by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye this past week.
Economist: Countries are revving up their climate change policies as the Paris conference draw nearer [link]
.@IEA scales back UK renewables forecast, citing policy uncertainty [link]
Richard Tol: Bob Ward’s misplaced critique on Fankhauser and Stern [link]…
Urban farming is booming, but what does it really yield? [link] …
Iceland: World’s Largest Clean Energy Producer Per Capita [link]
Low-hanging dirt: Cutting emissions of methane & soot could bring swift benefits @TheEconomist [link]
“Majority of UK electricity wasted before reaching households, report finds” 54% wasted [link] …
Climate pledges by 140 countries will limit global warming – but not enough [link]
India’s INDC probably includes some of the most comprehensive throat-clearing of all of the INDCs [link] …
Book by MIT speaker shows that climate policy focused on local impact is most effective for Americans. [link]
Review: #Water Security in #India by Vandana Asthana and A. C. Shukla [link]
Bahrain more than doubled the price of beef and chicken, cutting meat subsidies in the face of falling oil prices. [link] …
Global coal consumption actually increased from 2013 to 2014 [link]
Small scale solar power business now part of big utilities’ plan [link]
From cap-and-trade to climate finance, the biggest issues in the U.S.-China joint statement on #climatechange: [link]
A look at whether the poor should burn wood and dung ‘sustainably’ or just move to modern fuels [link] …
A comprehensive report on rural energy access in India [link]
UK Steel Crisis: GWPF Calls On Government To Scrap Carbon Floor Price [link]
Simpler, smaller, cheaper? Alternatives to Britain’s new nuclear power plant [link] …
Climate change allows Ladahki farmers to grow vast array of veg in once cold desert-but experts warn gains short term [link]
How Capitalism Changes Conscience — and shifts it leftward. [link] …
Researchers: New policy & research needed to capture U.S. offshore wind [link]
CCS projects may be uninsurable [link] …
Now cities to generate electricity from the water running through public drinking water pipes [link]
This Country Is Already Carbon Neutral and Now Plans to Go 100% Organic and Zero-Waste [link]
President Obama: “we don’t issue a regulation where the costs are not lower than the benefits” [link] …
Utilities seek to charge solar system owners more for connection to grid – LA Times [link] …
House Votes To Keep EPA From Considering Costs Of Climate Change [link]
Obama Says Paris Climate Talks Bound to ‘Fall Short’ [link]
“China Visit Underlines Climate Change’s Dodgy Value” [link]
How climate change efforts by developed countries are hurting Africa’s rural poor [link] …Filed under: Week in review