Europe’s biggest climate innovation network gives young people the chance to develop business ideas that tackle climate change. Might a business approach offer solutions for dealing with climate change to the next generation, asks ARTHUR WYNS
… people are tackling global warming - one innovation at a time Arthur Wyns | 7th August … 2017 News Climate-KIC Climate Change Business Innovation Training Young People … Europe’s biggest climate innovation network gives young people the …
The climate is in crisis but if we harness the energy and optimism of our farming entrepreneurs, we might just avoid catastrophe.
Innovative farming or climate breakdown Helen Browning | 10th May 2019 News Climate Change Thought Leaders soil ecology The climate is in crisis but if we harness the energy and optimism of our …
Never mind government inaction (or worse) on climate change, writes Assaad W Razzouk. Solar power costs just keep on falling, and it's already providing the lowest cost electricity across much of the world. With $7 trillion of investment piling into the sector, the momentum is now unstoppable.
… it along. Falling costs and financial market innovations are making solar the preferred … of dollars in renewable financing Financial innovation is playing a critical role in … First, this means supporting capital markets innovations by directing multi-lateral …
The 350.org events last Saturday on the International Day of Climate Action give us cause for hope. As Jeremy Smith is discovering, there are thousands of inspiring stories out there about people making a difference
… often come across examples of inspiring local innovations... which I have then realised … is just what a huge number of such inspiring innovations there are out there. The more I … growing, bookshelf for sustainable solutions, innovations and ideas. There's a man in China …
Last week a new billionaires club strode into COP21 in Paris promising big money for 'clean energy': the Breakthrough Energy Coalition. But most of its members are nuclear obsessives, writes Linda Pentz Gunter, from Bill Gates to Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson. And what the the world needs is not 'patient investment' into nuclear research, but impatient investment into renewables deployment.
… power the world" , the website states. "That innovation will result from a dramatically … me that the solution will require significant innovation." More research? More innovation? Why? The chump change of the …
'Open source' is a familiar concept to many web users, providing free, well-supported software across the internet. But could the same principles be used to rapidly disseminate low-carbon technologies around the world?
… Homecampers are able to demonstrate such innovations as lights that switch off when a … miles further south, in Malawi, an energy innovation of a very different type took place … law and agrees to both protect and share innovations.' To move the debate forward in …
Britain has a huge role in effecting the global energy transition to renewables, new shadow energy secretary Lisa Nandy told the Labour Party Conference. But that will mean a complete reversal of Tory policies to attack wind and solar, lock us into polluting fossil fuels and overpriced nuclear power, and maintain 'big six' profits at consumers' expense.
… It demands that we draw on the creativity, innovation and talent that Britain has to … the government is pioneering clean tech innovation using solar energy to connect …
Rutger Bregman and Steven Pinker have missed the point. Effective resistance to global temperature rise will need a fresh narrative.
… laws, norms and markets. Technological innovation Pinker also confronts the potential … change must complement technological innovation if we are to keep global …
With new figures out this month (May 2013) revealing that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have reached an all-time high at 400 parts per million (PPM), the timing for a global competition to find carbon cutting ideas is apt
… Lottery Green Challenge is about using innovation to make a real difference to …
With new figures out this month (May 2013) revealing that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have reached an all-time high at 400 parts per million (PPM), the timing for a global competition to find carbon cutting ideas is apt
… Lottery Green Challenge is about using innovation to make a real difference to …
We are alive in a pivotal year, writes the Earth League. 2015 offers the opportunity to build a sustainable and prosperous future for people and planet. But if we fail to act on climate change, safeguard crucial ecosystems and biodiversity, and secure a just and equitable world order for all, grave and irreversible perils await Earth and all who dwell on her.
… We have just embarked upon a journey of innovation, which can create a new generation … We must unleash a wave of climate innovation for the global good, and enable …
There is more to sustainable transport than cutting emissions, writes Nicola Spurling - like reducing car dependence, cutting congestion, and reducing the need for travel. The Tesla Model S is a wonder of engineering, but does little to address the real challenges.
… is an example of just how far technological innovation could take us towards achieving … impressive but it is concerning to see innovation of this kind being held up as the …
Floods in continental Europe and a record-dry May in Finland’s forests are just two of many examples of climate change in action, says Rewilding Europe. But a new project to harness the carbon sequestration potential of boreal Finland hopes to bring about positive change at a time of intense climate crisis. CATHERINE HARTE reports
Rewilding initiative launched in Finland to address climate change Catherine Harte | 28th June 2018 News Rewilding Carbon Sequestration Climate Change kosteikko3.jpeg Floods in continental Europe and …
Scotland’s seabed ‘rainforests’ are under threat from industry dredging proposals, with potentially significant ramifications for climate change.
… Change Marine Biopolymers Biotechnology Innovation Centre Marine Environment x … a grant from the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) that helps …
The UK's financing of fossil fuels abroad increased tenfold in two years to exceed £1 billion in 2013 / 2014, writes Christine Ottery. Incredibly, the fossil fuel funding increase came after a government promise to use the money to support 'innovative and green technologies'.
UK's soaraway financial support to foreign fossil fuels Christine Ottery Greenpeace Energydesk | 9th January 2015 News UK Finance Fossil Fuels Oil Gas Coal Climate Change Politics …
The future of small island states has to be renewable, says Zaheer Allam. But that's only the first of many choices. It's just as important to develop energy networks that are diverse, resilient, adaptive and flexible - and avoid the centralised, unimodal models that investors and bureaucrats prefer to impose, often at huge long term cost.
Only connect - a renewable energy future for small island states Zaheer Allam | 5th September 2014 Comment Renewable Energy Climate Change Design Cities nasheed-solar-cut.jpg Maldives, October 2010: …
Pastoralist communities have lived in the most challenging environments in Africa for more than 6,000 years. But a dangerous mix of stereotyping, changing governance and climate change is now threatening their way of life. CURTIS ABRAHAM investigates
… years ago was one of humankind’s brilliant innovations. Grasses and shrubs have little to … confronting them today. “There is a lot of innovation going on, but it is not recorded …
The 'Absolute Zero' report demonstrates how the UK can deliver on its climate change commitments. In doing so, it debunks technological utopianism - but what of economy and class?
… in the policy community and in science and innovation, none of them are operating at a … technologies. We should pursue all the innovation we possibly can in the hope that … of steel as we use today. The technology innovations or interventions required to make …
There could hardly be a bigger contrast to the UK, writes Dominic Hinde. Sweden is closing airports and nuclear plants, selling off coal mines, spending billions to cut its greenhouse gas emissions, increasing green spending in developing countries, and is determined to lead by example at COP21 in Paris. Will other nations follow the green trail they are blazing?
… decarbonised railway network. The latest innovations in Swedish policy have been …
We need a renewable energy revolution, an end to fracking, no new nuclear power, efficient homes, and the break up of our energy cartels, writes Jeremy Corbyn, All that, and strong protection for wildlife and oceans, no TTIP trade deal with the US, clean air to breathe, and massive investment in public transport. Is there anything not to like?
Jeremy Corbyn: the green Britain I want to build Jeremy Corbyn MP | 7th August 2015 Comment Politics Energy Climate Change Nuclear Renewables Solar Health Transport Pollution …