A recent study, published in the scientific journal, Nature Climate Change, has identified the risk that climate change, as a consequence of carbon emissions, will continue to advance for thousands of years unless drastic changes are made to global energy strategies.
Supermarket giants Lidl, have recently been awarded ISO 5001 certification for their sustainable energy management. This makes Lidl the largest food and retail network in Germany to achieve accreditation, with 3,200 ISO 50001 certified stores.
Earlier this month, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) raised concerns with Scottish Government officials following their announcement to reduce spending on climate change mitigation by nearly ten percent.
Last year, Denmark generated over 42 percent of its electricity using wind turbines alone, beating their own world record for wind power generation, set during the previous year, by 3 percent. This is the highest proportion of wind power generation for any country and puts Denmark well on the path to reaching its target of providing at least 50 percent of its energy from wind power generation by 2020.
After a recent breakthrough from researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), incandescent light bulbs, banned for general-purpose by the Government in 2012, could be making a strong comeback.