Although the cumulated heat production of Rackam is likely to be much higher, Rackam has measured its first produced gigawatt hour (GWh) during on November 11th, 2021. The measurement comes from installations from which Rackam collects real time production data. They are located at Cascades (Kingsey Falls, Canada), the University of Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke, Canada), a […]
Project Drawdown aims to help humanity achieve “drawdown” the moment in the future at which the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will stop increasing and begin decreasing, thus stopping global warming. Project Drawdown uses science, education and communication as working tools and presents the fight against climate change as an opportunity for our […]
The World Meteorological Organization announces that it is becoming increasingly likely that the increase in global average temperatures will exceed 1.5 C compared to the pre-industrial era by the year 2025. Link to the press release
Why “decarbonise” global energy? The 20th century saw global temperatures increased by 0.9 ° C and in the past 30 years this trend has accelerated. This has resulted in major and dramatic changes: undesirable changes in ecosystems: species extinction, appearance of exotic species and viruses such as Lyme disease; increased frequency of severe weather events: […]
The G7 group of industrial nations have pledged to phase out the world’s use of fossil fuels by the end of the 21st century. The leaders stressed that “deep cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions” were required with “a decarbonisation of the global economy over the course of this century”. The aim was to send […]
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has just released its fifth climate assessment report. Needless to say, the data and trends observed by the IPCC are quite worrying. Here is a short summary of the conclusions contained in the report. What has happened so far : Atmosphere Each of the last three decades has been […]