We are regularly reading about fossil fuel divestment as part of the energy transition. Katharina Wecker writes on the Deutsche Welle website about how indigenous women travelled to Europe to meet with European banks to push for fossil fuel divestment. Indigenous women show the way for banks to divest from fossil fuels First Nations … Continue reading Indigenous women met with European banks to push for fossil fuel divestment
Latest update on climate finance institutions
The SDG Knowledge Hub of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the March and April update on climate finance institutions. Climate Finance Institutional Update: IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings Promote Investment in Sustainable Growth During the months of March and April 2018, finance experts addressed global financial and economic risks, including … Continue reading Latest update on climate finance institutions
New study shows increased vulnerability of low-lying tropical islands
Rising sea levels are of concern, as we better understand the impacts of climate change. If any of you have been to the annual global UNFCCC climate conferences, representatives from island states have been vocally raising concern, as their futures are increasingly vulnerable. In a different view of the problem, Chris Mooney and Brady Dennis … Continue reading New study shows increased vulnerability of low-lying tropical islands
New research shows that crime in London is driven by air pollution
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
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