Climate change: no reprieve from heat this decade as globally agreed 1.5°C limit looms

Temperature limits the world agreed to avoid are looming into view.
Temperature limits the world agreed to avoid are looming into view.
Developers are showing signs of pulling back from floating offshore wind as near-term growth expectations fall and confidence dips across parts of the value chain.
Oxford Smith School Chief Operating Officer Caroline Lytton comments on the ever increasing size of wind turbines in Fortune. Right now, she explains, there are not enough ships of sufficient size to install turbines as quickly as they’re needed.
A team from the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) has developed a technology that generates high photocurrent under natural sunlight to produce hydrogen.
In the latest issue of Oxford Energy Forum (OEF) Charlie Wilson, Yee Van Fan and Felippa Amanta argue that AI’s indirect effects on energy use might be even greater than its direct ones.
The Environmental Change Institute is delighted to share the news that Professor Jim Hall, Director of the Oxford Programme for Sustainable Infrastructure Systems (OPSIS) and Professor of Climate and Environmental Risks at the University of Oxford, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Societ...
A discovery-phase project funded by Ofgem’s Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) will explore how microgrids can help bring down emissions from industrial and commercial sites in the north east.
The global energy landscape is evolving at an unprecedented pace. With the increased adoption of renewable energy sources and the drive for a more sustainable future, the demand for efficient energy storage has never been greater.
Former UK prime minister Tony Blair recently argued nuclear power is an “essential part of the answer” to net zero. Writing in the foreword of a report by his thinktank, the Tony Blair Institute, he claimed small modular nuclear reactors, nuclear fusion and other advanced technologies can he...