CARBON LEAKAGE: CURRENT CHALLENGES AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS
Carbon based emissions are now proven to be a harmful by-product to humans and the environment. An excess of CO2 in the atmosphere, in addition to an increase in the […]
Pollution
The power of algae as biofuel
How Danish researchers use seaweed to turn on a car Being sustainable also means thinking outside the box. This is what the researchers of the Danish group MacroFuels did, by […]
We Are Still In! – United States is much more than Trump
As probably many of you already know, Donald Trump announced this summer he will pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement. Only two countries were not part of […]
Well done Montreal!
Montreal 1989, does it remeber anything to you? Back in that year “Perhaps the single most successful international agreement to date” (Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations) was […]
Closing the Loop – The new circle starts now!
The Council of the European Union has just presented its draft conclusions to take the circular economy plan a step further. In the report it stresses the need for more funding in […]
Extreme weather is due to Climate Change. Really?!
Every once in a while, I meet someone who doesn’t believe in climate change. They say that all the changes are happening since the beginning of the time and will […]
Paris Summit 2015 – Each country’s pledge
Carbon Brief has been following each country’s pledge towards the Paris 2015 summit. Here on this post you will find more details on how each country pledged in the upcoming […]
What is emission trading and what is it good for? Part 1 of 2
Today I would like to write about an issue that is so wide that I decided to divide it in two parts: Emission Trading. As you might know (or not) […]
It’s time we Indians start taking the measure against the increasing pollution
I was born and grew up in Delhi. Honestly I remember one of my closest friend had severe asthma problems especially during the winters. In Delhi, in winters we have […]
Noise pollution and its negative effects on the environment
Noise pollution is very often an underestimated problem, and in our modern world noise is a always present factor that influences quality of life. Environmental noise is usually defined as the […]