Climate Change The New Economy
Climate Change, Environment
“The Internet of Things can help decarbonize our energy system, provide modern energy systems to every human being, manage our infrastructure, and allow us to adapt to and address climate change”. Arun Majumdar, Director of Stanford’s Precourt Center for Energy. At the time of writing 134 of the 197 ministerial countries have ratified the
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One of the key technologies underpinning the 4th industrial revolution (4IR) is 3D printing – also known as Additive Manufacturing (AM). The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) estimates that 3D Printing / AM could be a $5 billion industry by 2020 and can reduce energy costs by 50 percent and cut material costs
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New life forms engineering – a scientist’s dream and a sci-fi fantasy since the genome structure discovery. Imagine, you would not only be reading the extensively long genome code, you would be able to WRITE IT. Such engineering would enable us to create organism structures that have never existed before,
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New Carbon Tracker Report Warns 30% of Spending Is at Risk Five of the world’s six largest listed oil companies risk wasting more than 30% of possible spending - with a total value of USD 2.3 trillion - on projects that are not aligned with the goals of the Paris Climate
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Parts of Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and southwestern USA have seen extremely high May and June temperatures, with a number of records broken. The heatwaves are unusually early and are occurring as the Earth experiences another exceptionally warm year. Average global surface temperatures over land and sea were the second
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Speech by Patricia Espinosa at R20 Austrian World Summit Speaking at the conference “Austrian World Summit: From Sustainable Goals to Real Action”, organized by the group R20 Regions of Climate Action, the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Patricia Espinosa, said that it is the collective responsibility
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By Elizabeth Renski, Executive Editor, CCTNE The G7 Summit of the world’s most advanced economies in the Sicilian city of Taormina, Italy, on 26-27 May, must have been one the most anticipated events ever held. From the moment I arrived at the heavily guarded International Media Centre (IMC) for accredited press,
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New Legislation Sets Goal 5 Years Earlier than Originally Agreed Sweden passed legislation last week which legally binds the country to reach net-zero emissions by the year 2045, five years earlier than previously planned. The new Climate Act passed in parliament with an overwhelming majority vote (254 against 41) and is
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Appoints California Governor Edmund Brown Special Advisor for States and Regions Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. was named Special Advisor for States and Regions ahead of this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23) by Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama – incoming president of COP23 – at a ceremony where Fiji
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Call for Increase in Sustainable Financing The Environment Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom, and European Commissioners responsible for environment and climate, have reaffirmed their strong commitment to the swift and effective implementation of the Paris Climate Change Agreement. In a communique issued at the end
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