Carbon Brief asked attendees at The International Conference on Negative CO2 Emissions 2018, in Gothenburg, “What needs to happen for negative emissions to become a reality at scale?” https://www.carbonbrief.org/negative-emissions-scientists-meet-sweden-first-international-conference
In this eight part film Denis Postle provides a thought provoking view on Earth and our society. Do we have a Future? What kind of Future? What could get in the way? Can we learn to think and feel like a Planet? Messages From The Blue Planet – What if planet Earth could talk? Messages…
Responding to Climate Change (Warren Buffet, Bloomberg, Al Gore, Albright)“Big Problems. Big Thinkers.” features acclaimed journalist Terre Blair interviewing an extraordinary group of leaders to find solutions to some of the most urgent challenges facing humanity. Terre asks Warren Buffett, Ted Turner, Madeleine Albright, and others if a framework of ethics and values can help…
During the Great Depression in the 30s, CO2 emissions fell about 30 percent. However, the 2008 financial crisis only marginal affected CO2 emissions, followed by a sharp rise. Trade policies have been linked to the Great Depression. Could Trump Tariffs yield a similar outcome? Links Recession did not lower C02 emissions http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/recession-did-not-lower-c02-emissions-6272333.html Rapid growth in…
Update September 2021: NYT, Globally, estimates of Bitcoin’s use of renewables range from about 40 percent to almost 75 percent. But in general, experts say, using renewable energy to power Bitcoin mining means it won’t be available to power a home, a factory or an electric car. Update May 2021: Notice that the figures cited in…
After Bitcoin, Ethereum is the second largest cryptocurrency in the world, with a market capitalization of over $100 billion. In December 2017 Buterin briefly addressed energy consumption of Ethereum mining, and what he plans to change the issue. Vitalik Buterin Lays Out Ethereum 2.0 Roadmap In Taiwan https://cointelegraph.com/news/vitalik-lays-out-ethereum-20-roadmap-in-taiwan Related Ethereum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethereum Proof-of-stake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof-of-stake
Forget Bitcoins; invest in green renewable energy with WePower tokens https://www.treehugger.com/green-investments/forget-bitcoins-invest-green-renewable-energy-wepower-tokens.html https://wepower.network WePower @Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/WePowerNetwork WePower ICO Review – Tokenized Green Energy Markets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9VNYgIcNg8 WePower on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsocTWqQzDvoLBf2sVj96lQ Wind power generates 140% of Denmark’s electricity demand https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/10/denmark-wind-windfarm-power-exceed-electricity-demand Scotland’s wind turbines provided more electricity than the country needed four days in a row http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/scotland-wind-turbines-more-electricity-country-needs-four-days-renewable-energy-power-national-grid-a7517066.html Report: Wind…
Richard Damania, Lead Economist of Water Global Practice, The World Bank speaks at keynote event October 2017. What are the effects of droughts and floods on firms, farms and families? They are more significant and numerous than previously known. New data reveals how increasingly erratic rainfall, poorly managed water supplies, and deepening water deficits can…
The price of offshore wind has dropped by 50% in two years in the UK – we asked the head of renewables at Scottish Power to explain what’s going on https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2017/09/19/video-offshore-wind-suddenly-cheap-uk