Insuring our sustainable future

Attending several of the global climate conferences, this was a topic that regularly came up in side events. It is now good to see in the article by Julia Kollewe in the Guardian that the insurance industry is starting to take climate change more seriously. Obviously, it is in their interest and it is certainly … Continue reading Insuring our sustainable future →

Vegetarians and climate change

Now it is important to provide the other side of the food debate. My vegetarian friends are regularly extolling the benefits of their diets. This is a good article by L. V. Anderson in Canada’s National Post about the wider issues and what possibly could be the most reasonable way forward. Could vegetarianism save … Continue reading Vegetarians and climate change →

Economic modelling is so needed and yet . . .

Jenny Banks from WWF UK writes an excellent article in the Guardian about economic models and how they fail to accurately value our health or our environment and how that affects our climate change policies. It is certainly worth reading and thinking about. Now, how to solve it . . . Why Treasury model … Continue reading Economic modelling is so needed and yet . . . →

Inter-generational concerns

What we should do now to safeguard the future is not easy to deal with, especially when we want to enjoy the spoils of our labour and effort. But it is not that simple. Justin Gillis writes a very thoughtful article in the New York Times about some of the issues that we must address. … Continue reading Inter-generational concerns →

Was the recent IPCC report watered down?

Pilita Clark writes in the Financial Times writes that nearly 75 % of a section on the impact of international climate negotiations was deleted at a meeting in Berlin that finalised the report. Most of us never see the behind the scenes deliberations that happen before such reports are published. Climate change report was … Continue reading Was the recent IPCC report watered down? →

Focus on education

While we hear of the waxing and waning priority for climate change, there is steady progress in discussing it in our classrooms, according to Beth Gardiner in the New York Times. The classroom experience can have a strong, long-term impact on changing habits and attitudes. Setbacks Aside, Climate Change Is Finding Its Way Into … Continue reading Focus on education →

Business needs to raise its voice

Recently, EiD has focused on the role of business to address climate change or sustainable energy concerns. This focus continues with an important article by Andrew Winston in Guardian Professional who writes about the dawning realisation of the threat of climate change to business but who cautions that there is not enough urgency when it … Continue reading Business needs to raise its voice →

Companies can become zero energy

The Swedish furniture company has never had so much attention. Dominic Basulto, a futurist and blogger, writes in the Washington Post that all companies should pledge to be net zero energy by 2050, following the example of IKEA that has pledged to do so by 2020. With the eceee industrial summer study coming up in … Continue reading Companies can become zero energy →

How companies should approach climate change

Continuing on the corporate theme this week, Eliot Metzer writes in The Guardian about the need for companies to be transparent on their position on climate change, they must be clear, consistent, and constructive. Corporate lobbying on climate change: silence is not neutrality Questions are rising about how companies should lobby on environmental issues, and … Continue reading How companies should approach climate change →

Some potentially good news coming out of Canada

Ever since Canada dropped out of the Kyoto Protocol and based its economic future on the tar sands, there has been little good news on its efforts to address climate change and sustainable development in general. A ray of hope comes from Marc Gunther writing in the Guardian about the role that oil producers may … Continue reading Some potentially good news coming out of Canada →