Strong economic case for tackling pollution and climate change together, UN finds

Tackling air pollution and climate change together would boost global GDP by 2.8 per cent by 2035, according to a UN report, as the majority of the world continues to be exposed to air that remains below global quality standards. UN: Every US$1 invested in climate and clean-air action can return US$15 Every US$1 … Continue reading Strong economic case for tackling pollution and climate change together, UN finds →

Energy in Demand News, August 30, 2026

Europe’s new renewable energy champion is Romania, according to The Economist. Energy storage as become a key feature of its deployment of renewables. “Unlike many western European countries, Romania is deploying storage relatively early in its solar build-out, rather than trying to catch up after large amounts of solar capacity have already been installed,” says … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, August 30, 2026 →

Clean energy has the capital — but can it underwrite the risk?

For sectors such as grids and energy storage, managing the complex risks of financing projects and assets is now a significant barrier to growth, writes Reiner Boehning of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners in an article on the Recharge website. The financing gap threatening to slow trillions in clean energy investment Capital is not the primary … Continue reading Clean energy has the capital — but can it underwrite the risk? →

The political backlash against climate disclosure reaches the Big Four

Jorja Siemons writes on the Bloomberg Law website on the politicisation of climate-related financial disclosure in the US. Support for international climate-reporting standards is now being portrayed by Republican state officials as potentially incompatible with auditors’ independence. Big Four’s Past Climate Reporting Support Draws State Scrutiny More than a dozen Republican state attorneys general … Continue reading The political backlash against climate disclosure reaches the Big Four →

The European Commission publishes a series of guidance documents to support CBAM implementation in the definitive period

On 14 August 2026, the European Commission published a series of ten guidance documents to help non-EU operators with the implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) during its definitive period. The CBAM's definitive period brings monitoring, reporting and financial obligations for importers of carbon-intensive goods into the EU, set out in the CBAM … Continue reading The European Commission publishes a series of guidance documents to support CBAM implementation in the definitive period →

The new energy security: less waste, more resilience

Deborah Gordon and Marko Solomon write on the RMI (formerly the Rocky Mountain Institute) website that that energy security, economic security and climate security can no longer be treated separately—and that efficiency, finance, policy and electrification need to work together. Bolstering Energy, Economic, and Environmental Security in a Warming World: Learnings from London Climate … Continue reading The new energy security: less waste, more resilience →

The price of delay: how climate inaction fuels inflation

In an article on The Conversation website, Ryan M. Katz-Rosene, Associate Professor, School of Political Studies, with Cross-Appointment to Geography, Environment and Geomatics, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa and James Jackson, Lecturer and Research Fellow, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester argue that today’s fossil-fuel price shocks are not simply geopolitical accidents. Their impact is … Continue reading The price of delay: how climate inaction fuels inflation →

Energy crises are driving a renovation revolution

High energy prices have sparked new interest in energy-related renovations and non-fossil heating systems. This post by Desislava Rusinova and Marco Weissler of the European Central Bank argues that such investments cushion the impact of energy shocks on the building and construction sector. The analysis shows that while energy shocks initially hurt the construction sector, … Continue reading Energy crises are driving a renovation revolution →

DEEP and going DEEP-er

The DEEP (De-risking Energy Efficiency Platform) is the European Commission's open-access database designed to reduce the perceived financial risk of investing in energy efficiency projects. It is one of the Commission's most important tools for demonstrating, with real-world evidence, that energy efficiency investments are often lower risk and more profitable than many investors assume. DEEP was officially launched … Continue reading DEEP and going DEEP-er →

New report on the false sense of security in climate risk models

In a new report published this week, Finance Watch is proposing a way forward to integrate science-based metrics in banks' risk monitoring framework and address climate-related systemic risk to preserve financial stability in a warming world. The author of the report is Thomas Larible. Report – Towards a climate-resilient banking sector Climate change is … Continue reading New report on the false sense of security in climate risk models →