Climate Risk & Economics
As of writing this article, only 27 years are remaining to reach net zero emissions for the majority of the countries so that the global average temperature remains ideally below 1.5°C. Understanding carbon neutrality and net zero represent crucial pathways towards addressing this target.
Sustainability Consultant
The UNEP Food Waste Index 2021 states that in 2019, around 931 million tonnes of food waste were generated around the world – of which 61% came from households, 26% from food service and 13% from retail. Food is currently responsible for approximately 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Sustainability Consultant
Approximately 53% of the green claims made within the European Union (EU) are imprecise, deceitful, or unsupported, while 40% lack any corroborating evidence. The EU’s new green label criteria highlighted that a responsible company must ensure its brand is reliable, comparable, and verifiable.
Sustainability Consultant
The circular design process is a method of creating products and services that are sustainable, ethical, and socially responsible by using the principles of the circular economy that considers reuse, remanufacturing, refurbishing, and recycling.
Sustainability Consultant
Cradle-to-grave is a model representing a product’s full life cycle journey, starting from raw material extraction, production, use, and disposal after the end of its life. At the end of the value chain, the current standard waste management practice is either landfill or incineration, or recycling.
Climate Risk & Economics
Cramming for the Apocalypse This is a guest post by Elizabeth Doerr, the creater of Cramming for the Apocalypse. “[The climate challenge] is about transformation and the stakes for humanity are greater than my heart and mind could barely fathom,” said Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson–marine biologist, policy expert, writer,
Climate Risk & Economics
In January 2023, the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) published the "Mapping the Net Zero Economy" report that dissects and inspects the UK's current state of the clean economy. The report was prepared in partnership with CBI Economics and the Data City.
Climate Risk & Economics
The team of scientists, led by Dr. Lorna Strachan from the University of Auckland, are currently testing the connection between climate change and the increased frequency of earthquakes.
Energy Markets
Russian gas pipeline shipments to the EU decreased by almost 60% in the second half of 2022 compared to June 2021, primarily through the Nord Stream. Gas and electricity costs are currently regulated in several European nations, in part to safeguard vulnerable households.
Climate Risk & Economics
In recent weeks, thousands of people in California remained under evacuation due to flooding that left at least 20 dead. Only 230,000 properties in California, i.e. about 2% are believed to have flood insurance policies.
Climate Risk & Economics
Last weekend, at least 35,000 demonstrators protested the evacuation and mining of the German town Lützerath. The climate activist Greta Thunberg (20) joined the demonstration but was detained by police for a day after a clash.
Climate Risk & Economics
Since COVID-19, home office and hybrid work schedules have become popular, with more people acquiring the possibility to take long weekends and work remotely at their flexible time. This benefit has only increased travelers during a holiday season, such as Christmas.