Thursday - November 21, 2024
*Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Colorado Newsletter for Sunday November 17, 2024 ( 4 items )  

To Get Back on Course, World Must Deliver the Efficiency Goal
BASALT, Colorado, Nov. 16 -- Rocky Mountain Institute issued the following news release: * * * Coalition calls for heightened energy efficiency focus at COP 29 * * * Baku, Azerbaijan, November 14, 2024 - The world is off track in reaching the global goal to double energy efficiency by 2030 that was adopted at COP28 in Dubai. A coalition of countries, businesses and organizations is urging world leaders at COP29 in Baku to commit to actionable measures to unlock the energy efficiency investme  more

University of Colorado Boulder Anschutz Medical: Study Shows Association Between Climate Change and Eye Maladies
AURORA, Colorado, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Colorado Boulder Anschutz Medical Campus issued the following news release: * * * A rare study focusing on the effects of climate change on the eyes reveals clinical visits increased when particulate matter from air pollution was prevalent * * * Clinical visits by patients suffering ocular surface eye conditions more than doubled during times when ambient particulate matter from air pollution was in the atmosphere, signaling a possible   more

Utrecht University: Colorado River Basins Could Face Tipping Point, Drought Study Warns
UTRECHT, The Netherlands, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- Utrecht University issued the following news: Water from Colorado's West Slope basins plays a vital role in supporting the economy and natural environment across seven western U.S. states, but a new study finds that even under modest climate projections, the basins face a potential tipping point where traditional water delivery levels to Lake Powell and other critical areas may no longer be sustainable. The study, published Nov. 9 in the journal Ea  more

With Climate Finance Top of Mind at COP29, Climate Finance Access Network Expands Into Three African Countries
BASALT, Colorado, Nov. 16 -- Rocky Mountain Institute issued the following news release: * * * Building on its successes, CFAN will now be expanding into the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo, and Cameroon. * * * Baku, Azerbaijan, November 14, 2024 - As international climate negotiations unfold at the "Finance COP" -- this year's annual UN climate conference in Baku -- the message is clear that vulnerable countries urgently need to access climate finance at speed and scale   more