1,900th Post: Climate Change As A Wicked Problem
A reflection on climate change and the daunting but exciting task at hand in energy, transportation, industry, food production and so on.
Tagged: Industry
How companies can tap into energy efficiency’s vast potential
For the third part of this series on utilities, and after tackling solar and power purchasing agreements (PPAs), I am going to delve into how companies save energy through efficiency.
China’s holistic approach to combatting climate change
For long, China was seen as a climate villain, fuelling its amazing economic growth by burning more and more coal. But times are changing, and the People’s Republic is emerging as a climate leader.
The United States are entering a post-oil world
When Bloomberg writes that in the United States “ Big Oil Is About to Lose Control of the Auto Industry ” you know there is something going on, especially when they rely on solid BNEF study...
Swiss company unveils white solar panels
The future will be solar powered. We have seen it time and again. But for those fearing a world full of black or blue solar panels, have no fear. If I had reported about...
Is Australia sacrificing its cleantech industry ?
For the past few months I have been worrying about Australia‘s burgeoining cleantech industry as the new government seems hell-bent on preserving coal, even if it has to cost 20,000 jobs.
Afforestt : planting mini super forests everywhere
For the past few years I have grown to become a treehugger, willing to see more trees everywhere as they could clean our air from pollution and prevent climate change. Then comes Afforestt.
Australia is getting isolated on climate
The stance of the current Australian Prime Minister – Conservative Tony Abbott, pictured left – is isolating the country on the global stage as climate change becomes each day more serious. As Climate Progress recently...
South Korea confirms its 2020 climate targets
According to RTCC : ” South Korea remains on course to meet its target of a 30% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 (…) It says the total reduction in climate warming greenhouse...
The future is solar : 49 GW to be installed in 2014
Solar saw another record year in 2013, with as much around 35 GW of capacity installed according to IHS. China and Japan leaded the world in 2013 with 8.6 and 6.3 GW respectively. This...
Book review : Cradle to cradle
Inspiring : that’s the adjective that comes to mind as I have just finished reading Cradle to Cradle, by William McDonough and Michael Braungart. I had heard about that book for quite some time...
Turning trash to gold : global waste market to double
According to a leading American bank, the global waste industry could double to $2 trillion by 2020. This is due to as Business Green notes to ” the combination of urbanisation, looming resource shortages...