The European Union remains largely on track to achieve its 2030 targets to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions, according to the latest annual check-up on EU progress to its energy and climate targets published by the European Environment Agency today. Total net greenhouse gas emissions in the EU fell by a further 2.5% in 2024, … Continue reading EEA monitoring of progress to EU energy and climate targets
Category: climate change
The Paris Agreement turns 10 — and faces its toughest test yet
Ten years after nations adopted the Paris Agreement, its objectives are in jeopardy amid rising climate pollution and a political backlash against clean energy. In an article on the Politico website, Sara Schonhardt looks at h ow the climate deal changed everything, and yet still might not be enough. The US led the world … Continue reading The Paris Agreement turns 10 — and faces its toughest test yet
EU ministers break deadlock on CO2 emission cut by 2040 amid political pressure
The European Union's 27 governments have struck a deal slightly watering down a proposed 2040 target for cutting planet-warming emissions, and set a new 2035 climate commitment. Ministers unanimously approved the bloc’s long-overdue climate plan, rescuing the EU from the international embarrassment of showing up empty handed this month's COP30 summit on climate change in Brazil. A requirement under the 2015 Paris … Continue reading EU ministers break deadlock on CO2 emission cut by 2040 amid political pressure
Did Bill Gate’s latest missive dismiss the seriousness of climate change?
In an article on the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists website, Michael E. Mann, presidential distinguished professor and director of the Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media at The University of Pennsylvania, comments on a recent statement by Bill Gates that governments should target health and agriculture improvements that will reduce extreme poverty and hardship … Continue reading Did Bill Gate’s latest missive dismiss the seriousness of climate change?
Energy in Demand News, November 2-3, 2025
Bill Gates marked his 70th birthday on October 28 “by lobbing a hand grenade into the global climate finance debate, just as governments prepare to convene for the COP30 summit in Brazil, in the words of a Financial Times newsletter this week. Bill Gates said: “I urge everyone at COP30 to ask … is the … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, November 2-3, 2025
New report shows progress in sustainable aviation fuel uptake across the EU
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) published its first annual report on the implementation of the ReFuelEU Aviation Regulation this week. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the state of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) uptake across the EU in 2024 and assesses the market’s readiness to meet upcoming obligations under the Regulation. According to the findings, … Continue reading New report shows progress in sustainable aviation fuel uptake across the EU
The real reasons for the recent excitement about nuclear energy have less to do with energy security, or climate change – and far more to do with military power
Phil Johnstone, Visiting Fellow, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex; University of Tartu; Utrecht University and Andy Stirling, Professor of Science & Technology Policy, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex write on The Conversation website about the real reasons there is increased excitement in nuclear energy. What are your views? … Continue reading The real reasons for the recent excitement about nuclear energy have less to do with energy security, or climate change – and far more to do with military power
Blog by Jane Marsh – The hidden risks in Europe’s aging energy grid: why household electricity trips are increasing
Household electricity trips are increasing in European countries. Spain and Portugal recently experienced a mass blackout, and many worry that such occurrences will become even more frequent. This is primarily due to Europe’s increased use of renewable resources while failing to update its decades-old grid system. Why Are Blackouts Occurring? When Russia invaded Ukraine in … Continue reading Blog by Jane Marsh – The hidden risks in Europe’s aging energy grid: why household electricity trips are increasing
The energy transition: the need for credible plans to actually reduce fossil fuel dependence
In an article on The Conversation website, Kate Hua-Ke Chi, Doctoral Fellow, The Fletcher School, Tufts University discusses the difficulty of reducing dependence on fossil fuels. Why countries struggle to quit fossil fuels, despite higher costs and 30 years of climate talks and treatiesFossil fuels still power much of the world, even though renewable energy has … Continue reading The energy transition: the need for credible plans to actually reduce fossil fuel dependence
UN sounds alarm: too few nations cutting carbon fast enough
Matt McGrath writes on the BBC News website that while there is progress in curbing CO2 emissions over the next decade, the projected fall is not enough to stop temperatures from surging from the global targets. Most countries fail to submit new climate pledges ahead of summit Only 64 countries have submitted new plans … Continue reading UN sounds alarm: too few nations cutting carbon fast enough
Energy in Demand - Sustainable Energy - Rod Janssen 