What caught our eye - three key stories (week 19, 2024)
Here are three stories that we found particularly interesting this week and why. We also give our lateral thought on each one. Read in full by clicking on the link below. 'What caught our eye' like all of our blogs are free to read. You just need to
Sunday Brunch: Does Europe want cheaper green steel?
What if green steel could be produced cheaply outside of Europe? If that meant putting domestic industry jobs at risk, would governments be keen?
The global burden of disease due to infection
John Rex in his excellent AMR Solutions newsletter highlighted an excellent analysis of the global burden of disease due to infection by Naghavi et al published in The Lancet. The 'burden' measured in disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) that are lost due to the disease both from death or incapacitation
Deforestation and zoonotic diseases
Forests are a significant ecological and economic resource that sequester carbon and provide habitat for wildlife and livelihoods for communities. A number of activities cause deforestation including the clearing of forests for commercial crop cultivation (e.g. soybean, palm oil, and wheat) and for livestock grazing especially in tropical regions
China to end new coal power additions before 2030?
Are we near peak coal in China? We frequently hear that 'it's pointless trying to cut carbon emissions in the West, when other countries continue to build new coal fired power stations'. And the country that gets the most attention is China. But what if this
What caught our eye - three key stories (week 18, 2024)
Are we near peak coal in China? Deforestation brings new disease risks. And we need to think more about bacterial infections.
Sunday Brunch: tales of the unexpected
The transition to a more sustainable world is a complex process. Even with the best intentions, there could be some unintended consequences.
Where we end up with battery technology matters.
does battery technology matter, and are we worrying about the wrong raw material issues?
How important are public chargers?
If cheaper EVs start to become the norm soon, will the absence of fast public EV chargers hold back adoption? Sadly yes.
EV sales growing - but where this is happening matters
Will this be the decade of cheaper Chinese EV's as they push into the mass market?
What caught our eye - three key stories (week 17, 2024)
EV special : is this going to be the decade of the cheaper Chinese EV, the need for fast charging, and battery technology is changing.
Sunday Brunch: What we call things really matters
Or why sustainability accounting is really important - even if it's a bit boring.
