Can IT save the planet?

Author: Elisabeth Jeffries

Information and communication technologies might consume enormous amounts of energy, but ICT can also help reduce emissions. Elisabeth Jeffries looks...

Putting value on natural capital

Author: Elisabeth Jeffries

Elisabeth Jeffries reports on moves to ensure policy makers and business leaders fully account for natural capital when taking decisions.

Global aspirations

Author: Elisabeth Jeffries

Elisabeth Jeffries assesses the prospects of a global emissions trading scheme being established post-2012.

Goodbye recycling?

Author: Elisabeth Jeffries

With prices for recovered materials collapsing, Elisabeth Jeffries finds out how the recycling industry is responding.

A peek at oil

Author: Elisabeth Jeffries

With resources rapidly dwindling, Elisabeth Jeffries looks at how firms should prepare for a world without oil.

Back to the future

Author: Elisabeth Jeffries

Environmental industries can put new life into declining regions but will their rise be hampered by a shortage of skilled...

What's the future for biomass in the UK?

Author: Elisabeth Jeffries

Generating electricity and heat from biomass has the capacity to significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Elisabeth Jeffries looks at developments in the UK and the barriers that still need to be broken down before energy from wood, for example, plays a major role in combating climate change

Improving energy efficiency

Author: Elisabeth Jeffries

Energy efficiency is crucial in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but the government admits the pace of progress has so far been slow. We take a look at what one manufacturer and one council have done to improve energy efficiency, and what more can be achieved generally

A tale of the world's most energy-conscious cities

Author: Elisabeth Jeffries

Local authorities are being asked to help combat climate change. Some of the most forward-thinking councils are developing innovative ways of making a contribution. Elisabeth Jeffries looks into what they are doing

Bumpy road ahead for alternative fuels?

Author: Elisabeth Jeffries

Governments around the world are pressing for greater use in transport vehicles of biofuels, believing it to be an effective way of reducing the harm to the environment by emissions from cars. Elisabeth Jeffries looks at how the big car producers are responding to calls for vehicles that use alternative...

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