This paper shows that under circumstances of climate vulnerabilities, farmers may be willing to make decisions that result in immediate albeit lower rewards in place of potential higher rewards in the future.
https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cli2.46
ASEAN’s energy transition: how to attract more investment in renewable energy
#ASEAN #energy #renewableenergy
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40974-022-00261-6
The energy transition is progressing slowly in the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). To achieve ASEAN’s target of 23% renewables in the primary energy supply by 2025, the region would need to invest USD 27 billion in renewable energy every year. However, the ASEAN countries attracted no more than USD 8 billion annually from 2016 to 2021. Through a comparative review of three key factors for attracting investment—renewable energy legislation, energy governance reform, and general conditions for investors—this study examines why the region’s renewable energy sector has not attracted more capital. The contribution of the article is threefold. First, it develops a new review model for assessing the business climate for renewable energy in any country. Second, it offers an update on the state of renewable energy deployment in the ASEAN countries. Third, taking into account international best practices, it identifies the obstacles and solutions to attracting investment in renewable energy in Southeast Asia. The article finds that carbon lock-in is pervasive, regulatory practices have been copy-pasted from the fossil-fuel sector to the renewables sector, and, except for Malaysia and Vietnam, no ASEAN country has implemented a major pro-renewable energy governance reform. Certain advanced renewable energy measures, such as auctions and feed-in tariffs, have been adopted in some member states, but the institutional capacity to implement them is limited. The share of renewables in the energy governance system needs to be increased.
South to South Dialogue: Lessons Learned, Shared Experiences and What's Ahead for the Air Quality Community of Practice
Webinar | January 24, 2023,10 - 11am EST | Online
Participants from Mexico, Colombia and Africa will share their experiences, needs and lessons learned as active members of the Air Quality Community of Practice.
Are We Really “Decolonizing” Global Health?
#globalhealth #decolonize
http://www.srhm.org/news/are-we-really-decolonizing-global-health/
Written by Jyotika Rimal, Advocacy Officer, Menstrual Health/ Hygiene Partners’ Alliance (MHMPA) Nepal When the pandemic hit the whole world, everyone realized that global health needs to be “decolonized”. However, in the last few years that this topic has been somewhat creating a buzz, nothing much seems to have changed apart from many individuals coming […]
"Temporarily overshooting the climate targets of 1.5-2 degrees Celsius could increase the tipping risk of several Earth system elements by more than 70 percent compared to keeping global warming in line with the United Nations Paris Agreement range.."
12/22/2022 - Temporarily overshooting the climate targets of 1.5-2 degrees Celsius could increase the tipping risk of several Earth system elements by more than 70 percent compared to keeping global warming in line with the United Nations Paris Agreement range, a new risk analysis study by an international team of researchers shows. This tipping risk increases even if in the longer term the global temperature would stabilize within the Paris range. Avoiding an overshoot would hence limit the risks, the researchers conclude.
Green cooling tech is based on the idea of salt melting ice
By combining a salt and a solvent—both cheap and abundant—engineers developed a new refrigeration system that uses less energy and emits no greenhouse gases
In Iceland, start-up founders invent new ways to tackle environmental crises
This simple tweak could slash carbon emissions from U.S. military vehicles
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/01/04/pentagon-hybrid-combat-vehicle/
This firm has started geoengineering the climate. Should the world let it?
Filter, brewed or single-use capsules - here’s how your cup of coffee contributes to climate change
Regardless of how coffee is prepared, production is the most greenhouse gas-emitting phase. Consumers who want to reduce coffee's carbon footprint at their level can still be part of the solution, say these academics.
Jussi T Eronen
