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Mobility‘Fast tech’ is unsustainable: The circular economy is the smart answer for growth
Designing durable, reusable, and recyclable products helps tech companies challenge the reign of ”fast tech”. https://www.fastcompany.com/90772025/fast-tech-is-unsustainable-the-circular-economy-is-the-smart-answer-for-growth
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MobilityIs population the cause of “planet disaster”?
Facts are sacred and we must accept them as they loom large over us as Damocles’ sword. The risk of being called an ‘alarmist’ is worth taking in the war to save our only abode in the universe, the Earth. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/is-population-the-cause-of-planet-disaster/
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MobilityGlobal warming sparked the rise of the reptiles: New Study
Scientists so far believed that the reptile population explosion was due to the extinction of their competitors. However, this new study led by Harvard University indicates that extreme climate change, rather than mass extinction, was behind the boom millions of years ago. https://www.cnbctv18.com/environment/global-warming-sparked-off-rise-of-the-reptiles-new-study-14559722.htm
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MobilityCan Phoenix, the hottest city in America, survive climate change?
On the downtown streets in America’s hottest city the temperature has hit 109 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s 1 o’clock in the afternoon in late June and the sidewalks are mostly empty, but an elderly woman carrying an umbrella passes by walking her terrier, the dog’s tiny feet fitted with leather moccasins to protect them from the scorching concrete. https://news.yahoo.com/can-phoenix-the-hottest-city-in-america-survive-a-changing-climate-090020499.html
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MobilityWestern U.S. faces water and power shortages due to climate change, U.N. warns
In the wake of a setback from his legislative agenda to combat climate change, President Biden on Wednesday announced a set of new actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. https://www.yahoo.com/author/ben-adler
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MobilitySouth Korea hit with deadly flooding as climate change makes extreme rainfall events more frequent
The unprecedented rate of rain, which the Korea Meteorological Administration had warned would reach 2 to 4 inches per hour, turned roads into rivers and lakes, knocked out service to the subway system and submerged entire neighborhoods. https://news.yahoo.com/south-korea-hit-with-deadly-flooding-as-climate-change-makes-extreme-rainfall-events-more-frequent-190255330.html
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MobilityBad news: Study reveals the Arctic is warming much faster than previously thought
The Arctic is warming much faster than previously thought, according to a new study, which highlighted the challenges ahead for limiting climate change and keeping global temperatures in check. https://news.yahoo.com/bad-news-study-reveals-the-arctic-is-warming-much-faster-than-previously-thought-180850752.html
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MobilityIn a rush to replace Russian gas, the EU has damaged its own climate change strategy
The European Union’s recent proposals to end imports of Russian gas before 2030 in the wake of the Ukraine invasion are blighted by the bloc’s support for unnecessary and expensive technologies.
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MobilityScholz says "no technical reasons" for reduced gas flows from Russia
Russia is ready to use “pretexts and invented reasons” to obstruct Europe’s energy supply, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said as his government prepares for a possible full halt to natural gas trading with the country’s most important supplier. https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/scholz-says-no-technical-reasons-reduced-gas-flows-russia
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MobilityWar in Ukraine: Tracking the impacts on German energy and climate policy
The war in Ukraine forces Germany to radically rethink its energy policy, given that the country is heavily dependent on Russian fossil fuels. In first reactions, Germany put the contentious Nord Stream 2 pipeline project on hold, announced the creation of strategic coal and gas reserves, committed to building terminals for the import of liquefied natural gas https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/ukraine-war-tracking-impacts-german-energy-and-climate-policy
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MobilityGreen peace: How Europe’s climate policy can survive the war in Ukraine
Russia’s war on Ukraine has weakened European governments’ commitment to EU climate goals. European leaders should intensify their efforts to build clean, sustainable energy security in practice – not just in theory.They should also address the climate challenge as a matter of EU – rather than national – energy sovereignty.
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MobilityEnvironmental impacts of the war in Ukraine and prospects for a green reconstruction
The war has caused widespread and severe damage to the environment and inflicted both immediate and longer-term consequences on the human health, ecosystems and the Ukrainian economy and beyond. https://www.oecd.org/ukraine-hub/policy-responses/environmental-impacts-of-the-war-in-ukraine-and-prospects-for-a-green-reconstruction-9e86d691/
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MobilitySuzuki and Dorna reach agreement: officially out of MotoGP and EWC
The japanese constructor will be exiting the scene at the end of 2022. https://www.gpone.com/en/2022/07/14/motogp/suzuki-and-dorna-reach-agreement-officially-out-of-motogp-and-ewc.html
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