Energy in Demand News, March 31, 2024

New oil and gasfields are expected to grow fourfold despite IEA warnings, the Financial Times (behind a paywall) reported this week in their energy newsletter. At least 20 new oil and gasfields reached final investment decisions worldwide last year and “this figure to grow nearly fourfold by the end of the decade, with another 31bn … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, March 31, 2024 →

How the climate crisis affects our brains

Clayton Page Aldern writes on the Guardian website about how climate change affects our brains. Note that his book The Weight of Nature, on the effects of climate change on brain health, is published by Allen Lane on 4 April. ‘Everybody has a breaking point’: how the climate crisis affects our brains Are growing rates of … Continue reading How the climate crisis affects our brains →

Bridging the attitude-behaviour gap on political climate action

The Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University in the United States recently published a new Climate Note on the attitude-behaviour gap in the US. You should find it interesting and it will be good to get comments on how relevant this is in other countries as well. The attitude-behavior gap on … Continue reading Bridging the attitude-behaviour gap on political climate action →

How social sciences can help address climate change

In an article on The Conversation website, Fayola Helen Jacobs, Assistant Professor of urban planning, University of Minnesota; Candis Callison, Associate professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, and Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, University of British Columbia; and Elizabeth Marino, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Oregon State University discuss how social sciences can help … Continue reading How social sciences can help address climate change →

New research into actions on climate change found a significant difference between women and men in their attitudes and behaviours

Hanna Bäck, Professor of Political Science, Lund University and Emma A. Renström (prev. Bäck), Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg write on The Conversation website about a recent study that showed that women tend to make more climate-friendly choices than men. What are your views? Women favour climate actions that benefit future generations … Continue reading New research into actions on climate change found a significant difference between women and men in their attitudes and behaviours →

Energy in Demand News, March 10, 2024

The World Trade Organization's Thirteenth Ministerial Conference (MC13) recently took place in Abu Dhabi (February 26-March 2). In its energy update, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) wrote that “fossil fuel subsidy reform conversations have made marked progress at the WTO. Last week, the Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform initiative—comprised of 48 members—delivered a new … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, March 10, 2024 →

Addressing consumer fatigue: with 70% of the expected benefits of the energy transition to be driven by changes in consumer consumption re-engaging households is key

Recent research by EY shows that there is a need to better connect with consumers in the energy transition. A collaborative, holistic approach to the energy transition, with consumers at the core, is how we will accelerate progress toward a fairer, greener, and better energy system that delivers more value for everyone. Beth Anton discusses … Continue reading Addressing consumer fatigue: with 70% of the expected benefits of the energy transition to be driven by changes in consumer consumption re-engaging households is key →

The world is off track to meet its climate goals and the public is to blame, claims chief executive of oil giant ExxonMobil

Dharna Noor and Oliver Milman write on the Guardian website about Darren Woods telling Fortune consumers not willing to pay for clean-energy transition. This has prompted a backlash from climate experts unsurprisingly. Fury after Exxon chief says public to blame for climate failures The world is off track to meet its climate goals and … Continue reading The world is off track to meet its climate goals and the public is to blame, claims chief executive of oil giant ExxonMobil →

Energy in Demand News, March 3, 2024

The bad news from the IEA this week is that, globally, CO2 emissions increased by 410 million tonnes, or 1.1%, in 2023. The good news from the IEA is that global energy-related CO2 emissions rose less strongly in 2023 than the year before even as total energy demand growth accelerated. IEA analysis shows that the … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, March 3, 2024 →

New analysis helped design a new climate intervention app that can empower people to make more environmentally conscious decisions at governmental, community and household levels

New research by an international team of more than 250 scientists studied several environmental interventions and the way people responded to them in 63 countries. Chiara Longoni, Associate Professor, Marketing and Social Science, Bocconi University and Kimberly Doell, Senior Researcher in Environmental and Climate Change Psychology, Universität Wien discuss the findings in an article on … Continue reading New analysis helped design a new climate intervention app that can empower people to make more environmentally conscious decisions at governmental, community and household levels →