All of us know well that air pollution has serious impacts on our health and our need to reduce emissions overall in our climate change strategies. Josh Gabbatiss writes on The Independent website that researchers have been examining the links between air pollution in specific areas and crime. Air pollution is causing crime in London, … Continue reading New research shows that crime in London is driven by air pollution
Explaining why wind energy is growing so quickly around the world
In this second article this week on wind energy, John Hall, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University at Buffalo at the The State University of New York, explains why the wind industry is growing so quickly. Wind energy’s swift growth, explained The wind industry is growing … Continue reading Explaining why wind energy is growing so quickly around the world
Developments in size of wind turbines quite impressive
Wind energy is making impressive gains globally. This week there are two articles on wind energy. In this one Stanley Reed, Carsten Snejbjerg and Rasmus Degnbol explain recent developments in wind turbine technology in a recent article in the New York Times. How Windmills as Wide as Jumbo Jets Are Making Clean Energy Mainstream … Continue reading Developments in size of wind turbines quite impressive
Decentralised renewable energy technologies offer important solution for “under-the-grid” electrification in Africa
Access to energy is a big concern. As Rebekah Shirley, Research Director at Power for All and Visiting Research Scholar at Strathmore University in Kenya writes on The Conversation website, at least 110 million people in Africa still live without such access. But there are some good solutions, she explains. Millions of urban Africans still … Continue reading Decentralised renewable energy technologies offer important solution for “under-the-grid” electrification in Africa
How to get shipping companies to reduce their GHG emissions
The International Maritime Organization recently adopted its first-ever deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions last week. The target is for shipping companies to reduce their emissions by at least 50 per cent from 2008 levels by 2050. Now the challenge is how to achieve those reductions. Paul Gilbert, Senior Lecturer in Climate Change Mitigation at … Continue reading How to get shipping companies to reduce their GHG emissions
The overall sustainability of electric vehicles is far from clear
Interest in electric vehicles has increased sharply in recent years but Martin Brueckner, Senior Lecturer in Sustainability at Australia’s Murdoch University argues in an article on The Conversation website that the overall sustainability of electric vehicles is far from clear and the entire transport paradigm may need to be rethought. Not so fast: why … Continue reading The overall sustainability of electric vehicles is far from clear
Solar industry needs to take broader perspective for long-term success
Varun Sivaram writes a good article on the Washington Post website arguing that solar power could be the star of a clean power revolution, rising to become the world’s largest source of electricity but only if it realises that it might not push for the policies needed for solar and other clean power sources to … Continue reading Solar industry needs to take broader perspective for long-term success
Blockchain’s potential role in sustainable development
Adam Fishman Lynn Wagner explains on the International Institute for Environment and Development SDG Knowledge Hub website about blockchain’s potential for contributing to SDG implementation. This week Energycities also announced a new report on blockchain and the energy transition. It is available here. Policy Brief: SDG Knowledge Weekly: Blockchain in Practice This week’s brief … Continue reading Blockchain’s potential role in sustainable development
“We need to choose between pursuing a sustainable ecological future or accept decent into ecological chaos”
Sometimes there is real value is reading how one person has tried to put all the pieces together in planning for sustainability. Roy Morrison does that in an extended article on the Counterpunch website. What are your views? Climate Truth: a Plan for Sustainability There is a practical path for tackling climate change, for … Continue reading “We need to choose between pursuing a sustainable ecological future or accept decent into ecological chaos”
“The people of northern Canada face many social challenges and are bearing the brunt of global warming”
With the impact of climate change, the Arctic region is incredibly vulnerable and adaptation is not simple. Cody Dey, Emma Hodgson, Aerin Jacob, Jennifer Provencher, David Yurkowski and Jean Polfus write on the Policy Options website that Canada’s federal government should rely on the knowledge of Arctic Indigenous peoples and on Arctic science. These are … Continue reading “The people of northern Canada face many social challenges and are bearing the brunt of global warming”
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