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The U.N.’s annual climate change conference starts on Nov. 6, and this will be a tough one for making progress on cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Countries around the world are facing an energy crisis triggered by Russia’s war on Ukraine. Some are reviving coal-fired power plants that had been sent into early retirement. The U.S. is urging the oil and gas industry to produce more fossil fuel rather than less – at least temporarily.
How will countries achieve their net-zero greenhouse gas emission targets?
In a series of roundtable discussions earlier this year at Penn State, energy company officials and regulators discussed how they see the world meeting its climate goals. Many of them expect fossil fuel use to continue for years to come, and they’re counting on technology to make it possible to achieve net-zero emissions at the same time, as Seth Blumsack and Lara Fowler explain.
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Seth Blumsack, Penn State; Lara B. Fowler, Penn State
Roundtable discussions with leaders from major energy companies reveal a lack of pressure from regulators or investors and a strong belief that fossil fuel use will continue for years to come.
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Quote of the week 💬
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“Menopause is a shared yet unique time of life for women and people who menstruate. While menopause marks the one-year anniversary of a person’s final period, it often includes symptoms in the years running up to and after this time. Awareness, education and acceptance are key to supporting menopause at work."
– Kathleen Riach, Professor in Management at the University of Glasgow, from her story Menopause can affect every workplace – here’s how to start supporting every worker experiencing it
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Economy
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Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Chalmers was careful during the campaign to reject the idea of a tax-to-GDP cap. He is going to have to raise much more tax, and start a conversation about how – beginning with next week’s budget.
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Adam Rose, University of Southern California
A recovery expert explains what these estimates include and what could be done to make disasters less costly.
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Energy
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Monomita Nandy, Brunel University London; Suman Lodh, Middlesex University
Three ways to support smaller businesses in the current economic downturn.
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Technology
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Athanasios Andrikopoulos, University of Hull
Research into Chinese peer to peer lending data shows that borrowers from regions with more minority dialects receive smaller loans.
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Inequality
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Ruth Castel-Branco, University of the Witwatersrand
Social protection on its own doesn’t shift the dial. Radical economic policies are needed to tackle poverty and inequality.
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