Climate Crisis
Carsten Pedersen, Felix Mallin: Ruling the Waves
How corporations are deepening their control of global ocean politics Read Here
Transport
Sustainability
Robin McAlpine – Green Transport: not as easy as you might think
In this age of Teslas and hydrogen, surely taking the carbon out of transport is fairly easy? Well, yes and no… Robin McAlpine is the director of the Scottish think and do tank Common Weal […]
Climate Crisis
Martin Cames: Smoke on the Water – Effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions of international shipping
One of the largest drivers of emissions worldwide, though hardly noticed, is shipping. In his presentation, Martin James examines the emissions trends of shipping in the past and future by country and region, its share […]
Climate Crisis
ICCT: What if I told you cruising is worse for the climate than flying?
Cruising is a way to visit some of the most pristine and spectacular places on earth, and we hear a lot about how flying is bad for the climate, right? Right. But what if I […]
Climate Crisis
DeSmog UK – How Car and Airline Advertising ‘Misleads’ the Public and Threatens Climate Action
Major car and airline companies are using adverts that greenwash their business while continuing to push highly polluting products that put the world’s climate goals at risk By Rachel Sherrington Lead Researcher and Reporter at […]
Climate Crisis
Transport & Environment: MEPs opt for weak car targets in blow to affordable EVs and the climate
EU Parliament must support more ambitious 2030 target and interim 2027 goal to drive down electric car prices and help countries cut their transport emissions. Read Here
EU politics
ICCT – Hybrids in Germany: Within the EU’s CO2 standards, the subsidy does more harm than good for the climate
Effective climate policy requires a realistic assessment of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Otherwise, policy measures may result in little climate benefit despite high costs. In the worst case, as with the purchase premiums for plug-in […]
Climate Crisis
Drilled News: Debunking Demand (IPCC Mitigation Report)
On April 4, 2022, the IPCC released the mitigation report for its current cycle and folks if the 2018 report was blunt, this one is absolutely screaming “do something!!!” Read Here ´
Aviation
Kevin Anderson – Timely responses to the climate emergency: what role for aviation?
A talk in our series “Economics beyond the Swabian hausfrau” Kevin’s talk begins at minute 5.
Climate Crisis
Vila Web: London, Paris, Rome and Milan criticize pulling back of Barcelona’s Low Emission Zone
While “illiberal” Poland and Hungary are now the EU heroes (and German hypocrisy is being politely ignored), Spain’s fascist justice system keeps barrelling along. Read Here Photo: IonutDragu licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike […]