Climate notes for December 1st 2023

I was chatting to an American colleague this week and I noted that I’m tantalisingly close to the “15 minute city” concept. I live about 15mins cycle from the office (without traffic; that is to say cars blocking roads and pulling out in front of me randomly). My kids crèche is a few mins away and shops/etc. are plentiful around us. Suburban Dublin is pretty utopian in that regard.

Tabs

• Workplaces need to monitor air quality
• Wind turbine blades: inside the battle to overcome their waste problem
• UAE planned to use COP28 climate talks to make oil deals
• Former world leaders seek $25bn levy on oil states’ revenues to pay for climate damage
• Weaponising the 15 minute city
• Global surveys show people’s growing concern about climate change
• A train line that would destroy the north American airlines