One of the most important electoral issues this year is energy. It’s impossible to miss, given all the debate there has been, which has tended to focus on the timetable for making the energy system more sustainable by decarbonising primary energy. However, the main topic of discussion at present is higher electricity prices and energy … Continue reading “Are political parties ignorant of energy efficiency?”
Net zero carbon, climate positive, net zero climate footprint, negative emissions. And yet. What do all these concepts actually mean? Who can you trust? How can I know what is pure greenwashing, in other words, that a company merely gives the impression of being environment friendly, and what is a genuinely reasonable effort? It is … Continue reading “Lost in compensation”
Surely nobody has missed the news of the high prices for electricity over the past week. How can it have come to this? Couldn’t we have seen this coming?? At 4pm on Monday, the price of electricity before taxes and charges in the south of Sweden was SEK 6.49 per kWh. Yet another new record! … Continue reading “Smart energy usage must be rewarded”
Never before has there been such a massive focus on an international climate change conference. Much of the discussions concern the transition to a climate neutral society that we all know is going far too slowly. Strong and rapid actions are now our last chance to reach the 1.5 degree target. Naturally, one of the … Continue reading “The transition in focus in Glasgow”
As the theme for my blog this week, I have chosen two different examples of international collaboration within the sustainability area. On Monday and Tuesday 27-28 September, we organised a fourth joint workshop on the theme of sustainable development, together with Tokyo University, Stockholm University and the Karolinska Institute. This year’s conference addressed five different … Continue reading “Broad discussions and sustainable solutions”
In an article on the KTH website, we commented on the significance of the latest and sixth climate assessment report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In that post, we pointed out that the news flow is increasingly focused on the various threats that can be linked to global warming. One example … Continue reading “With focus on solutions”
