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”
Why carbon emissions have dropped in Europe’s cars but not for all vehicles
There is a new briefing from the European Environment Agency (EEA) Emissions of carbon dioxide from new passenger cars have dropped in a number of European countries where a range of taxes, subsidies and other incentives are used to encourage consumers to purchase lower-carbon-dioxide (CO2) emitting vehicles. The number of countries offering incentives for electric … Continue reading Why carbon emissions have dropped in Europe’s cars but not for all vehicles
Explaining why South Africa’s state owned energy utility should be generating more from renewables
The low-carbon energy transition is not simple. South Africa’s state-owned energy company, Eskom, has largely encouraged the development of coal and nuclear power. Hartmut Winkler, Professor of Physics at the University of Johannesburg, provides good arguments why Eskom should be moving more in the direction of renewables in an article on The Conversation website. … Continue reading Explaining why South Africa’s state owned energy utility should be generating more from renewables
Comparing fuel economy standards around the world
It is not often we see direct comparisons amongst countries for their fuel economy standards. Brad Plumer and Nadja Popovich recently published an article in the New York Times that provided some useful graphs comparing various countries and regions with projections for several years. You should find this quite valuable. How U.S. Fuel Economy … Continue reading Comparing fuel economy standards around the world
Important upcoming event on industry and the energy transition
We have to do everything possible to achieve our Paris climate agreement objectives and to further the low-carbon energy transition. Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes (EEIP) and the European Copper Institute are organising an event on April 26th in Brussels to discuss the role electrification can play in the transition. Industry has many options at … Continue reading Important upcoming event on industry and the energy transition
Evidence that Russia has infiltrated “critical infrastructure” in US like power plants and gas pipelines
We are realising more and more how vulnerable our economies are. Almost daily we are reading about hacking incidents. Obviously, this is worrying as we live in an increasingly interconnected world. Theodore J. Kury, Director of Energy Studies at the University of Florida writes on The Conversation website about the worrying situation and the steps … Continue reading Evidence that Russia has infiltrated “critical infrastructure” in US like power plants and gas pipelines
New energy-focused microservices designed to help consumers to save money on electricity
Not everyone is going to want a pop-up notification at 2am about lower electricity rates, but for those that do, now there’s a tool that can help. Kyle Field writes an interesting article on the CleanTechnica website about a new energy-focused microservices designed to help consumers save money. It would be good to hear from … Continue reading New energy-focused microservices designed to help consumers to save money on electricity
New online platform to facilitate users’ efforts to evaluate and visualise the state of the environment
Lynn Wagner explains on the International Institute for Environment and Development SDG Knowledge Hub website about a new platform to help users monitor environmental conditions. It could be useful for you. Resource Watch Facilitates Data Access and SDG Monitoring The World Resources Institute (WRI) and over 30 partners have released the beta version of … Continue reading New online platform to facilitate users’ efforts to evaluate and visualise the state of the environment
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