🚨 New paper out! 🚨
We tracked 587 workers.
🏡 Improving just residential walkability isn’t enough.
🏢 Commercial, leisure, and other daily destinations also shape how people travel, and how much carbon they emit.
🔍 We also identified distinct “emitter profiles” based on car access, job type & gender.
🧠Urban climate policy needs to move beyond the 15-minute city ideal.
đź“„ Open access in Cities: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2025.106321
Shipping companies to pay for carbon emissions for the first time.
"The regulations agreed on Friday fall far short of the levy on CO2 that poor countries were hoping for, which would have funded their efforts to combat the climate crisis..."
"Aviation demand can only grow if technology roll-out progresses and begins to abate and offset aviation emissions"
And we all know that that is not happening
The Climate Change Committee, which advises the UK government on tackling climate change and proposes the pathway for the nation to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, has published its Seventh Carbon Budget (CB7) that covers the period 2038-2042. As other industries decarbonise faster, aviation wil
Zero emissions ferry to be completed this year and will serve the 50km route from Buenos Aires to Uruguay across the Rio de la Plata estuary. The distance from Dublin to Holyhead is about twice that so it might be some time before we see an e-boat capable of making that journey but it's a promising development.
Incat Tasmania is leading the world in producing pure-electric lightweight zero-emission ferries. Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania has under construction the largest lightweight... READ MORE
Study: Demand-side strategies enable rapid and deep cuts in #buildings and #transportemissions to 2050
* Electrification alone could cut direct emissions by 45-77% in buildings, 22-86% in transport by 2050.
* Combining electrification, efficiency improvements, and behavioral changes could reduce emissions even further: 51-85% for buildings and 37-91% for transport by 2050.
* A multi-strategy approach would lower overall electricity demand by 8-33% per year, making the transition more cost-effective and reducing strain on power grids.
We have the tools! #ClimateSolutions #ClimateCrisis
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-025-01703-1
This analysis shows that demand-side policies can reduce emissions by 51–85% in buildings and 37–91% in transport by 2050, with electrification having the greatest impact. Adopting a mix of strategies offers benefits for the overall energy system.
This is an extraordinary statistic - "by weight, 40% of maritime trade consists either of fossil fuels on their way to be burned or of chemicals derived directly from fossil fuels."
Switching to renewable energy and reducing reliance on fossil fuels is a win-win.
#Maritime #Shipping #TransportEmissions
https://qz.com/2113243/forty-percent-of-all-shipping-cargo-consists-of-fossil-fuels
The horrific loss of life and the destruction caused by the floods in Spain reinforces the need for political leadership on climate action.
I spoke to Shane Coleman on Newstalk Breakfast earlier about the need to stand firm on the necessary measures to decarbonise our transport system.
Read on Irish national broadcaster website. The Junior Minister for Transport debating plans to expand a small regional airport without once making reference to our commitment to half transport emissions by 2030.
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