The cold truth about Ethiopia’s nutrition gap explores the link between a lack of sustainable cooling and Africa’s severe malnutrition problems. Continue reading
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Peyton Fleming: Cold into Cash: Reinventing Kenya’s rural food systems
Nearly a third of the food farmers grow in sub-Saharan Africa is lost due to lack of refrigeration, poor market access and other related factors. Annual food losses for fruits and vegetables are an estimated 40 to 50%. Find out what is being done to overcome this. Continue reading
Decarbonising heat for UK homes
Guest blogger, Jeff Douglas, discusses the importance of decarbonising heat for UK homes. Whilst a lot of attention has rightly been given to the most effective and affordable ways of decarbonising the power sector it is also important to fundamentally change the way we heat our homes if the UK is to make the … Continue reading
Cold Energy, the Cinderella of the Sustainable Energy Debate?
Guest blogger, Dr Sally Uren discusses the importance of the new Birmingham Energy Institute policy commission – ‘Doing Cold Smarter’ and what it hopes to achieve. Why the new Commission on Cold is so important As a heat wave hovers over Europe, and we reach into our refrigerators for that cool drink, we are driving an … Continue reading
