Europe’s transport sector is making only mixed progress in meeting its environment, health and climate policy targets, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) assessment published this week, which tracks the short and long-term environmental performance of this key economic sector across the European Union. Reducing the environmental, health and climate pressures arising from Europe’s … Continue reading More from the European Environment Agency: mixed progress for Europe’s transport sector in meeting environment, climate goals
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This week’s briefs
This week there are some items that should be of interest to you. First, the European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (eceee) provides an explanatory note on why the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, that is currently under revision, must focus on energy needs. Second, there is a good article on how to minimise … Continue reading This week’s briefs
The need for investors to know risks due to climate change
There are concerns that many of our investments will be at risk due to climate change. But how much should shareholders be told? Gareth Hutchens explains in The Guardian about the findings from a thinktank in Australia Australian shareholders should be told of climate risk to profits, says thinktank Australian companies need to start … Continue reading The need for investors to know risks due to climate change
Latest update on climate mitigation
The SDG Knowledge Hub of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the October update on global developments in climate mitigation. Mitigation Update: Progress on Shipping Emissions, HFC Quotas, and Clean Energy in Samoa While the UN Climate Change Conference was underway in Bonn, Germany, several organizations, corporations and countries announced initiatives and … Continue reading Latest update on climate mitigation
What Nicholas Stern is saying about the price for carbon
Jennifer Gallé interviewed Nicholas Stern, Chair of the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science on The Conversation France website about his views on the right price for carbon. You should enjoy. Setting the right price for carbon: five questions for economist Nicholas Stern The economist Nicholas Stern, who … Continue reading What Nicholas Stern is saying about the price for carbon
Australian government’s foreign policy white paper raises major concerns about impact of climate disasters
We keep getting conflicting signals from Australia about its sustainable energy priorities. It is a major producer and exporter of fossil fuels and that has been a major element of its overall economic strength. It has run hot and cold over supporting renewable energy. The same can be said for energy efficiency. Katharine Murphy writes … Continue reading Australian government’s foreign policy white paper raises major concerns about impact of climate disasters
How the Trump administration is making it harder to find government information about climate change
Toly Rinberg and Andrew Bergman provide an excellent opinion article in the New York Times about how the current administration in Washington is dismantling the EPA climate change website. We shouldn’t be surprised, given everything that has happened to the EPA this year, but it is definitely worrying. Censoring Climate Change The Trump administration … Continue reading How the Trump administration is making it harder to find government information about climate change
Good progress in reducing carbon emissions in Britain
With the Bonn climate conference just ended, there have been many articles related to efforts to reduce emissions. Jillian Ambrose writes in The Telegraph about the progress made in the UK. She explains that Britain has come into the top 10 in the low-carbon electricity league table for the first time and that coal-fired power … Continue reading Good progress in reducing carbon emissions in Britain
Effect of telling stories about climate change on changing behaviour
The types of stories that are told can have a positive impact on behaviour. Two academics, Tom van Laer from the University of London and Ross Gordon from Macquarie University provide a good article on their related research work on The Conversation website. Concerning story telling, EiD would also recommend you go to the IEA … Continue reading Effect of telling stories about climate change on changing behaviour
Britain sees advantages with Dutch “Energiesprong” approach to renovation
Somehow we have to a new approach or a new set of approaches to seriously renovate our entire building stock to an ambitious level (factor four?). Recently, BPIE stated that 97% of our building stock needs updating. Our low carbon strategies need us to increase our ambition, our population segments suffering from fuel poverty need … Continue reading Britain sees advantages with Dutch “Energiesprong” approach to renovation
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