Climate Democracy

Up in Smoke - Climate Desk Watch on YouTube This external content requires your consent. Please note our privacy policy. Holzweiler, a tidy village of stone houses clustered around an aging cathedral, is  precariously close to one of Europe's largest open-pit coal mines.

What if there were a way for Boulder to visualize what would happen if the city were to take more aggressive action for reducing carbon emissions, or to map what it would look like to meet its renewable energy targets through municipalization? Lego blocks and “Change Cards” provide just such a tool, offering insight into the technological, economic and political challenges to making Boulder’s clean-energy and carbon-reducing visions a reality. 

Wind turbines, bikeable cities, clean air and water. How do they do that?

While waste-to-energy incinerators remain a controversial topic among U.S. environmentalists, there’s been little such debate in Sweden as the country increased its waste burning capacity over the past decade.

As a city of islands, Stockholm was in a unique position, geographically speaking, to implement congestion pricing for motorists. Just 18 crossings exist where cars and trucks can enter or exit the inner city. When it comes to politics, though, the city had no special advantage.

As Oktoberfest rages on, German scientists are working out a way to protect a key beer ingredient from climate change.

In an industry whose leadership still skews heavily towards men, it’s very likely Qvinnovindar is the only company of its kind anywhere in the world.

In the U.S., there’s rising anxiety and speculation about how flat or falling electricity demand could affect utilities’ long-term business models. Here in Denmark, though, electric companies have long operated in a slow- or no-growth market, and they continue to invest in further lowering customers’ energy use.