Keith Baker, Research Associate in Sustainable Urban Environments from the Glasgow Caledonian University expresses his frustration with how the British electricity market has evolved with a call for a more radical approach. Keith Baker provides this article on The Conversation website. Electricity is a rip-off – we need a truly radical intervention in the … Continue reading Re-thinking the energy market in Britain
How air conditioning has changed our lifestyles
Emily Badger and Alan Blinder write about air conditioning in the United States and what its impact has been. This is an article in The Upshot section of the New York Times. The Upshot provides news, analysis and graphics about politics, policy and everyday life. This makes for good summer reading as some of you … Continue reading How air conditioning has changed our lifestyles
What is the responsibility of governments in addressing climate change?
John “Skip” Laitner, well known to many EiD readers for his activities in sustainable development, and David A. Schaller, a retired EPA environmental scientist, write a good opinion piece in the Arizona Daily Star about a core government responsibility, using some important analysis from Arizona. What are your views? Schaller and Laitner: Climate action … Continue reading What is the responsibility of governments in addressing climate change?
“Solving problems rather than creating something new . . .”
You should enjoy this article by Brentin Mock on the citylab.com website. He raises an important question whether Tesla is making progress or whether it is simply solving problems. I leave it to EID readers to react to this. It makes for good summer reading. Is Tesla Really Making Progress? The answer lies in … Continue reading “Solving problems rather than creating something new . . .”
Key role of improving buildings as part of our climate change strategies
Working in energy efficiency, one reads regularly about the high potential for buildings to reduce greenhouse gas emissions but somehow achieving that potential is illusive. Daniel A. Barber writes an important blog on the Oxford University Press blog website about building consensus to truly move forward. Daniel A. Barber is Assistant Professor of Architecture at … Continue reading Key role of improving buildings as part of our climate change strategies
Latest update on climate finance
The SDG Knowledge Hub of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the July update on global developments in climate finance. Climate Finance Update: Climate Funds Announced for Africa During the month of July, major multilateral meetings drew attention to the need for adequate and predictable climate finance for developing countries, with only … Continue reading Latest update on climate finance
Industry is starting to get some answers
Very few of us in our work lives can work in a vacuum. There is a need to bounce ideas back and forth; there is a need to test our opinions. There is also a need to learn from the experience of others. This is equally true for managers and technicians when we plan for … Continue reading Industry is starting to get some answers
Latest update on climate finance for mitigation
The SDG Knowledge Hub of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the July update on global developments in climate finance for mitigation. Climate Mitigation Finance Update: Investments Scale Solar Capacity, Improve Energy Efficiency and Accelerate REDD+ Recent solar energy investments include finance for off-grid solar energy in Kenya, 500MW large-scale solar plants … Continue reading Latest update on climate finance for mitigation
How Canada integrates environmental issues into trade agreements
Trade agreements increasingly integrate environmental issues. For years, the World Trade Organisation has been working on agreements related to environmentally-traded goods. Jean-Frédéric Morin, Laura Mordelet and Myriam Rochette from Université Laval write an article on the Policy Options website explaining about Canadian practice. Maybe there will be lessons for Britain's Brexit negotiators. The environment in … Continue reading How Canada integrates environmental issues into trade agreements
Africa’s great leap forward
We are regularly reading about important new developments in sustainable energy on the African continent. Robin Andrews provides a very good article on the IFLScience website about the sustainable energy transition underway in Africa. Africa Set To "Leapfrog" Over Coal And Choose Renewable Energy Instead Despite America’s temporary lack of leadership on the climate … Continue reading Africa’s great leap forward
Energy in Demand - Sustainable Energy - Rod Janssen 