NEW CHARGING TECHNOLOGY TO BE A KEY COMPONENT IN POWERING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Image Credit – myenergi XTD is a unique charging circuitry that can provide up to a 400% increase in battery capacity, paving the way for the future of green power. This secret and revolutionary process, which has involved over 10 years of research and development and is currently awaiting a patent, is based on a […]
NEW COAL MINE PLACES PRESSURE ON UK CLIMATE TARGETS
Image Credit – Dominik Vanyi The UK government has given the go-ahead for the first new deep coal mine in decades Approval for the development of the mine in Copeland, Cumbria, UK has been a lengthy process, taking eight years of negotiations and having been pushed back three times.1 However, an enquiry nearing 400 pages […]
THE WINNERS AND LOSERS: UK UNIVERSITIES VARY IN COMMITMENTS TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS
Dom Fou – Image Credit People & Planet is the UK’s largest student network, campaigning on human rights, global poverty, and the environment. Annually, the network compiles and releases University League, the only comprehensive and independent league table of UK universities focussing on sustainability and transparency.1 Universities are ranked against a variety of environmental sustainability […]
THE POWERFUL PRESENCE OF FOSSIL FUEL LOBBYISTS
Image Credit – Tasos Mansour A coalition of 126 civil society groups have called for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to exclude fossil fuel lobbyists from attending future climate talks, claiming that ‘climate action will always be inadequate if polluting interests are allowed to obstruct.’1 This demand comes after a record […]
NEW LOSS AND DAMAGE FUND COMPENSATES VULNERABLE COUNTRIES FOR CLIMATE INEQUALITIES
Image Credit – Adeel Shabir A monumental agreement has been struck by G77 nations on a new loss and damage fund. The documents were published on Sunday morning, (20th November) over 36 hours after negotiations at COP27 were scheduled to end. The proposal finally made it onto the agenda of this year’s global climate summit […]
GOOD NEWS ON INTERNATIONAL ENERGY SOURCING
Image Credit – American Public Power Association The Global energy crisis marks a ‘historic turning point’ in the transition away from fossil fuels according to the IEA (International Energy Agency). Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine which began in February last year has accelerated the transition to renewable energy, according to the IEA’s annual report on […]
SHOWING UP FOR COP27
Image Credit – Jordan Madec COP27 is the United Nations Climate Change Conference, and in November 2022 the 27th conference will be hosted by the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt. The conference takes place every year and unites around 200 countries who present their plans to reduce carbon emissions. The 2021 conference, COP26, […]
COP27 AND COCA-COLA: PR COUP OR PR DISASTER?
Image Credit – Maria Mendiola Coca-Cola is the headline sponsor of COP27. While some folks are Furious – there is a petition to remove the company as sponsor currently running on Change.org – some specialists (see LinkedIn) are pointing out that it’s better for the organisation “to have a seat at the table” – and […]
WHEN IS ‘ACTIVIST CHAOS’ ACCEPTABLE?
Image Credit – Emily Malkin Today, 17th October 2022, two members of Just Stop Oil closed the Queen Elizabeth II bridge on the M25 between Kent and Essex for 24 hours. These brave and passionate souls climbed masts that tower 84 metres over the motorway, diverting traffic through the two lane tunnel and creating chaos […]
UK MUST STEP UP FOR NET ZERO
Image Credit – Heidi Fin The UK government has come under fire for dragging its feet on climate targets, as the Climate Change Committee, in a condemning report,¹ finds that it is not on track to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The 2022 Progress Report to Parliament finds ‘major failures’ in the […]
