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 →

South Africa’s energy transition: national electricity utility faces reality

In an article on The Conversation website, Angela van der Berg, Director of the Global Environmental Law Centre; Associate Professor Department of Public Law & Jurisprudence, University of the Western Cape writes about a court decision that is solidly behind renewables. South Africa’s power utility Eskom tried to block a gold mine from going … Continue reading South Africa’s energy transition: national electricity utility faces reality →

Farmers in America win lawsuit to restore USDA climate data

Frida Garza writes on the Grist website about the controversy over sharing climate data. Shortly after President Donald Trump took office last January, employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture were reportedly instructed to flag and delete any webpages that mentioned climate change. Farmers won their legal case. But this story does reflect the problems … Continue reading Farmers in America win lawsuit to restore USDA climate data →

U.S. retreat creates an opportunity for a new environmental alliance in the Americas

In an article on The Conversation website, Alexandra R Harrington, Visiting Scholar, McGill University Faculty of Law, Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, McGill University explains the current situation vis-à-vis the Trump Administration provides an opportunity for other countries in the Americas to take action on climate change without the United States. Countries … Continue reading U.S. retreat creates an opportunity for a new environmental alliance in the Americas →

The legal battle over US climate regulation

US President Donald Trump has revoked a 2009 EPA declaration that determined carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as a threat to public health and welfare. Several groups are now challenging this decision in court. Jenipher Camino Gonzalez writes on the Deutsche Welle website with latest developments. US: Trump's EPA sued by environmentalist, health … Continue reading The legal battle over US climate regulation →

The current disruption to global order promises profound impacts on the global response to climate change

In an article on The Conversation website, Matthew Hoffmann, Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of Environmental Governance Lab, University of Toronto, wonders whether the current global rules-based disruption is an opportunity to build better foundations for a just and effective global response to climate change. Addressing climate change without the ‘rules-based order’ At … Continue reading The current disruption to global order promises profound impacts on the global response to climate change →

John Kerry: No leader can ‘bend the laws of physics’ as US withdraws from climate leadership

Former US Secretary of State John Kerry joined Chatham House to reflect on the outcomes of COP30 and assess what they mean for the future of international climate cooperation. Drawing on his experience from the Rio Earth Summit to Paris and breakthrough COPs in Glasgow and Dubai as US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, Mr … Continue reading John Kerry: No leader can ‘bend the laws of physics’ as US withdraws from climate leadership →

Beyond the Paris promise: The consequences of missing 1.5°C

In an article on The Conversation website, James Dyke, Assistant Director of the Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter and Johan Rockström, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, discuss what follows the failure from last week’s climate summit, COP30, in Belém, Brazil. What are your views? … Continue reading Beyond the Paris promise: The consequences of missing 1.5°C →

Energy in Demand News, November 23-24, 2025

Two years ago, at COP28 in the Dubai, countries agreed on the need to "transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems." This was essentially the first time that official documents in the UNFCCC process made reference to fossil fuels. COP30 was extended from the planned closing on Friday because of a deadlock over fossil … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, November 23-24, 2025 →

Climate finance on shaky ground: miscounting, mislabeling and the cost for developing nations

Shannon Gibson, Professor of Environmental Studies, Political Science and International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, writes on The Conversation website about how climate finance so far has rested on a shaky foundation of fuzzy accounting, one where funding for airports, hotels and even ice cream stores is being counted as climate … Continue reading Climate finance on shaky ground: miscounting, mislabeling and the cost for developing nations →