The EU 8th Environment Action Programme (EAP) builds on the European Green Deal and sets the framework for EU environmental policy until 2030. Published recently, the European Environment Agency’s (EEA) first monitoring report on the Programme shows that the EU may not meet most of the monitoring targets outlined in the European Commission’s 8th EAP … Continue reading New EEA report on the EU’s 8th Environment Action Programme
Category: climate policy
Energy in Demand News, December 17, 2023
EiD wishes you all a very festive season and we look forward to seeing you in 2024 Let's all do our best to get our zero-carbon energy transition on track COP28 ended this week and there definitely are split opinions on how successful it was. You will see several of this week’s posts covering aspects … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, December 17, 2023
Environmental scientists in Canada continue to be stifled in their ability to conduct and communicate their research
In an article in The Conversation website, Alana Westwood, Manjulika E. Robertson and Samantha M. Chu, all from Dalhousie University in Canada, discuss how Canadian scientists face interference in communicating their research findings. A recent survey shows that 92 per cent of the environmental researchers reported having experienced interference with their ability to communicate or … Continue reading Environmental scientists in Canada continue to be stifled in their ability to conduct and communicate their research
It will take a major effort to overcome the obstacles and reach the COP28 plan to triple renewables by 2030
Sarah Mcfarlane and Susanna Twidale write on the Reuters website about the challenges the renewable energy and grid industries face to meet the 2030 target for tripling renewable energy capacity. COP28 plan to triple renewables is doable, but not easy, companies say More than 100 countries at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai have … Continue reading It will take a major effort to overcome the obstacles and reach the COP28 plan to triple renewables by 2030
While China is deploying renewables at a fast pace, It is far behind in improving energy efficiency
In an article on The Conversation website, Xu Yi-chong, Professor of Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University in Australia discusses latest developments in China. Because China accounts for a third of global GHG emissions, what it does has a big impact. Importantly he states that China has been looking for better coordination with the US … Continue reading While China is deploying renewables at a fast pace, It is far behind in improving energy efficiency
Some reaction to the complexity of transitioning away from fossil fuels
In an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter of the Washington Post, Ishaan Tharoor analyses some of the important decarbonisation issues from COP28. U.N. climate talks chart a complex course away from fossil fuels At the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Dubai, dubbed COP28, which drew to a close this week, tens of thousands of … Continue reading Some reaction to the complexity of transitioning away from fossil fuels
COP28 agreement “falls short in addressing the use of fossil fuels at the heart of the climate crisis”
In an article on The Conversation website, Alaa Al Khourdajie, Research Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London; Chris Bataille, Adjunct Research Fellow in Energy and Climate Policy, Columbia University; and Lars J Nilsson, Professor of Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, Lund University in Sweden argue that the approach agreed upon at COP28 is … Continue reading COP28 agreement “falls short in addressing the use of fossil fuels at the heart of the climate crisis”
Energy in Demand News, December 10, 2023
At COP28, the first “Global Stocktake,” will assess the results of national and international collective action to curb climate change. The UN's Global Stocktake synthesis draft report, released in September, shows that despite some progress since the Paris Agreement in 2015, the world is still far off track to reduce emissions enough to keep temperature … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, December 10, 2023
Appreciate the limitations of carbon capture and “focus on real solutions”
The oil and gas industry wants you to believe it can capture its emissions and keep drilling as usual. That’s no way to avert climate chaos according to Laurence Tubiana and Emmanuel Guérin from the European Climate Foundation in an article on the EURACTIV website. It is behind a paywall, but Peter Coy writes an … Continue reading Appreciate the limitations of carbon capture and “focus on real solutions”
There is a wealth of scientific evidence demonstrating that a fossil fuel phase-out will be essential for reining in the greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change
In an article on The Conversation website, Steve Pye, Associate Professor in Energy Systems, UCL writes that President Sultan Al Jaber of COP28 is wrong to say there is no since indicating phasing out fossil fuels is necessary to restrict global heating to 1.5°C. COP28 president is wrong – science clearly shows fossil fuels … Continue reading There is a wealth of scientific evidence demonstrating that a fossil fuel phase-out will be essential for reining in the greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change
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