Climate Change The New Economy
Climate Change, Environment
As the amount of renewable energy in global electricity networks continues to surge, a new question arises – when will renewables become the dominant source of energy? A new report, the Lloyd’s Register 2018 Technology Radar, examines this issue and also looks at which technologies are likely to have the biggest impact
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UN Climate Change News, 14 February 2018 - Taxes are effective at cutting harmful greenhouse emissions from energy use, but taxation applied by major economies to CO2 emissions is not enough to fight climate change, say experts with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in the report Taxing Energy Use
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In a move demonstrating its commitment to tackle the threats posed by climate change, New York’s Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced plans to divest the City’s USD 189 billion pension funds of fossil fuel assets. The latest announcement is part of a growing international trend to divest from fossil fuels
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Almost two dozen marine scientists from around the world have issued a warning about an often-overlooked side effect of climate change and pollution. In a paper published this week in Science, they say oxygen is disappearing from increasingly large areas of ocean and threatening marine life. The research, sponsored by an international
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Transitioning the world to 100 percent renewable electricity isn't just some environmentalist pipe dream—it's "feasible at every hour throughout the year" and is more cost-effective than the current system, which largely relies on fossil fuels and nuclear energy, a new study claims. The research, compiled by Finland's Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) and the Berlin-based nonprofit Energy Watch Group (EWG), was
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A new study finds 6.5% of global GDP goes to subsidizing dirty fossil fuels - by Climate Scientist John Abraham - writing in the Guardian. Fossil fuels have two major problems that paint a dim picture for their future energy dominance. These problems are inter-related but still should be discussed separately.
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To address the twin threats of climate change and ocean acidification, nearly every nation has promised to reduce fossil fuel burning. But so far, humanity keeps burning ever more. Last year we did it again, burning an all-time record amount. That's according to data compiled from the latest "BP Statistical Review of World
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Just 100 companies have been the source of more than 70% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since 1988, according to a new report. The Carbon Majors Report “pinpoints how a relatively small set of fossil fuel producers may hold the key to systemic change on carbon emissions,” says Pedro Faria, technical
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The G20 nations provide four times more public financing to fossil fuels than to renewable energy, a report has revealed ahead of their summit in Hamburg, where Angela Merkel has said climate change will be at the heart of the agenda. The authors of the report accuse the G20 of “talking out of both sides
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Berlin, May 29, 2017 – Meeting the world’s agreed climate goals in the most cost-effective way while fostering growth requires countries to set a strong carbon price, with the goal of reaching $40-$80 per tonne of CO2 by 2020 and $50-100 per tonne by 2030. That’s the key conclusion of
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