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IEEE Young Professionals Take On Climate Change

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Developing technology to address the causes of climate change, mitigate its impact, and adapt to the crisis is one of IEEE’s top priorities. To assist with that effort, the IEEE Young Professionals group this year launched its Climate and Sustainability Task Force.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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It is completely wrong,” Fatih Birol , Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), has stated. Analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) argues that EVs are the quickest means to decarbonize motorized transport. For example, researchers at University of Oxford in the U.K.

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IEEE’s Plan To Help Combat Climate Change

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The IEEE Board of Directors formed an ad hoc committee on climate change in February to coordinate its response to the global threat. that provides buildings with energy-efficiency solutions. Why should IEEE be involved in combating climate change? Why should members care about climate change?

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BP establishing $100M international research center for advanced materials for energy and industrial applications

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BP will establish a $100-million international research center, the BP International center for Advanced Materials (BP-ICAM) to lead research to advancethe fundamental understanding and use of materials across a variety of energy and industrial applications. —Bob Dudley.

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Study projects thermoelectric power in Europe and US vulnerable to climate change due to lower summer river flows and higher river water temperatures

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Projected changes in summer mean usable capacity of power plants in the US and Europe for the SRES A2 emissions scenario for the 2040s (2031–2060) relative to the control period (1971–2000). A study published in Nature Climate Change suggests that thermoelectric power plants (i.e., Source: van Vliet et al. Click to enlarge.

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Study: Fossil fuel CO2 emissions reached max daily decline of 17% in April

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A preliminary analysis of global data has found that carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel sources reached a maximum daily decline of 17% in April as a result of drastic decline in energy demand that have occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. Percentage change in global daily fossil CO 2 emissions, Jan-May 2020. Le Quéré, C.,

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ExxonMobil expands agreement with Global Thermostat; sees promise in CO2 direct air capture technology

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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has said that CO 2 capture, use and storage “is a key technology for the decarbonization of the energy sector in the long term. ” In addition, the International Energy Agency recognizes that CO 2 removal is expected to play a “key role” in the energy transition.

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