By Lisa Luna, Rapid Transition Alliance
For the past two years, the Climate Action Tracker has been producing a series of memos that look at the decarbonisation required in high-emitting sectors to meet the Paris Agreement’s 1.5˚C warming limit.
By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance
Rhodes argues that the only realistic – and the most ethical – way forward is a gradual progression on the path we are already taking, and that means an “all energy sources except coal and oil” strategy.
By David Spratt, Climate Code Red
And the big picture? Despite 25 years of global climate policy-making, decarbonisation rates are not even close to what is required.
By Rob Macquarie, Postive Money
In our report released today A Green Bank of England, we propose several policies and political reforms that would hardwire the Bank of England for climate sustainability.
By Chris Nelder, Energy Transition Show
As energy transition proceeds we’ll need to move well beyond decarbonizing electricity generation and into transportation and space heating powered by renewables.
By Chris Nelder, Energy Transition Show
“Deep decarbonization” is all the rage in energy circles, but what does it really mean for actually retrofitting and remodeling buildings? Is it just about replacing oil and gas-fired boilers and furnaces with electric equivalents? Or does it actually mean something far more complex and interesting? Our guest in this episode is a registered engineering technologist in building construction technologies and an award-winning expert on the integration of the building sciences and health sciences...
By Simon Evans, Carbon Brief
UK heating must be virtually zero-carbon by 2050, says the Committee on Climate Change (CCC).
By Samuel Alexander, Esther Alloun, The Simplicity Institute
As promising as the Transition movement may be, there are crucial questions it needs to confront and reflect on if it wants to fully realise its potential for deep societal transformation.