Tag: climate change

Scaling back efforts to combat climate change will come at a price

As mentioned in EiD last week, the UK government is re-thinking its climate change initiatives and giving more emphasis to energy supply options such as shale gas and nuclear energy expansion. Pilita Clark writes in the Financial Times about a new report from the Committee on Climate Change, an independent, statutory body established under the … Continue reading Scaling back efforts to combat climate change will come at a price →

Coal on the move?

Sustainable coal?  Ignoring reality?  The fundamentals on energy policy?  Sophie Yeo writes for the Guardian Environment Network about the pressure the world coal industry is putting on global climate negotiations to face reality about the real importance of coal.  We have seen the World Bank and many other financial institutions stop funding coal-fired power plants … Continue reading Coal on the move? →

Take note . . .

There are many interesting brief new reports or news items that should interest EiD readers. • New Germanwatch report: The End of EU Climate Leadership The EU is no longer the world leader on climate policies. Other major countries have caught up or even outpaced the EU, a new study conducted by Germanwatch says. Even … Continue reading Take note . . . →

Power of the people

Sarah Shemkus reviews an interesting three-day conference in the Guardian that was held in the US recently. The conference was on Crowds and Climate. Harnessing the crowd to promote sustainable innovation MIT's crowds and climate conference discussed the crowd's power to champion sustainability – but is the market ready? Hundreds of academics, activists, scientists, municipal … Continue reading Power of the people →

Climate change and ethics

I first met Don Brown at a climate conference many years ago and was so impressed by his scholarship.  Don is Scholar In Residence and Professor Sustainability Ethics and Law, Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He argues about the ethics and justice issues related to climate change in a powerful and convincing manner.  This short … Continue reading Climate change and ethics →

A green urban network being planned in Hamburg

The German city of Hamburg is planning a green network that will cover 40% of the city area, contributing to resilience and allowing biking, swimming and nature watching in the city.  Elisabeth Braw provides a good overview of the plans in the Guardian. Hamburg's answer to climate change Hamburg is planning a green network that … Continue reading A green urban network being planned in Hamburg →

New OECD book on carbon prices

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published a book, titled 'Effective Carbon Prices,' which synthesizes a number of case studies on carbon prices in 15 selected countries and sectors. The book provides estimates of the costs to society of reducing carbon dioxide emissions in 15 countries using different policy instruments in five sectors: … Continue reading New OECD book on carbon prices →

Major reduction in US carbon emissions since 2010

The website Process, solutions for the process industries, describes the reduction in carbon emissions from large facilities that have taken place in the US since 2010.  Are their comparable data for other countries? US carbon emissions down 10% since 2010 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released data showing that the amount of greenhouse … Continue reading Major reduction in US carbon emissions since 2010 →