Extreme weather and climate change caused more financial damage in Europe between 2020 and 2023 than it did in the whole preceding decade, the Financial Times reports. “The average annual economic losses in the EU associated with increasingly intense heat, floods and other extreme weather amounted to €44.5bn between 2020 and 2023, two and a … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, October 5-6, 2025
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IEA’s Energy Business Council discuss market developments
Some 60 senior executives from leading companies shared their views this week on key trends for oil, gas, critical minerals, renewables, power systems and more. The IEA Energy Business Council (EBC) brings together some of the world’s largest companies involved in energy exploration, production and consumption, ranging from oil, natural gas and coal companies … Continue reading IEA’s Energy Business Council discuss market developments
World must come together to fight climate change, Pope Leo says
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis' encyclical, "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," during an international conference on climate justice, Pope Leo XIV continued his predecessor's call for ecological conversion and concrete action to protect creation. Matt McGrath discusses the Pope’s comments in an article on the BBC News website. Pope … Continue reading World must come together to fight climate change, Pope Leo says
Among the many questions raised by the rise of artificial intelligence, its compatibility with decarbonisation should be a central concern
The notion of ‘techno-solutionism,’ asserting that artificial intelligence could achieve sufficient energy savings to make the process sustainable, is an illusion. Le Monde published an editorial on its website about a recent report by the Shift Project that offered a sobering assessment of the compatibility of AI with decarbonisation. The incompatibility of AI and … Continue reading Among the many questions raised by the rise of artificial intelligence, its compatibility with decarbonisation should be a central concern
Australia’s energy transition: More focus on transport sector needed
In an article on The Conversation website, Hussein Dia, Professor of Transport Technology and Sustainability, Swinburne University of Technology argues that long-term climate targets will not be met until more attention is given to the transport sector. Currently, Australia risks leaning too heavily on unproven transport solutions that may not deliver real cuts. Is that … Continue reading Australia’s energy transition: More focus on transport sector needed
The climate and environmental impact of military aviation operations could be reduced if sustainable aviation fuels are introduced
In an article on The Conversation website, Elna Heimdal Nilsson, Professor of Aeronautical Sciences, Department of Aviation and Aeronautical Sciences, Lund University argues that SAFs will not make military aviation climate neutral, but they could substantially reduce its environmental footprint at a time when both security and sustainability are pressing concerns. Sustainable fuels could … Continue reading The climate and environmental impact of military aviation operations could be reduced if sustainable aviation fuels are introduced
China, unlike many other countries, tends not to make climate commitments that it doesn’t understand or intend to keep
Myles Allen, Head of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford and Kai Jiang, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford write on The Conversation website that China’s targets aren’t just slogans or aspirations. When China makes a climate pledge, the world should listen A few years ago, one of us … Continue reading China, unlike many other countries, tends not to make climate commitments that it doesn’t understand or intend to keep
Another business-led effort from the financial sector to fight climate change is unraveling
In an article on The Conversation website, David L Levy, Professor Emeritus of Management, UMass Boston and Rami Kaplan, Senior Lecturer of Sociology and Labor Studies, Tel Aviv University discuss how net-zero alliances in the financial sector never made much business sense and were not particularly effective at fighting climate change. Do you agree? … Continue reading Another business-led effort from the financial sector to fight climate change is unraveling
Energy in Demand News, September 28-29, 2025
Trump to World: Green Energy Is a Scam and Climate Science Is From ‘Stupid People’ That was quite a headline for the New York Times account of President Trump berating everyone at the UN General Assembly this week… everyone who fell for “the greatest con job ever perpetrated”, the carbon footprint “hoax” and the “green … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, September 28-29, 2025
Uruguay’s energy transition: a model for other countries?
Ramón Méndez Galain helped Uruguay decarbonise its grid in just five years, with 98 % of its energy coming from renewable sources. Allyson Chiu writes on the Washington Post website about how he accomplished this. He got an entire country running on clean energy. Can he do it again? When Ramón Méndez Galain’s phone … Continue reading Uruguay’s energy transition: a model for other countries?
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