COP26 and Climate Leadership
Representatives of the national governments meeting at COP26 in Glasgow have made some progress. Agreements to reduce deforestation and...
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Ian Sutton
- Nov 8, 2021
- 2 min
COP26 and the Dog that Didn't Bark
It's vital for all of us to show that this is not all about some expensive politically correct, green act of bunny-hugging ... This is...
Ian Sutton
- Nov 6, 2021
- 2 min
Boris Johnson and the Roman Empire
The following is from Politico. The world risks going "backwards" unless action is taken to combat climate change and could fall "at...
Ian Sutton
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
Resilience and COP26
COP26 does not seem to be achieving many results so far. One reason is that government leaders are not willing to commit to reductions in th
Ian Sutton
- Nov 3, 2021
- 3 min
Climate Lessons from Virginia
I live in the State of Virginia. Yesterday we held state-wide elections, including the governorship. This race is seen by many pundits as...
Ian Sutton
- Nov 1, 2021
- 3 min
The G20 Moving Target
The G20 summit changed the target ‘Net Zero by 2050’ to ‘Net Zero by Mid Century’. This change is discouraging. Without having a numerical v
Ian Sutton
- Oct 24, 2021
- 3 min
Reality Check
President Biden expresses a sense of urgency regarding climate change, but does not follow up.
Ian Sutton
- Oct 23, 2021
- 2 min
An Existential Threat
On October 21st 2021 President Biden held a Town Hall meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. A transcript of the event is available here. When...
Ian Sutton
- Oct 20, 2021
- 4 min
Later and Later
In last week’s post — Too Late — we discussed the insights to do with climate change, resource depletion and biosphere destruction...
Ian Sutton
- Oct 13, 2021
- 7 min
Too Late
Climate change discussions seem to have changed in the last two or three years. The message used to be on the lines of, “We need to...
Ian Sutton
- Apr 8, 2021
- 7 min
Medium-Tech
In last week’s post, Appropriate Tech, we considered the reality that goals such as ‘Net Zero by 2050’ are not going to be achieved....
Ian Sutton
- Apr 1, 2021
- 3 min
Appropriate Technology
Yesterday (March 31st 2021) the International Energy Agency (IEA) hosted a Summit featuring a wide range of leaders from governments and...
Ian Sutton
- Mar 17, 2021
- 6 min
Renewables: Supply and Demand
Modern society is utterly dependent on carbon-based/fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas). Yet our consumption of these fuels means that we...
Ian Sutton
- Mar 10, 2021
- 2 min
Renewables: Not Fast Enough
The use of renewable sources of energy is growing fast, but not fast enough to achieve Net Zero by 2050.
Ian Sutton
- Mar 7, 2021
- 1 min
Rebound
The COVID-19 pandemic led to sharp decline in world-wide CO2 emissions, particularly in the transportation sector. Many people hoped that...
Ian Sutton
- Feb 27, 2021
- 4 min
Peak Oil Once More
My interest in ‘Age of Limits’ issues — including climate change—started when I first read about ‘Peak Oil’ about twelve years ago. The...
Ian Sutton
- Feb 27, 2021
- 1 min
BP's Energy Outlook — 2020
Credit: BP The material in this post has moved to the following page: https://iansutton.com/index.php/net-zero/bp-report-three-emissions-...
Ian Sutton
- Feb 23, 2021
- 1 min
Hyperloop Book
The Hyperloop Advanced Research Partnership (HARP) is a non-profit that researches and promotes the new form of transportation:...
Ian Sutton
- Feb 18, 2021
- 3 min
Nature Calls the Shot
The news in the United States this week has been dominated by the massive failure of the electrical grid as a result of exceptionally low...
Ian Sutton
- Feb 10, 2021
- 7 min
The Quandary
The material in this blog is taken from Chapter 1 of the book Net Zero by 2050: Technology for a Changing Climate. Credit: Shutterstock...