taxes and how they are implemented. Roger Harrabin discusses their impact on the vulnerable in an article on the BBC website. What do you think? How do you stop green taxes hurting the poor? The French humiliation showed people rejected the sort of … Continue reading Impact of carbon taxes
Impact of carbon emissions on our concentration and decision-making
There is much concern that rising levels of carbon dioxide could affect concentration and decision-making of global workforce according to new research. Adam Forrest explains in an article on the Independent website. Climate change likely to make us more stupid, study finds Rising carbon dioxide emissions could cause a decline in the brainpower of … Continue reading Impact of carbon emissions on our concentration and decision-making
Looking at the financial community and the low-carbon energy transition
Remember the financial crisis ten years ago? You have to. Our low carbon energy transition needs significant financing if we are to achieve our Paris climate objectives. Tomaso Ferrando, Lecturer in Law from the University of Bristol writes on The Conversation website that we need to put everything into perspective. COP24: ten years on … Continue reading Looking at the financial community and the low-carbon energy transition
New report on 50 “climate solutions” in cities throughout China
Adam Fishman from the SDG Knowledge Hub at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) explains about an interesting new report from the Asian Development Bank on climate solutions in Chinese cities. ADB Highlights 50 Climate Solutions in China’s Cities A report launched by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) outlines 50 “climate solutions” in … Continue reading New report on 50 “climate solutions” in cities throughout China
Reviewing climate change and employment impacts
Garth Heutel, Associate Professor of Economics at Georgia State University assesses the impact on employment by climate change policies (or the lack of them). He provides this article on The Conversation website. Do climate policies ‘kill jobs’? An economist on why they don’t cause massive unemployment Climate change will hammer the U.S. economy unless … Continue reading Reviewing climate change and employment impacts
The port of Hamburg is to build an experimental magnetic “hyperloop” track
Hamburg is planning to build a hyperloop, not for passengers, but for goods. Oliver Moody provides a good article in The Times about latest developments. Hamburg to send parcels at speed of sound in hyperloop The port of Hamburg is to build an experimental magnetic “hyperloop” track that could propel goods to their destination … Continue reading The port of Hamburg is to build an experimental magnetic “hyperloop” track
Australian mining companies may be in breach of their legal duties by refusing to consider the financial risks posed by climate change
An investor group, Market Forces, finds most Australian mining and infrastructure companies are dismissing climate as a financial risk to their business, in breach of legal requirements. Ben Smee explains in an article in The Guardian. What is the situation in your country? Australian mining giants 'may be breaking law' by ignoring climate change risks … Continue reading Australian mining companies may be in breach of their legal duties by refusing to consider the financial risks posed by climate change
More data needed at city level to demonstrate that emissions are declining
Today most of the GHG emissions is organised at the national or state level, not at city scales according to a new article on The Conversation website. These are the findings for the United States by Conor K Gately and Lucy Hutyra at Boston University. Is it any better in other countries? From pledges … Continue reading More data needed at city level to demonstrate that emissions are declining
Big brother monitors electric cars in China
In cities, CCTV cameras are everywhere and we increasingly feel that authorities are watching our every step. Is it any surprise this should happen when we are in our cars? Now, Andrew Griffin writes in The Independent that authorities in China are now watching drivers of electric cars all the time, claiming that the information … Continue reading Big brother monitors electric cars in China
What is a just transition to a clean energy economy?
We are in the midst of a low-carbon energy transition but don’t really understand all the implications. Franziska Mey and Chris Briggs from the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney try to answer what a fair and just energy transition would look like in Australia. Their article was posted on The … Continue reading What is a just transition to a clean energy economy?
