Biodiversity risks to persist well beyond future global temperature peak
Even if global temperatures begin to decline after peaking this century because of climate change, the [...]
Month: June 2022
First evidence of microplastics in Antarctic snow
University of Canterbury researchers have published the world’s first study confirming the discovery of microplastics in [...]
How global trade can help the climate
The climate policy potential of international trade rules agreed by the World Trade Organization (WTO) still [...]
Japan tests deep-ocean current turbines in search of new renewables
Renewable energy potential is not distributed evenly. Japan, for example, has sub-par solar potential and nowhere [...]
How taxing the rich can help everyone
Taxing rich peoples’ gains from capital can help reduce inequality while keeping up overall prosperity – [...]
World´s first organic photovoltaic cell on recycled material
Sustainable and Smart becomes real – World´s first organic photovoltaic cell on recycled material made by [...]
Three issues for the Leaders’ Summit in Elmau
The dust has settled after the G7 Ministerials in May, and the Leaders’ Summit in Elmau [...]
Donating used Lithium-ion batteries to Africa?
The export of used lithium-ion batteries for second-life applications from Europe to Africa must follow clear [...]
Freshwaters release methane – even when they dry out
Freshwaters are underestimated sources of greenhouse gases. Researchers with IGB have now shown that even drying [...]
Modern wind turbines can more than compensate for decline in global wind resource
Freiburg environmental meteorologists develop global techno-climatic scenarios and site projections until 2060. Wind energy contributes significantly [...]
Saving energy – if not now, when?
In view of the economic consequences of the Ukraine war, the time has come for “demand-side [...]
Climate Economics: Policies change People
The makers of climate policy should rethink about how people think: A team of researchers led [...]
New plug-in hybrids deviate even more from test cycle fuel consumption than older vehicle models
Plug-in hybrid vehicles accounted for about 9% of all new passenger car registrations in Europe in [...]
The alternative is called the solar age
Before the Putin invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, Russia controlled seven percent of the [...]
Record growth in renewables, but world missed historic chance fora clean energy recovery, says latest REN21 report
The share of renewables in global energy use stagnated in 2021, despite record additions to renewable [...]
Protecting the Ocean-Climate-Nexus – Policy Recommendations for Germany
Mangrove forests, seagrass beds and salt marshes, macroalgae and marine sediments: All of these marine ecosystems [...]