Tagged: paris climate summit

Have we finally reached peak fossil fuel emissions? - Guest Work

Guest Author • Dec 08, 2015 •

• carbon emissions,
• coal,
• coal mining,
• COP21,
• Economy,
• fossil fuel peak,
• paris climate summit

Pep Canadell, CSIRO Despite robust global economic growth over the past two years, worldwide carbon emissions from fossil fuels grew very little in 2014, and might even fall this year. A report released today by the Global Carbon Project has found that fossil fuel emissions of carbon dioxide grew by only 0.6% in 2014, breaking with … Read More

Removing atmospheric CO2 won’t save us: we must cut emissions now - Guest Work

Guest Author • Dec 08, 2015 •

• astmospheric co2,
• carbon sequestration,
• climate change,
• COP21,
• paris climate summit,
• renewable energy,
• Sustainability

Pete Smith, University of Aberdeen and Pep Canadell, CSIRO Over 190 countries are negotiating in Paris a global agreement to stabilise climate change at less than 2℃ above pre-industrial global average temperatures. For a reasonable chance of keeping warming under 2℃ we can emit a further 865 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2). The climate … Read More

Guilt-free tourism: would you pay $11 for a carbon-neutral holiday? - Guest Work

Guest Author • Dec 07, 2015 •

• carbon neutral,
• climate change,
• COP21,
• decarbonisation,
• fossil fuels,
• New Zealand,
• paris climate summit,
• research,
• tourism,
• Travel

Colin Michael Hall, University of Canterbury Travelling carbon free for about the cost of a salad in New York? Yes, please. This is the good news that’s emerged from a study that found the damaging effects of tourism emissions could eventually be eliminated if travellers paid an average of just US$11 per trip. Our research, published recently in … Read More

How a global solar alliance can help developing countries - Guest Work

Guest Author • Dec 07, 2015 •

• climate change,
• COP21,
• developing countries,
• paris climate summit,
• renewable energy,
• solar energy,
• solar panels,
• Sustainability

Xavier Lemaire, UCL The International Solar Alliance announced by India at the Paris climate conference invites together 120 countries to support the expansion of solar technologies in the developing world. The cost of solar cells has decreased spectacularly over the past four decades, and the trend seems likely to continue. Solar energy has moved from a … Read More

Kiribatian households mull climate migration - Guest Work

Guest Author • Dec 04, 2015 •

• climate change,
• climate refugees,
• COP21,
• Kiribati,
• migration,
• Nauru,
• paris climate summit,
• refugees,
• rising sea levels,
• sea levels,
• Tuvalu

Andrew Geddes, University of Sheffield The Paris climate summit has come too late for Ioane Teitiota from the Pacific island nation of Kiribati, who made history when his case for asylum in New Zealand was rejected in September. His claim for protection was based on the effects of climate change. Kiribati president Anote Tong has argued … Read More

Sea level rise is real: why we need to retreat from unrealistic advice - Unsorted

Guest Author • Dec 04, 2015 •

• climate change,
• coastal defences,
• coastal flooding,
• COP21,
• paris 2015,
• paris climate summit,
• Sea level,
• sea level rise,
• sea levels

Mark Gibbs, Queensland University of Technology Coastal communities around the world are being increasingly exposed to the hazards of rising sea levels, with global sea levels found to be rising faster over the past two decades than for the bulk of the 20th century. But managing the impacts of rising seas for some communities is being … Read More