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Are Commitment Devices A Solution To Climate Myopia?

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Sep 9, 2024

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Commitment devices offer a potential solution to the gap between climate pledges and action by binding policymakers to long-term goals. Real-world examples, like renewable energy mandates and carbon pricing mechanisms, demonstrate the efficacy of commitment devices in driving sustainable change. However, challenges such as loss of flexibility and democratic deficits must be addressed to ensure the success of these mechanisms in tackling the climate crisis.

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Tipping Points Part 2: Positive Tipping Points

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Apr 16, 2024

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Technological, social or cultural changes can reach tipping points, from which point they accelerate rapidly These tipping points hold the key to rapid progress on climate change We need to identify and accelerate potential tipping points to achieve positive change

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Tipping Points Part 1: Negative Tipping Points

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Apr 16, 2024

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Climate change can cause damaging feedback loops, known as tipping points Tipping points risk dramatically worsening the impacts of climate change Even small temperature increases can determine whether these irreversible tipping points are hit

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What Is Community Choice Aggregation (CCA)?

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Aug 21, 2023

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The Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) programme provides local governments the powers to buy and manage energy on behalf of citizens and businesses. CCA enables local governments to create an electrical buying organisation to purchase power from more sustainable energy sources, like wind or solar. CCAs can also aid in reducing dependency on fossil fuels, which are a significant cause of climate change.

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What Are The Disadvantages Of Electric Vehicles? A Focus On Human Exploitation

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Apr 28, 2022

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The mining of transition materials, crucial to the production of EVs, echoes many concerns of traditional mining. Human rights abuses, disrespect for indigenous people and traditions as well as threatening the livelihoods of the local population are often overlooked in the name of the sustainability transition. Responsible sourcing, increased levels of recycling and honest marketing offer a solution for minimizing the human and environmental cost.

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Energy Taxation Directive

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Jan 31, 2022

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The current ETD is based on volume of fuels, rather than their energy content or impact on the environment. By default this favours fossil fuels. Instead, the revised ETD is based on the content of energy products.The revised ETD expands its regulatory scope to include aviation, shipping and fishing.The new proposal taxes polluting fuels more than cleaner fuels.

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ReFuelEU Aviation

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Jan 19, 2022

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The ReFuel EU Aviation proposal offers targets for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and synthetic aviation fuels from 2025 to 2050 The policy proposal safeguards competitiveness in the air transport industry while ensuring that CO2 emissions linked to fuel in the aviation sector may be reduced by circa 60-61% by 2050 compared to the baseline year The emergence of SAF on the market would lead to a dramatic decline in the reliance of aviation on fossil jet fuel, leading to a 65% reduction of the latter by 2050

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CO2 Standards For Passenger Cars And Vans

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Dec 1, 2021

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The EU is leading the way regarding emission standards. CO2 emissions regulations have been in place for passenger cars since 2009 and for vans since 2011. The proposal strengthens the reduction targets including a 100% reduction by 2035 relative to 2021 meaning the end of internal combustion engines.

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Planned Obsolescence: What Is It?

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Oct 23, 2021

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Planned obsolescence encourages new product purchases and an economy centered around discard vs. repair. Planned obsolescence is responsible for the generation of e-waste, adversely burdening people and the planet. Recovering materials from e-waste and designing products with repairability in mind are readily available alternatives to planned obsolescence.

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Remote Working: Better for the Environment? – Part 3

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Oct 17, 2021

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Working from home can reduce an individual’s overall greenhouse gas emissions and may carry other advantages such as improved work-life balance; However, in some cases, remote working can lead to feelings of isolation and the development of physical and mental health issues and so employees must be supported to create healthy workspace set-ups and stay connected with colleagues; Hybrid working policies may offer the advantages of increased flexibility, whilst alleviating feelings of isolation that may arise from working at home full-time, and can still result in a reduction in emissions.

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