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Author Archives: Mike Andrews
SAP/SBEM and Planning Applications
SAP/SBEM and Planning Applications I get asked to provide SAP and SBEM calculations to support Planning Applications for local authorities around the country. Where we’re based it’s on the border between Bath & North East Somerset and Wiltshire, with Bristol, … Continue reading
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Four good news climate stories from 2023
Four good news climate stories from 2023 Will de Freitas, The Conversation We don’t want to give you the wrong idea: things are bad. Antarctic ice sheets are melting, the fossil fuel lobby was everywhere at the COP talks, and even … Continue reading
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How to make your life greener in 2024
j.chizhe/Shutterstock Ian Williams, University of Southampton and Alice Brock, University of Southampton People all around the world traditionally use their new year to embark on a change in lifestyle. The People’s Climate Vote, a UN survey of public opinion on … Continue reading
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Climate summits are too big and key voices are being crowded out – here’s a better solution
Alix Dietzel, University of Bristol and Katharina Richter, University of Bristol Every year, the official UN climate summits are getting bigger. In 2021 at COP26 in Glasgow there were around 40,000 participants, COP27 in 2022 in Sharm el-Sheikh had 50,000. … Continue reading
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Five major outcomes from the latest UN climate summit
Mark Maslin, UCL; Priti Parikh, UCL, and Simon Chin-Yee, UCL The latest UN climate summit, COP28, was always going to be controversial. It was held in a state whose economy is heavily dependent on oil and gas – the United … Continue reading
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Genetically modified crops aren’t a solution to climate change, despite what the biotech industry says
Anneleen Kenis, Brunel University London and Barbara Van Dyck, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) The European Commission launched a proposal in July 2023 to deregulate a large number of plants manufactured using new genetic techniques. Despite extraordinary attempts by the … Continue reading
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The COP28 climate agreement is a step backwards on fossil fuels
Alaa Al Khourdajie, Imperial College London; Chris Bataille, Columbia University, and Lars J Nilsson, Lund University The COP28 climate summit in Dubai has adjourned. The result is “The UAE consensus” on fossil fuels. This text, agreed upon by delegates from … Continue reading
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COP28: countries have pledged to cut emissions from cooling – here’s how to make it happen
Saikat Paul/Shutterstock Radhika Khosla, University of Oxford Cast your eyes over the statistics in a new report I helped author on staying cool in a warming climate and the urgency becomes clear: 1 billion people, mostly in Africa and Asia, … Continue reading
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From the Paris agreement to COP28, how oil and gas giants try to influence the global climate agenda
Sadi-Santos/Shutterstock Alain Naef, ESSEC There is “no science” behind demands to phase out fossil fuels, according to the current COP president. This level of cynicism at the top of the annual climate summit makes it less surprising that the conference … Continue reading
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How bird feeders help small species fight infection
Great tits are familiar visitors to gardens. allanw/Shutterstock Hannah Watson, Lund University Every day, throughout the world, people put huge quantities of food out at feeding stations for birds and other wild animals. Although we know that connecting with nature … Continue reading
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