With wildfires spreading across the west coast of North America in past couple of weeks, our climate emergency specialist Alex Massie explains why this is something the UK should feel responsibility for as a historical emitter of greenhouse gases and calls on society to act on that responsibility by being [...]
Dr Dominic Hogg, the chairman of Eunomia, has stepped aside after almost twenty years with the company. He has been replaced by Joe Papineschi who has worked alongside Dr Hogg as a Director of Eunomia since 2002, most recently leading Eunomia’s commercial development. Mike Brown will continue as Managing Director [...]
We have been appointed by KfW Development Bank, a key shareholder in the Sustainable Ocean Fund (SOF), to help deliver a new SOF initiative that aims to identify investment opportunities to reduce plastic pollution in the wider Caribbean region. The Caribbean region has some of the highest plastic pollution rates [...]
Liverpool City Council (LCC) has appointed Eunomia, the Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) and independent experts Sarah Toy and Jess Read to develop a roadmap for the city to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030. Liverpool City joined 277 local authorities in declaring a climate emergency in 2019 and [...]
Our latest special report, published today, has found that rolling out electric refuse trucks would cut carbon dioxide emissions, reduce air pollution and cut down on costs, once monetised emissions are taken into account. The report, authored by a team of our waste operations and emissions experts, shows that switching [...]
Welsh County Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council has topped our Recycling Carbon Index for being the best recycler in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in terms of the greenhouse gas emissions saved through its efforts in 2017/18. This year’s Recycling Carbon Index shows that council recycling schemes in England, Wales [...]
Turkey could reap annual environmental benefits worth ₺705 million and reduce CO2 emissions by 260,000 tonnes by introducing a deposit return system (DRS). The Turkish Government confirmed in early 2019 that it will introduce deposits on beverage containers by 2021 as part of its zero waste initiative and efforts to [...]
The Greater London Authority (GLA) has released an updated greenhouse gas (GHG) calculator for London boroughs to use to project their performance against the GLA’s Emissions Performance Standard (EPS). The EPS is a world first, with London being the first city to set climate-related targets alongside targets for waste management [...]
Powys Council has been awarded our Recycling Carbon Index trophy for being the best recycler in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in terms of the greenhouse gas emissions saved through its efforts in 2015/2016. The result, revealed in our latest Recycling Carbon Index, saw the Welsh authority overtake Cheshire West and [...]
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, a network of the world’s largest cities working to address climate change, has hosted a Eunomia webinar on the important role waste management has to play in the transition to a low carbon future. Eunomia Chairman Dr Dominic Hogg and Principal Consultant Ann Ballinger offered [...]