This website is not being maintained. An archived version of this blog article is here Solar farms are getting bigger! Back in 2016, the biggest solar farm in the Netherlands opened with a much-heralded power capacity of 6 megawatts – "enough electricity to supply all 1,700 households on the island". Fast forward to December 2019…
This website is not being maintained. An archived version of this blog article is here Europe’s rate of installing solar power capacity has more than doubled in the past year. The leading countries in that surge to install over 16 gigawatts of new solar are Spain, Germany, and – coming third, a massive achievement given…
This website is not being maintained. An archived version of this blog article is here Among all the debate about carbon capture and new technology to reduce CO2 emissions, one answer is popping up increasingly often: trees. This beautifully-filmed 3 minute video with Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot gives the big idea: And the numbers…
This website is not being maintained. An archived version of this blog article is here There was a shocking map published recently, based on new scientific research, of "Land projected to be below annual flood level in 2050". "Improved elevation data indicate far greater global threats from sea level rise and coastal flooding than previously…
The climate and environmental crises: two global crises, with seemingly little global action. The countries of the world have set themselves goals to work towards, most notably in the 2015 Paris Agreement. And the chances of reaching those Paris goals might seem slim right now – but just as the climate crisis itself has its…