In an article on The Conversation website, Lorraine Whitmarsh, Professor of Environmental Psychology, University of Bath and Bella Zanin, Knowledge Exchange Associate, Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations, University of Bath, discuss how growing concern about climate change does not necessarily translate into changes in behaviour. Did the hot summer make more people … Continue reading Britain’s record-breaking summer raises climate concerns, but will it change behaviour?
Category: climate change
America’s fuel efficiency retreat comes at a cost
In an article on the Deutsche Welle website Stuart Braun discusses the difference between the price of buying a car and the cost of owning and running it. The US administration argues that weakening fuel-efficiency standards will make new cars cheaper. Yet, weakened US fuel-efficiency rules and promises of cheaper cars could yet see drivers … Continue reading America’s fuel efficiency retreat comes at a cost
Climate action is about more than climate
Marta Pacheco writes on the Euronews website that energy security is becoming as important a justification for the clean energy transition as climate change itself. EU ministers are set to confirm their commitment to the green transition despite soaring energy prices and supply concerns, according to a draft COP31 position seen by Euronews. EU … Continue reading Climate action is about more than climate
Energy in Demand News, October 4-5, 2026
The Group of Seven (G7) countries agreed on Friday to release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude oil from emergency reserves and pledged to refrain from energy export restrictions after pressure from US President Donald Trump, Reuters reports. As a result, Trump has said that he would now not impose a diesel export ban. … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, October 4-5, 2026
Cheaper electricity — but at what cost?
In an article on The Conversation website, Akshaya Jha, Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, argues that the claimed savings from repealing US power-plant emissions rules omit potentially substantial health and climate costs. EPA says repealing power plant emissions rules will save billions – but its estimate leaves out health … Continue reading Cheaper electricity — but at what cost?
New report from Bruegel on how climate policies can speed up manufacturing decarbonisation in the Western Balkans
Manufacturing companies in the Western Balkans are beginning to respond to the pressures of the green transition, but progress is uneven. A new Bruegel analysis by Nina Vujanović finds that firms are increasingly taking steps to reduce their environmental impact, driven both by energy and cost considerations and by their close integration into European supply … Continue reading New report from Bruegel on how climate policies can speed up manufacturing decarbonisation in the Western Balkans
Building transport systems for a less predictable world
In an article on The Conversation website, Erica E.F. Ballantyne, Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management, University of Sheffield, discusses the need for transport resilience in a world where both the climate and energy system are becoming less predictable. How to build climate‑resilient transport systems Extreme weather frequently causes major disruptions in UK transport … Continue reading Building transport systems for a less predictable world
Who should pay for climate damage — taxpayers or fossil fuel companies?
In an article on The Conversation website, Patrick Parenteau, Professor of Law Emeritus, Vermont Law & Graduate School, questions who should pay the mounting costs of climate damage—the public or the companies being sued over their alleged role in causing and misleading the public about that damage? Question of whether taxpayers or fossil fuel … Continue reading Who should pay for climate damage — taxpayers or fossil fuel companies?
Why are we building homes that could become uninsurable?
Rachel Clun and Sean Farrington write on the BBC News website about the challenges to build needed homes. While this is about the UK this is important in most other countries. As climate risks increase, the question is no longer simply how to protect existing homes, but whether we should continue building new ones in … Continue reading Why are we building homes that could become uninsurable?
Energy in Demand News, September 27-28, 2026
If we do not move away from this dependency on fossil fuels, then I can promise everybody it will be a permanent crisis Dan Jørgensen, EU Energy Commissioner, speaking to Financial Times A federal judge in New York ruled that the state’s new climate “superfund” law, which would force fossil fuel companies to pay $75 … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, September 27-28, 2026
