Fixing the Economy to Fix Climate Change
We need to change the way we think about climate change in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) and meet the targets set out in the Paris Agreement. Energy efficiency and switching to renewable energy is only half the story. It is vital, but would only address 55% of global emissions. To reach net-zero, we a ...
Posted on 23/10/24
The Skill Requirements of the Circular Economy
In response to global challenges regarding resource scarcity and environmental concerns, the circular economy (CE) has emerged as a transformative model focused on resource efficiency and waste reduction. As the discourse intensifies, understanding the skill requirements of CE becomes imperative for effective policy-m ...
Posted on 23/10/24
Climate Science Denial
The fact of dangerous anthropogenic global warming (AGW) is now accepted by all but an insignificant number of climatologists worldwide, by every major national and international scientific society, and by every major nonpartisan humanitarian and economic organization. This chapter in the book The Truth About Denial: ...
Posted on 19/10/24
Conceptualizing the Circular Economy (Revisited): An Analysis of 221 Definitions
Circular economy (CE) is based on reduction, reuse and recycling, regardless of whether it is conceptualized as a 3R framework covering the 3R dimensions of reduction, reuse, recycling, as a 4R framework that considers the 4R dimensions of reduction, reuse, recycling, recovery, or as an x-R framework that includes 4R. ...
Posted on 22/08/24
Significant Benefits of a Greening Economy
A new study, “Macroeconomic Impacts of Increased Decarbanisation and Green Industrial Policies in the European Union” by Cambridge Econometrics, models two scenarios for the period 2022 to 2050 and their impact on the economy and the labor market as well as on energy consumption/production, energy prices, and greenhous ...
Posted on 11/07/24
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