Summary from the ENERNOW SDG7 Action Forum, 24-25 September 2025

Meeting on the sidelines of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, the ENERGYNOW SDG7 Action Forum addressed the nexus of health, food security, climate change, and energy, among others. The summary report was published on the IISD Earth Negotiations Bulletin website. Summary report, 24–25 September 2025 With just five years until 2030 and discussions … Continue reading Summary from the ENERNOW SDG7 Action Forum, 24-25 September 2025 →

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 →

EU reduced to ‘middle power’ in global climate leadership

Governments across the 27-member bloc have spent much of the year squabbling over a set of new climate targets required by European law and the 2015 Paris Agreement. Diplomats and officials from other countries said their impression was that the EU was so inwardly focused that it was difficult to get the bloc to engage with … Continue reading EU reduced to ‘middle power’ in global climate leadership →

The UK’s net zero policy is “nonsense” according to US Energy Secretary Chris Wright

Fracking baron Chris Wright has increasingly found bedfellows in the UK and Europe for his climate-scepticism and anti-net zero crusade, writes Andrew Warren, who chairs the British Energy Efficiency Federation, and is a former special advisor to the House of Commons environment committee, in an article on the Business Green website. The US Energy … Continue reading The UK’s net zero policy is “nonsense” according to US Energy Secretary Chris Wright →

More support being given to SMEs in Europe to become more energy efficient

It was a big day for energy efficiency financing this week. Importantly, the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group, supported by the European Commission announced a new financing initiative at a meeting that brought together a wide range of experts, including Rod, representing Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes (EEIP). You can check out the EEIP LinkedIn … Continue reading More support being given to SMEs in Europe to become more energy efficient →

Has Mark Carney caved in to pressure to facilitate ever more fossil fuel extraction?

Canada’s Prime Minister once cautioned that most fossil fuel reserves will become unburnable. In 2019 he was appointed UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance and undertook many initiatives to support the long-term climate and energy objectives. In an article on the DeSmog website, Mitch Anderson wonders what happened. Mark Carney’s Climate Warning … Continue reading Has Mark Carney caved in to pressure to facilitate ever more fossil fuel extraction? →

Britain’s climate and energy transition: still much to do to get on track

Kevin Anderson, Chris Joneand Gaurav Gharde, all from the University of Manchester, write on The Conversation website about the climate U-turns that have taken place in the UK. Interestingly, they have criticised the Climate Change Committee for failing to hold the government accountable for backsliding on climate action. Is there backsliding in your country? … Continue reading Britain’s climate and energy transition: still much to do to get on track →

Trump’s EPA cancels $7 billion in funding for solar projects

A Le Monde news item reports that the US Environmental Protection Agency has terminated the grant that was intended to help pay for residential solar projects for more than 900,000 lower-income US households − a Biden-era attempt to introduce cleaner power onto the electrical grid and to lower energy bills for American consumers. EPA … Continue reading Trump’s EPA cancels $7 billion in funding for solar projects →

Recent survey in Canada shows how recent extreme weather is raising public concern about climate change

Eddie Sheppard and David Coletto write on the Abacus Data website about their recent public survey that shows growing concerns about climate change in the past year. Are there similar surveys in your country? Are we seeing similar results? Public concerns about climate up 15-points since October 2024 Between June 26 and July 2, … Continue reading Recent survey in Canada shows how recent extreme weather is raising public concern about climate change →

Energy in Demand News, August 3-4, 2025

The EU and US agreed to a new trade deal in recent days, to a distinctly mixed reaction. The European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Europe’s largest network of environmental NGOs, warns that the centrepiece of the deal, a €700 billion pledge to buy U.S. fossil fuels and nuclear energy over the next three years, is fundamentally … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, August 3-4, 2025 →