Urban wood burning is soaring, with 18,000 complaints but only 3 fines
Image credit: Demetri Dourambeis, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license.
New research from campaign group Mums for Lungs appears to reveal a failure to tackle wood smoke...
Nature-based solutions key to combatting climate change and biodiversity loss, says Lords
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has written to Alok Sharma MP, President for COP26, citing recent evidence gathered as part of...
Majority of companies to miss net-zero targets, analysis shows
Corporate commitments to net-zero accelerated over the last two years, with almost one-third (30%) of Europe’s largest listed companies now having pledged to reach...
City leaders invited to discover benefits of real-time monitoring of GHGs and pollutants
A pilot urban air quality monitoring project is being demonstrated in Glasgow during the COP26 climate change conference.
The project showcases a dense network of...
Using LIDAR data to help accelerate the move to carbon-neutral farming
A project in Northern Ireland is using LIDAR data from commercial farms to inform future farming practices.
The ARCZero (Accelerating Ruminant Carbon Zero) project has...
Carbon dioxide monitors could track indoor COVID-19 risk in near real-time say researchers
Researchers from MIT say they have developed a way of using carbon dioxide monitors to help estimate the risk of catching COVID-19 and other...
Carbon pricing currently too low for a just transition to net-zero, says climate advisory...
A new paper from an independent group of climate experts emphasises "the critical importance of a comprehensive financial and regulatory ecosystem incentivising emissions reduction...
How serious are countries about decarbonising transport?
New “Transport NDC Tracker” monitors how transport appears in national decarbonisation commitments
The new “Transport NDC Tracker” launched on 28 September by the International Transport...
The value-add of tackling the Scope 3 emissions conundrum
Harriet Assem from technology and environmental planning advisory firm ITPEnergised offers a few thoughts on tackling one of the less well understood elements of...
Report reveals major climate risks to global food trade
A new report from Stockholm Environment Institute reveals in detail the climate risks to global trade in major agricultural commodities – and concludes that...
What’s the latest with the ozone layer?
On 16 September, the world marked the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. The European Space Agency (ESA) takes a closer...
UK calls for zero global shipping emissions by 2050
The UK is backing an "absolute zero" target for international shipping emissions by 2050, as an announcement from Transport Secretary Grant Shapps set out...
Leveraging mobile data
Anonymised data from the O2 mobile phone network is being used as part of a series of new government-funded trials to help Thames Valley local authorities (LAs) plan improvements to air quality, public health, road surfaces, traffic flow and energy infrastructure.
Apps spreading like wildfire?
The intensifying wildfires of the past couple of years have raised air pollution concerns as the smoke has spread beyond the perimeter of the affected regions.
EV summit highlights
Electric vehicle adoption is "happening faster than any of us anticipated," said Daniel Lyons of Shell's e-mobility division, speaking at the UK's EV Summit on 1-2 September. The event reviewed developments in the uptake of EVs with over 80 in-person delegates in attendance and 400 online.
World’s largest direct air capture and storage plant opens in Iceland
Announced as a milestone in the direct air capture (DAC) industry, with the capacity to capture 4000 tons of CO2 per year, the world's...
Earth observation images reveal extent of ferocious forest fires in Siberia
Stunning satellite images depict the recent gigantic infernos that devastated one of the coldest areas on the planet. Last month fires burning across Siberia...
Using miniature drones to localise gas leaks
When there is a gas leak in a large building or at an industrial site, human firefighters currently need to go in with gas...
Registration opens for ‘virtual’ WWEM and AQE 2021
Long-established fixtures on the environmental monitoring calendar, both AQE (Air Quality & Emissions) and WWEM (Water Wastewater & Environmental Monitoring) events will take place...
Opinion: Policies for tackling climate change must work in rural areas too
By Brian Wilson, a Director at Rural England CIC, a not-for-profit research organisation which seeks to improve the evidence base and understanding of rural...
