Cathrine Dyer & Bernard Hickey chat about the week's big climate news, including a UN reminder of the 175,000 heat-related deaths a year in Europe where temps are growing at twice the global average
We built a house using a house builder's plan, making adjustments to increase airflow, adding insulation, ceiling fans, and wider eaves. Our north-facing house in Northland hardly ever has the air conditioning running, and with the concrete floor, we don't run the heat very often. It can be done!
The Australian govt has a lot of free info available online about designing a house, including free house plans, which was really helpful.
Thanks for the prompt about submitting on the NZ Emissions Reduction Plan. I note the website gives us until 21 August to make our voices heard. (The Kākā suggests we need to get in before the 17th)
I can't help hearing the echo of other 'market solutions' (like social investment, being talked up again by our government and its backers) in things like those carbon insets... Capitalists do love a good fairytale! The only people who will genuinely benefit from measuring Doing Good for profit will be those selling rulers.
No.3 re fossil fuel companies' 'solutions' reminded me (again) of the BBC podcast "How they made us Doubt Everything" - 'from smoking and cancer to climate change, this is the story of how to manufacture doubt'.
We built a house using a house builder's plan, making adjustments to increase airflow, adding insulation, ceiling fans, and wider eaves. Our north-facing house in Northland hardly ever has the air conditioning running, and with the concrete floor, we don't run the heat very often. It can be done!
The Australian govt has a lot of free info available online about designing a house, including free house plans, which was really helpful.
Now to update the building code and re-educate all our architects, designers, and LBP.
Thanks for the prompt about submitting on the NZ Emissions Reduction Plan. I note the website gives us until 21 August to make our voices heard. (The Kākā suggests we need to get in before the 17th)
I've made my submission to this total crock.
I can't help hearing the echo of other 'market solutions' (like social investment, being talked up again by our government and its backers) in things like those carbon insets... Capitalists do love a good fairytale! The only people who will genuinely benefit from measuring Doing Good for profit will be those selling rulers.
https://open.spotify.com/show/4RxivfSXVFE4UkYTdY6LvI?si=dZVUELuTR8qeBbiuh2N7Ww
No.3 re fossil fuel companies' 'solutions' reminded me (again) of the BBC podcast "How they made us Doubt Everything" - 'from smoking and cancer to climate change, this is the story of how to manufacture doubt'.
That is an excellent series.
This video by Sabin Hossenfelder makes some good points about why many climate scientists hold back from sharing the full truth. https://youtu.be/gMOjD_Lt8qY?si=52YEkaSl1N9J3F-X