Technologies of the Future in Elizabeth Kolbert’s Under a White Sky
Kolbert describes her project as “a book about people trying to solve problems created by people trying to solve problems.”
Bhutan Is Carbon Negative – What The US Can Learn From Them
For many countries like the US, or places like the EU, policy becomes the primary driver in enabling a transition away from fossil fuels. This is where a country like Bhutan can provide valuable insights though it is vastly different in its economic and political structure.
Bhutan is carbon negative and produces 99% of it’s energy needs from hydro
Pricing In The Green EU Deal – Facing Opposition
The new Green EU Deal, announced in July, has as one of its aims, setting a high new price for carbon emissions. If it succeeds in raising the price, not even as far as it aims, it’ll make it a lot easier for clean technologies to prosper.
The Green EU Deal: It’s A Big Deal
the announcement of a European Green Deal. The coverage mentioned pronouncements of accelerated targets for reduced carbon output, and so on. The news cycle moved on.
How To Accomplish Net Zero By 2050
The International Energy Agency (IEA) recently published Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector. The IEA makes the case that in order to reach net zero by 2050, we need to accelerate the development and deployment of clean technologies by 2030 – essentially, we should be focusing our efforts today on technologies already in the market, as well as technologies that are market-ready.
Extantia Capital Hires Sustainability Professor – Francesco Pomponi
Professor Pomponi was well within his means to maintain his professional inertia and become a prominent academic in life cycle analysis and the built environment, but he has recently joined Extantia Capital as Head of Carbon Maths to go directly to the carbon war.
Banking On Climate Solutions
There are many new ways for people to take part in fighting climate change. Ravi Mikkelsen discusses how Atmos Financial is building banking solutions that anyone can contribute to and help the world transition to a clean economy while earning money on their deposits.
Small Cuts In Subsidies For Fossil Fuels
Recent news shows some governments cutting back on subsidies for oil and gas companies. But these are small moves, given the vast scale of the subsidies showered on fossil fuel companies, and they’re not yet cemented in place.
A (key) week in the death of oil
Change happens gradually, and then suddenly. This week, the endgame for oil companies became a lot closer and a lot more evident, suddenly, discontinuously, a jump.
How Startups & Climate Tech Companies Fit in with Doughnut Economics
The Doughnut Economics model–a framework represented by an area between two rings (hence the name “doughnut”) in which an economy is considered prosperous if all 12 of its designated social foundations are met without overshooting its nine major ecological capital ceilings.