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We can’t kick the carbon can down the road…

Terra Infirma

I’ve recently started facilitating Sustainable Business seminars with students at Newcastle Business School. On Friday, we were using Climate Interactive’s En-ROADS model which allows you to play with global carbon policies to see how you can limit average climate emissions.

Carbon 105
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How a program in Washington state is bringing climate change into the classroom

Grist

In an article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the scientists argued that a better-educated public could trigger a political tipping point by voting for measures to slow or stop greenhouse gas emissions. A spotter keeps an eye on a wildfire near Omak, Washington, in August 2015.

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This is the future climate hawks want to see

Business Green

It would be easy at this point to simply list the litany of policy failures and the paucity of political leadership documented by the CCC's almost satirically titled progress report. The renewables-hostile planning system, grid bottlenecks, and glacially-paced nuclear pipeline.

Politics 101
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Challenges & Solutions in Sustainable Energy Engineering: Navigating the Transition to a Low-Carbon Future

Hydrogen Fuel News

Integrate sustainability education into school curricula ( Masters in Renewable Energy Engineering ) Offer workshops and seminars to inform communities about available options. The Challenge: Regulatory Barriers and Policies Complex and inconsistent regulations surrounding renewable energy.

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Ed’s note: Energy poverty in our own backyard

Smart Energy International

It brings together academics, policymakers and various experts in the field of energy poverty for a series of seminars, workshops and discussions. The drivers are manifold and deeply structural – they span, at least, across various policies, whether economic, social, employment, energy, climate, taxation, welfare, housing, or health”.

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How Oil Giant Exxon Bought Influence Over the Swedish Moderate Party

DeSmogBlog

Atlas funneled money to the network’s more than 500 member organizations around the world for advocacy, lobbying, and political influence. At the same time, Moderate politicians and others in the Timbro sphere have in turn given oil lobbyists access to the highest political offices in Sweden.

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IEA Think Tank Contributes to Climate Science Denial Documentary

DeSmogBlog

The IEA has extensive influence in politics and the media. From Brexit to Trussonomics, the IEA has consistently peddled and promoted destructive and damaging policies,” Green Party MP Caroline Lucas told DeSmog. The IEA also received a £21,000 grant from U.S. oil major ExxonMobil in 2005.