Aberdeen Standard Investment has posted a new article in its ‘Thinking Aloud’ section. The post shows the opinion of this company about the net-zero emissions challenge. Companies, cities and countries have pledged to become net-zero by 2050. But is it enough? Read the full article at Net zero – idle promises?

IIGCC has published an advanced version of the consultation report ‘Net Zero Investment Framework’, from the Paris Aligned Investment Initiative. This document provides a practical blueprint for investors, with the goal to maximise their contribution in tackling climate change and achieving net zero emissions globally by 2050.+ Find the full document at PAII Net Zero […]

The American Real Estate Society (ARES) has awarded the first paper of CRREM as the best of the European market. ARES has honoured this research with the “Best Paper European market” award. The paper was published in JOSRE and is available at https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rsre20/11/1?nav=tocList  

Google created a tool to help cities to measure their pollution and their emission levels. The tool, which was available in the US, shows now information about Birmingham, Manchester and Dublin. In the future, other European cities like Wolverhampton, Coventry and Copenhagen will appear. The Environmental Insights Explorer (EIE) offers data about: building emissions transport […]

The ‘GHG Market Sentiment Survey 2019’ made by the members of the International Emissions Trade Association (IETA), has asked several participants of the trade emissions market, about their expectations regarding the emissions level and their prices. Most of the surveyed answered that they expect an increase in the emissions prices, but they think this will […]

The EU includes in its website a page where the different methodologies of analysis are summarized. This section collects the Reference Scenario and other models. These scenarios and models are made to asses in energy policies, and to evaluate their effectiveness and potential consequences of these proposals. The EU has included information, guides, access to […]

Dr Iain Staffell, as an expert in sustainable energy of the Centre for Environmental Policy of the Imperial College London, published in the Carbon Brief a short post talking about the trends in the progress on clean energy. The post was published the 11 December with the title: Ten charts show how the world is progressing […]

During this year the Spanish government has started an energetic and ecological transition to decarbonize the economy. This fact has driven changes in all the economic sectors, also in the real estate sector. The newspapers, in special those related with energy and buildings, have informed of these international, national and regional changes. Here you have a […]

The ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability has presented a new report, as a result of the “Implementing Paris and SDG11 in Global South Cities: the case for urban resilience and adaptation to climate change” project. The report gives insights and the point of view of the cities and regions in the 2018 national climate change and […]