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Passive cooling breakthrough, Energy efficient robots and Our debt to whales
- NDCs still short
- Auckland bounces back
- Energy efficient robots on the way
- Passive cooling breakthrough
- The 140 year old, new renewable
- Solar record - one third breached
- Our debt to sperm whales
- A Mod revival
Inconsistencies, Agricultural emissions increasing, Supply chain risks and Self-sufficient desalination
- Do as I say not as I do
- China dominates solar
- Good news and bad
- Agriculture emitting more
- Insurer logic
- Self-sufficient desalination
- A building of two halves
6 Years and Counting, Nature-tech Taking Off and Game-changing Aluminium Storage
- 6 years left to hit net zero
- 30% of heavy emitters still relying on fossil fuels beyond 2050
- Nature tech attracting good early-stage investment
- Aluminium storage
- Halloween madness
- Swipe right or left in personal transport
State of the Climate, Tipping Points and Fowl Fuel Cells
- State of the climate
- Unstoppable transition
- Solar passes tipping point
- Interconnected tipping points
- Speculative climate tech investment bombs
- Green jobs up 667% in four years
- COP27 struggles
- Wine quality to improve
- Hydrogen by fair means or fowl
The Power of AI, Not All Trees are Equal and Beer Under Threat
- The power of AI
- AI for good
- AI for good 2
- Massive river heat pump switched on
- Have we already hit 1.5C?
- Not all trees are made equal
- 9bn Kgs of invisible e-waste a year
- Beer under threat
Peak Electricity is Now, Aussies Chasing Skills and Shrinking Alps
- Peak electricity emissions with us
- IMF calls for innovative approaches
- CBAM goes live
- Aussies hunting for skills
- Swiss Alps shrinking fast
- Minecraft goes sustainable – sort of
1.5 Still Alive, Tunable Windows and Batteryless e-bikes
- 1.5 is still alive
- Offshore wind in the doldrums
- Efficiency becomes law
- Circular economy could slash decarbonisation costs for heavy industry
- Smart, tunable windows
- Harvesting electricity at water outlets
- Save 90% emissions on your next phone
- Batteryless e-bike
TNFD with Us, Chameleon Buildings and Free Hydrogen
- TNFD guidelines published
- Offset markets hitting new heights
- 100 becomes 9 to 15
- UK leads the way
- We need to travel 12 times faster
- Accessing finance in the Pacific Islands
- Chameleon buildings for cooling and warming
- Plastic waste to “free” hydrogen win-win-win
NZ in the Dock, SDGs Achievable and Lithium Price Trends
- NZ in the dock
- G20 strong on rhetoric
- SDGs possible – but not before 2050
- Battery prices expected to continue downward trend
- Large lithium find eases long-term price concerns
- Another SAF breakthrough
- Are we outside the safe operating space for humanity?
ULEZs, Increasing Climate Hazards and SAF Takes Off
- Should we introduce low emission zones?
- 80% of cities faced a climate hazard last year
- Clean energy day
- SAF takes off
- Sustainability credentials crucial for job-seekers
- Green Riders
- Fun climate education
Game Changing RFP, the Co-benefits of Energy Efficiency and Changing Transport Behaviours
- CEP issues game changing RFP
- Australia and California sign MoU
- The co-benefits of energy efficiency
- Changing transport behaviours
- Parts of Amazon now net emitters
Natural solutions, science based targets taking off and Europe to be self sufficient for hydrogen
- Making nature markets work
- High level support for nature funding
- Strong uptake for science based targets
- Europe doesn’t need to import hydrogen