The blogpost is co-authored by Anne Blair While all eyes are focused on the commitments the U.S. and other world leaders may make during the climate change negotiations in Copenhagan later this week, a major path to the reduction targets will require a new approach to transportation. I had the chance to see first-hand, real-world [...]
From the moment you leave the Copenhagen airport, it is apparent that you are in a city – no, a culture – that embraces alternative transportation as an integral part of everyday life. The metro, trains and buses are generally pretty full and are clean, fast, efficient and – for those of us here for [...]
This post was co-authored by Seandra Rawls. During my visit to Copenhagen, I have been privileged to see first-hand the culmination of many months of efforts by nations to address what is the single most important issue facing our planet today. Global warming may very well impact every individual’s way of being, especially those who [...]
This blogpost was co-authored by Rita Kilpatrick and Brandon Blevins Imagine a society that draws on the power of the wind to generate a significant portion of its electricity. I’m seeing firsthand how Denmark is just such a place. For the past two decades the Danes have committed themselves to developing wind farms on land [...]
While our colleagues Stephen Smith and Jennifer Rennicks are in Copenhagen, this handy widget helps remind us that we have a long way to go. Keep up the pressure!
This post was co-authored by John Wilson. Are LEGO bricks what we need to change our energy future? And why were people playing with them at a side event at “the biggest intergovernmental meeting in history“? The LEGO game was just one of many exhibits at the Bright Green Expo which I attended in Copenhagen, [...]
This post was co-authored by Ulla Reeves. Today as I flew into Copenhagen, I was struck by two very different views of energy production, the large wind turbines off the Danish coast and dotting their farmlands juxtapositioned with the many large smoke stacks surrounding the city. This contrast shows a country in transition, because in [...]
Today marks the end of Week One of the Copenhagen Climate Negotiations and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy’s first day on the ground. Within minutes of landing, I saw dozens of clean energy and climate-related adverts and posters throughout the airport and on the metro elevating the issue and its importance for the thousands [...]
This post was co-authored by Toni Reale. Flying into Copenhagen this morning, it is easy to see why the threat of rising seas and associated coastal impacts is taken very seriously by the 5.33 million citizens of low-lying Denmark. More than 40% of Denmark’s residents live in the coastal zone (within 3km of the sea) [...]
Our nation is at an historical crossroads with how we choose to produce the energy that fuels our way of life. One road paves the way for a clean energy future and leads to real energy independence, a healthier planet, economic opportunity and a reinvestment in our country’s innovative core. The other road, paves the [...]
