https://unop.uk/tags/climate/ Recent content in Climate on unop Hugo -- gohugo.io en-gb j.p.singleton+blog@gmail.com (James Singleton) j.p.singleton+blog@gmail.com (James Singleton) © James Singleton Sat, 06 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0100 https://unop.uk/its-not-easy-bein-red/ Sat, 06 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0100 j.p.singleton+blog@gmail.com (James Singleton) https://unop.uk/its-not-easy-bein-red/ Unless you’ve been living under a landslide, it won’t have escaped your attention that we’ve recently had a very welcome change of leadership in the UK. https://unop.uk/solar-pv-and-home-battery---2022-report-and-advice/ Sun, 05 Mar 2023 19:00:00 +0000 j.p.singleton+blog@gmail.com (James Singleton) https://unop.uk/solar-pv-and-home-battery---2022-report-and-advice/ This is a follow-up on my previous post about home energy, providing advice and experience after owning a solar PV and battery storage system for a while. https://unop.uk/project-no-go/ Wed, 21 Sep 2022 21:30:00 +0100 j.p.singleton+blog@gmail.com (James Singleton) https://unop.uk/project-no-go/ In our quest to stop burning stuff, one of my projects for the summer of ‘22 was to try to burn no gas or oil directly at home (scope 1 emissions). https://unop.uk/the-road-to-renewable-energy/ Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:00:00 +0000 j.p.singleton+blog@gmail.com (James Singleton) https://unop.uk/the-road-to-renewable-energy/ The terrible situation in Ukraine is on all of our minds. I’m glad to see that UK aid is matching DEC donations and important work is also being done by local charities that need your support. https://unop.uk/electric-shift-web-app/ Mon, 17 Jan 2022 15:00:00 +0000 j.p.singleton+blog@gmail.com (James Singleton) https://unop.uk/electric-shift-web-app/ We’re on the Octopus Go off-peak electricity tariff and often have flexibility about what day to charge the car or run appliances overnight. https://unop.uk/green-resolution-2022/ Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:00:00 +0000 j.p.singleton+blog@gmail.com (James Singleton) https://unop.uk/green-resolution-2022/ A lot has changed in the last couple of years but the climate crisis hasn’t gone away. It feels like momentum is building, so hopefully we can speed up and make the changes needed quick enough. https://unop.uk/eco-measures-summary-and-tips/ Tue, 16 Nov 2021 09:00:00 +0000 j.p.singleton+blog@gmail.com (James Singleton) https://unop.uk/eco-measures-summary-and-tips/ This is a short summary of my positive stories on how you can take action and do your bit to be more eco-friendly. https://unop.uk/other-eco-measures/ Thu, 11 Nov 2021 10:30:00 +0000 j.p.singleton+blog@gmail.com (James Singleton) https://unop.uk/other-eco-measures/ This last post in my short series of positive stories on how you can take action and do your bit to be more eco-friendly is about other measures. https://unop.uk/low-carbon-heating/ Wed, 10 Nov 2021 09:00:00 +0000 j.p.singleton+blog@gmail.com (James Singleton) https://unop.uk/low-carbon-heating/ This next post in my short series of positive stories on how you can take action and do your bit to be more eco-friendly is about low carbon heating and other measures. https://unop.uk/home-energy-cutting-costs-consuming-less-and-creating-your-own/ Thu, 04 Nov 2021 09:00:00 +0000 j.p.singleton+blog@gmail.com (James Singleton) https://unop.uk/home-energy-cutting-costs-consuming-less-and-creating-your-own/ The next in my short series of positive stories on how you can take action and do your bit to be more eco-friendly is about home energy. https://unop.uk/advice-on-electric-vehicle-ownership-a-year-in/ Thu, 28 Oct 2021 09:00:00 +0100 j.p.singleton+blog@gmail.com (James Singleton) https://unop.uk/advice-on-electric-vehicle-ownership-a-year-in/ It’s been a while since I last posted but don’t worry, I’m still here. Life can be pretty challenging but as COP26 is almost upon us I thought I’d write a short series of positive stories on how you can take action and do your bit to be more eco-friendly. https://unop.uk/resolutions-revisited/ Thu, 31 Dec 2020 16:00:00 +0000 j.p.singleton+blog@gmail.com (James Singleton) https://unop.uk/resolutions-revisited/ It’s been a very challenging year. In some ways eventful and in other ways highly uneventful. Last year, I made some resolutions1. https://unop.uk/green-resolution-review-and-another-climate-crisis-reading-list/ Sat, 13 Jun 2020 05:53:41 +0000 j.p.singleton+blog@gmail.com (James Singleton) https://unop.uk/green-resolution-review-and-another-climate-crisis-reading-list/ We’re almost halfway though the year, and what a weird year it is! I always thought 2020 would be significant, but for different reasons. https://unop.uk/climate-crisis-reading-list/ Sun, 02 Feb 2020 05:53:41 +0000 j.p.singleton+blog@gmail.com (James Singleton) https://unop.uk/climate-crisis-reading-list/ We’re a month into the new year and new decade (and it’s a palindate1), so it’s time to see how things are going. https://unop.uk/resolutions/ Sat, 14 Dec 2019 09:28:44 +0000 j.p.singleton+blog@gmail.com (James Singleton) https://unop.uk/resolutions/ It’s nearing the end of yet another year (and another decade), so it’s time to start thinking about New Year’s (and decade’s) resolutions. https://unop.uk/a-year-of-weekly-posts/ Wed, 09 Oct 2019 18:00:00 +0100 j.p.singleton+blog@gmail.com (James Singleton) https://unop.uk/a-year-of-weekly-posts/ A year ago I committed to writing a least one post a week for the next year and this post marks the achievement of that goal. https://unop.uk/global-climate-strike-2/ Fri, 27 Sep 2019 18:00:00 +0100 j.p.singleton+blog@gmail.com (James Singleton) https://unop.uk/global-climate-strike-2/ ⌛ https://unop.uk/nothing-this-week/ Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:00:00 +0100 j.p.singleton+blog@gmail.com (James Singleton) https://unop.uk/nothing-this-week/ No post this week. Get out there and support climate action! ⌛ https://unop.uk/global-climate-strike/ Fri, 20 Sep 2019 18:00:00 +0100 j.p.singleton+blog@gmail.com (James Singleton) https://unop.uk/global-climate-strike/ ⌛ https://unop.uk/fixathon-finished/ Wed, 04 Sep 2019 18:00:00 +0100 j.p.singleton+blog@gmail.com (James Singleton) https://unop.uk/fixathon-finished/ The Climate Fixathon has now finished and judging stops at the end of today. There were 36 projects submitted and I’ve been very impressed. https://unop.uk/digital-climate-strike/ Wed, 28 Aug 2019 18:00:00 +0100 j.p.singleton+blog@gmail.com (James Singleton) https://unop.uk/digital-climate-strike/ You may have noticed a banner at the bottom of this site. If you’re interested in adding this to your own sites then read on. https://unop.uk/a-song-of-sun-and-wind/ Wed, 21 Aug 2019 18:00:00 +0100 j.p.singleton+blog@gmail.com (James Singleton) https://unop.uk/a-song-of-sun-and-wind/ Following on from my graph of the summer heat wave that afflicted large parts of Europe, I thought I’d expand on the increasingly extreme swings in our famously changeable British weather and the implications for our energy infrastructure. https://unop.uk/climate-fixathon/ Wed, 31 Jul 2019 18:00:00 +0100 j.p.singleton+blog@gmail.com (James Singleton) https://unop.uk/climate-fixathon/ The Climate Fixathon starts this Friday (it runs between the 2nd and 30th of August) and I’m excited to be one of the judges.