Data centres, demand response and decarbonising the cloud
"People often ask me why data centres use so much energy,” says Tor Björn Minde from the state-owned Research Institutes…
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Hannah Wright
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Hannah Wright previously worked as an editorial assistant and reporter at Verdict Media. She is a graduate of Warwick University, UK, where she studied humanitarian engineering, and was president of The Climate Reality Project Campus Corp, helping advance the university's transition to net zero.
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What will it take for the NHS to reach net zero?
In September 2021, Kaja Gersinska gave birth to her daughter Rosie in Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Hospital and, for the first…
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Cartels, collusion and the quest for decarbonisation
Decarbonisation is difficult. For heavy industries such as steel, the technological innovation required to make deep cuts in greenhouse gas…
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How British universities are advancing the energy transition
At some point in the future, Keele University staff members will drive onto the campus, their number plate will be…
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The building blocks of net-zero homes
The omnipresent petrol crisis in the UK, caused by a shortage of truck drivers, has reinforced the advantages of cleaner…
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Spending the climate finance kitty
Total annual energy investment will need to hit $5trn by 2030, according to the International Energy Agency’s Net Zero 2050…
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The fight to keep track of climate finance flows
Analysis from Oxfam last week forecast that wealthy governments would continue to miss their goal of raising $100bn a year…
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Depleting the Climate Trust Fund
As the ravages of extreme weather become a feature of daily life, a second and more subtle form of climate-induced…
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With the right policies, the UK could lead on green steel production
Wherever in the world you sit down to dinner, there is a strong possibility your knife and fork are from…
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Why air conditioning must become a sustainable cooling solution
After three sweltering and sleepless nights in July, I purchased my first fan. I opted for the cheapest product without…