A Case for Green Energy Manufacturing

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-137
Author(s):  
Sherrod Brown
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Economic Success ◽  
Energy Research ◽  
Tackle Climate Change ◽  
New Industry ◽  
Rare Opportunity ◽  
The U.S

Investing in green energy research and in policies that tackle climate change and reduce our dependence on dirty foreign oil can lead the U.S. to renewed economic success. This rare opportunity to reinvigorate manufacturing by building demand for products and technologies in a brand new industry is something we haven't had in 40 years. We can literally grow our economy as we protect our environment.

scholarly journals Econometrics of Anthropogenic Emissions, Green Energy-Based Innovations, and Energy Intensity across OECD Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Asumadu Sarkodie ◽  
Ahdi Noomen Ajmi ◽  
Festus Fatai Adedoyin ◽  
Phebe Asantewaa Owusu
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Energy Intensity ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Energy Research ◽  
Economic Productivity ◽  
Energy Technologies

The increasing global attention on climate change underscores the importance of alternative energy technologies with emission reduction effects. However, there are several caveats of economic productivity and environmental sustainability tradeoffs that require empirical consideration—owing to long-term effects on climate change. Here, we examine the relationship between emissions, green energy-based innovations, and energy research and development across energy-intensive OECD countries while accounting for industrial structure dynamics. We utilize several novel time series and panel estimation techniques including time-varying causality, defactored instrumental variable-based homogeneous, and heterogeneous slope dynamics that control for unobserved common factors. Our empirical assessment emphasizes the significance of energy research and development in expanding green energy innovations while reducing long-term emissions. Conversely, continual dependence on obsolete energy research and development may worsen environmental sustainability. However, the inclusion of green energy technologies offset environmental pollution without compromising economic productivity. Besides, the mitigation effect of energy research and development is channeled through a decline in energy intensity and technological advancement. We show that green energy-based innovations and energy research and development play a critical role in achieving environmental sustainability in OECD countries.

scholarly journals The Evolution of Communicating the Uncertainty of Climate Change to Policymakers: A Study of IPCC Synthesis Reports

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 2466
Author(s):  
Tomas Molina ◽  
Ernest Abadal
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Intergovernmental Panel ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
The Public ◽  
Level Of Confidence ◽  
Ipcc Report ◽  
Degree Of Certainty ◽  
History Of ◽  
Tackle Climate Change

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports on climate change have served to alert both the public and policymakers about the scope of the predicted changes and the effects they would have on natural and economic systems. The first IPCC report was published in 1990, since which time a further four have been produced. The aim of this study was to conduct a content analysis of the IPCC Summaries for Policymakers in order to determine the degree of certainty associated with the statements they contain. For each of the reports we analyzed all statements containing expressions indicating the corresponding level of confidence. The aggregated results show a shift over time towards higher certainty levels, implying a “Call to action” (from 32.8% of statements in IPCC2 to 70.2% in IPCC5). With regard to the international agreements drawn up to tackle climate change, the growing level of confidence expressed in the IPCC Summaries for Policymakers reports might have been a relevant factor in the history of decision making.

scholarly journals Alan Betts: Green Energy Times, 2018

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Betts
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
Climate Science ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Collective Decision ◽  
The Public ◽  
Systems Perspective ◽  
Climate Change Denial ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Future

This is a collection of my 2018 articles in the Green Energy Times (http://www.greenenergytimes.org/ ).This series started in 2016. Many of these articles have been edited or updated from articles I wrote forthe Rutland Herald, sometimes with different titles and pictures.They blend science and opinion with a systems perspective, and encourage the reader to explorealternative and hopeful paths for their families and society. They are written so that a scientist willperceive them as accurate (although simplified); while the public can relate their tangible experience ofweather and climate to the much less tangible issues of climate change, energy policy and strategies forliving sustainably with the earth system.The politically motivated attacks on climate science by the current president have sharpened my politicalcommentary this year; since climate change denial may bring immense suffering to our children and lifeon Earth.I believe that earth scientists have a responsibility to communicate clearly and directly to the public1 –aswe all share responsibility for the future of the Earth. We must deepen our collective understanding, sowe can make a collective decision to build a resilient future.

scholarly journals Preparing the Next Generation of Health Professionals to Tackle Climate Change

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Duckworth ◽  
Sarah Hsu ◽  
Mattie Boehler-Tatman
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Tackle Climate Change
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