In March 2014, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a new report on climate change, which has been labelled a “call for action” by the chair of the IPCC as well as climate change scientists and governments around the globe. We took a look at some of the key responses from experts […]
IPCC Report on Climate Change: Key Points
In March 2014, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a new report on climate change, which has been labelled a “call for action” by the chair of the IPCC as well as climate change scientists and governments around the globe. The report highlights a number of serious threats to the world unless […]
Do Electric Cars Pollute More than Conventional Cars?
A study that questions some of the more common assumptions about the environmental benefits of electric cars has been published by engineers based at the Norwegian University of Science and technology. The report, published in the Journal of Industrial Ecology, addresses the issue of “problem-shifting”. Essentially, this means that by trying to address one problem, […]
What You Eat Matters… to the Climate
At Baird’s CMC, we like to keep abreast of interesting climate change related developments and studies since environmental issues are a big part of the work we do in our Global Development sector. We came across an intriguing study called “The Meat Eater’s Guide to Climate Change + Health”. The study, which was conducted by […]
Climate change & family planning: Communicating new concepts – III
In two of our recent posts, we described to you our engagement with an international foundation that wanted to appropriately communicate new findings about the links between meeting the unmet need for family planning and climate change mitigation. (If you missed these posts, click here and here to read them.) Read on to know about […]