Cooling solutions ‘must be efficient to avoid warming cycle’

Jul 26, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability & Environment 0

The growing requirement for access to cooling risks increasing energy demand and causing further climate change impacts if highly efficient technologies aren’t used. That’s according to UN-led...

World’s young people ‘could face $535tn climate bill’

Jul 26, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Sustainability & Environment, Low Carbon, Top Stories 0

The financial burden for young people could total $535 trillion (£410tn) if action to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions is delayed. That’s according to a new study published in...

Global temperatures ‘on course for 4°C rise’

Jul 19, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Policy & Legislation, Sustainability & Environment 0

Global temperatures are currently on course to rise by up to 4°C, twice as far as the limits set out in the Paris Agreement. That’s according to asset manager Schroders, which has published a...

Global flood losses ‘could hit $52bn a year by 2050’

Jul 18, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability & Environment 0

If climate change continues unabated, global flood losses are expected to increase to $52 billion (£39.9bn) per year by 2050 from $6 billion (£4.6bn) in 2005. This flooding will have...

UK ‘must make urgent plans to meet 2032 climate goals’

Jun 30, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Policy & Legislation, Sustainability & Environment 0

The UK Government must set out a plan to meet legal targets for emission reductions by 2032 as matter of urgency. That’s according to the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), which is calling on the...

Oil firms ‘wasting cash and not going green’

Jun 21, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Coal, Gas & Oil 0

Five of the world’s six largest oil firms are wasting a third of possible spending on uneconomic projects incompatible with international climate goals. That’s according to a new report by Carbon...

Sweden says it will go ‘carbon neutral by 2045’

Jun 20, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Policy & Legislation 0

The Swedish Government has announced it intends to make the country carbon neutral by 2045. The legislation was approved by an 86% majority of 254 to 41 and will come into effect on the 1st...

Women and under-40s ‘key to tackling climate change’

Jun 19, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability & Environment 0

Women and young people hold the key to fighting climate change. That’s according to a new survey from Decision Technology, which suggests women feel more negatively about climate change than men,...

Impacts of EU deforestation ‘must not be hidden’

Jun 19, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability & Environment 0

EU countries should not be allowed to hide the impacts of forest policies that increase net carbon dioxide emissions. That’s according to an open letter written by a group of environmental...

Arctic environment has ‘knock-on effects around globe’

Jun 15, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability & Environment 0

Changes in the Arctic environment due to climate change could have knock-on effects in Europe and the rest of the world. As well as directly affecting the region’s environment, ecosystems, economy...