INDIAN HEATWAVES AT THE LIMIT OF HUMAN SURVIVAL
Photo by Raghu Nayyar As temperatures approached 50°C, March 2022 saw India reach its highest temperatures since records began over 100 years ago, and 2023 may push those records even higher. The northwestern regions are the worst affected by this heat and unlike the sparsely populated Sahara and inland Arabian peninsula (the only other regions […]
CLEAN ENERGY RESET: UK Government to Invest £20 Billion in Carbon Capture
Image Credit – Chris LeBoutillier On Wednesday 15th March, the UK government announced that it will provide £20 billion funding for the Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) programme. The funding was unveiled by Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt, who has previously emphasised the need to scale up the UK’s carbon capture industry and […]
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 […]
CLIMATE TRACE – EMISSIONS TRACKER PAVES THE WAY FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Carbon Emissions Released 2021. Source: https://climatetrace.org/map On the 9th of November at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, founding member Al Gore announced the launch of Climate TRACE’s newly intricate and highly detailed carbon emissions database. Formed in 2021 prior to COP26, Climate TRACE, which stands for Tracking Real-Time Atmospheric Carbon Emissions, is a global non-profit coalition […]
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 […]
