Following an emergency meeting of the EU energy ministers this week, Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen said at a press conference that domestic clean energy, electrification, modernised interconnections and improved energy efficiency “are the only way forward”. Let’s not lose sight of that. More energy independence is the goal but the past 20 years do not … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, April 5-6, 2026
Category: behaviour/attitudes
Rethinking what a ‘proper’ holiday looks like
Sarah Barfield Marks, PhD Researcher, Department of Psychology, University of Bath writes on The Conversation website about what it takes to have a more sustainable holiday. What are your views? Home or away? Why planning a sustainable holiday is about more than swapping planes for trains As we emerge from a relentlessly gloomy winter … Continue reading Rethinking what a ‘proper’ holiday looks like
Energy in Demand, March 29-30, 2026
Oil and gas companies including Norway’s Equinor and a lobby group backed by Shell, TotalEnergies and ConocoPhillips have called for the EU to drop an effective ban on future drilling in the Arctic, according to the Financial Times. More than 10 oil and gas companies and industry groups seized on arguments about energy security in … Continue reading Energy in Demand, March 29-30, 2026
Why thinking the world will end can shape climate action
Social psychologists in the US found a third of people surveyed feel the world will end in their lifetimes. That's not only depressing; it also affects people's sense of agency when faced by war or climate change. "People believe all sorts of things about how the world's going to end," said Matthew Billet, social psychologist at University … Continue reading Why thinking the world will end can shape climate action
A philosophical puzzle can help explain why some people and governments aren’t acting quickly enough to tackle climate change
Luke Elson, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Reading, in an article on The Conversation website, gives us a philosophical perspective on climate inaction. What are your views? Why long‑term climate choices are hard to make – a philosopher explains A philosophical puzzle can help explain why some people and governments aren’t acting quickly enough … Continue reading A philosophical puzzle can help explain why some people and governments aren’t acting quickly enough to tackle climate change
Energy in Demand News, March 22-23, 2026
On March 11th, the IEA announced the release of 400 million barrels of oil to address disruptions in oil markets stemming from the war in the Middle East as EiD reported last week. The IEA followed up this week by publishing a report highlighting “options to ease oil price pressures on consumers”. When the IEA … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, March 22-23, 2026
Fix, don’t toss: How Europe’s right to repair Is changing consumer culture
Christian Schwägerl writes on the National Observer website about how Europe is taking a fresh approach to stopping the throwaway culture. The EU’s burgeoning repair movement is set to get a boost The grand halls of Berlin’s German Technology Museum are nearly deserted on a Sunday afternoon. The few visitors surveying the vintage cars, … Continue reading Fix, don’t toss: How Europe’s right to repair Is changing consumer culture
Economists and environmental scientists: “You can’t agree on the route if you don’t agree on the map.”
Manuel Suter, Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecological Economics, Lund University writes on The Conversation website about how economists and environmental scientists address environmental issues from totally different starting points. The author notes that economists and environmental scientists often advise governments, sit on expert panels and shape what counts as a solution. If two influential expert groups … Continue reading Economists and environmental scientists: “You can’t agree on the route if you don’t agree on the map.”
Energy in Demand News, February 15-16, 2026
When it comes to climate and energy policies, we shouldn’t be shocked by any news coming out of Washington these days. But no doubt there is collective shock that the Trump administration has repealed the US government’s power to regulate climate change. Nearly 17 years after the Environmental Protection Agency declared that carbon dioxide and … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, February 15-16, 2026
Accountability from below: how Ghanaian communities are holding extractive companies to account
In an article on The Conversation website, Cynthia Kwakyewah, Course Director in Social Science, York University, Canada discusses the strategies that activists in Ghana are using to push the state to act against violating their rights. Activists in Ghana are forcing extractive firms to account for the harm they cause – corporate abuse study … Continue reading Accountability from below: how Ghanaian communities are holding extractive companies to account
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