Globally, more than a thousand court cases are demanding that governments and greenhouse gas emitters comply with laws to protect citizens. While there were many commitments made to reduce emissions, actual actions are slow to take place. Irene Banos Ruiz writes on the Deutsche Welle website about recent legal challenges globally. To accelerate climate action, … Continue reading Concerned citizens see legal action as a path for climate action
Nearly-zero energy buildings get important funding in Denmark
To be effective, the energy transition requires our buildings to be as efficient as technically possible. It is encouraging to see that the European Investment Bank is willing to invest in such buildings. The GovernmentEuropa website provides a news item of a recent investment in a building complex in Copenhagen. This is the bank’s first … Continue reading Nearly-zero energy buildings get important funding in Denmark
Advance of e-buses will outpace even electric cars
The electrification of road transport will move into top gear in the second half of the 2020s, thanks to tumbling battery costs and larger-scale manufacturing, with sales of electric cars racing to 28 percent, and those of electric buses to 84 percent, of their respective global markets by 2030. Renewable Energy Magazine provides a news … Continue reading Advance of e-buses will outpace even electric cars
Book review of new history of Chernobyl tragedy
The Chernobyl disaster in 1986 has had a long-lasting impact on our energy and environmental policies. Viv Groskop writes a review in The Guardian about a new book that is the first comprehensive history. Groskop explains that without losing any detail or nuance, the author, Harvard professor Serhil Plokhy, “has a knack for making complicated … Continue reading Book review of new history of Chernobyl tragedy
International investigation into mysterious source of a banned, ozone-depleting chemical now destroying the ozone layer
Scientists are raising a concern that someone is currently making a banned chemical that is destroying the ozone layer. Chris Mooney explains latest developments in an article on The Washington Post website. Someone, somewhere, is making a banned chemical that destroys the ozone layer, scientists suspect Emissions of a banned, ozone-depleting chemical are on the … Continue reading International investigation into mysterious source of a banned, ozone-depleting chemical now destroying the ozone layer
Understanding why air pollution affects quality of life
Richard E. Peltier, Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst explains in an article on The Conversation website in a straightforward manner why air pollution affects all of us and not even necessarily in the most polluted cities of the world. Is air pollution making you sick? 4 questions … Continue reading Understanding why air pollution affects quality of life
National security and the implications of climate change
While this article is about Australia, it is an important message for all countries. Matt McDonald, Associate Professor of International Relations at The University of Queensland writes about a new Australian report that notes that climate change has a range of important security implications, both domestically and internationally. Senate report: climate change is a … Continue reading National security and the implications of climate change
Investors pushing for oil companies to take more action on carbon emissions
This article by Adam Vaughan in The Guardian shows the more activist approach many shareholders are now taking to get oil companies to be more transparent and active in addressing lowering carbon emissions. Shell faces shareholder challenge over climate change approach Royal Dutch Shell faces a shareholder challenge over climate change this week, as … Continue reading Investors pushing for oil companies to take more action on carbon emissions
Latest update on climate mitigation finance
The SDG Knowledge Hub of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the recent update on European developments in climate mitigation finance. Climate Mitigation Finance Update: Focus on Europe In the past month, Europe has seen a flurry of activity relating to finance for climate mitigation, including a €300 million investment partnership between … Continue reading Latest update on climate mitigation finance
Impact of energy efficiency policies on energy consumption
We are always looking for more evidence of the impact of energy efficiency policies and programmes. Kevin Jarzomski and Nicholas Chase write on the American Journal of Transportation Website review scenarios developed in the US Energy Information Administration’s recent Annual Energy Outlook. Would you agree? Changing energy efficiency and fuel economy standards affects energy … Continue reading Impact of energy efficiency policies on energy consumption
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