It is fairly easy to make a decarbonisation commitment, it is less easy to achieve it. Jane Dudman writes in The Guardian about the challenges ahead for English councils. English councils set to miss carbon emission targets Many councils in England don’t know how much energy they use, a new survey reveals. The findings … Continue reading While many English councils state they will be carbon neutral by 2050, few even know their current carbon footprint
Category: climate policy
Financing Europe’s green transition
This was a critical week for ensuring the European Union takes a more ambitious approach to the low-carbon energy transition. The European Commission unveiled a €1 trillion investment plan to fight climate change on Tuesday. The Commission proposals would dedicate around a quarter of the EU budget to the task. The proposal has already had … Continue reading Financing Europe’s green transition
Russia takes new approach to addressing climate change
A Kremlin website recognises global heating as a problem but lists ‘positive’ economic effects. A news item by Agence France-Presse in The Guardian explains some of the mitigation and adaptation efforts that are planned. Russia announces plan to ‘use the advantages’ of climate change Russia has published a plan to adapt its economy and … Continue reading Russia takes new approach to addressing climate change
The Green Deal is the EU’s “new defining mission”
The European Union has already invested so much of its political capital into the green transition that a failure to fulfill its promise to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 would severely damage its legitimacy. The Green Deal is not just one of many EU projects. It is the Union’s new defining mission. Jean Pisani-Ferry, a … Continue reading The Green Deal is the EU’s “new defining mission”
Calls in Hungary for climate and energy policy reform
Zsófia Végh writes on the Budapest Business Journal website climate and energy policy reforms are needed in Hungary. To start with, Hungarian energy strategy needs to be dealt with in the context of climate policy and economic development. There is also a need to accelerate decarbonisation. What are your views? Efficient Climate and Energy … Continue reading Calls in Hungary for climate and energy policy reform
Reviewing which countries are likely to meet their Paris climate agreement targets
With this year’s global climate conference over, it is useful to take stock to see which countries have met or bettered their Paris climate agreement targets. Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics at Massey University in New Zealand provides his views. Climate explained: which countries are likely to meet their Paris Agreement targets The … Continue reading Reviewing which countries are likely to meet their Paris climate agreement targets
Denmark’s parliament adopted new climate law on Friday
Denmark’s parliament adopted a new climate law on Friday, committing to reach 70% below its 1990 emissions in the next eleven years. The new law binds Denmark to the international climate process, including climate finance to developing countries. Joselyn Timperley explains in an article on the Climate Home News website. Denmark adopts climate law … Continue reading Denmark’s parliament adopted new climate law on Friday
New EEA briefing on EU progress in developing national climate mitigation policies
EU Member States reported more than 400 new climate change mitigation policies between 2017 and 2019, according to data released this week by the European Environment Agency (EEA). EU Member States have now reported more than 1 900 climate actions, most of them targeting energy supply or energy consumption. EU Member States add more … Continue reading New EEA briefing on EU progress in developing national climate mitigation policies
It could be a perilous decade for the Paris climate agreement
Recently Chile had to withdraw hosting the next climate conference due to domestic problems and thankfully Madrid will now host it. A recent Guardian article showed that of the 184 national Paris pledges made, 136 are judged insufficient. Then this week President Trump announced that the US will leave the Paris climate agreement at the … Continue reading It could be a perilous decade for the Paris climate agreement
Will the IEA’s models reflect meeting the Paris climate objectives?
In September, EiD had a post on concerns about modelling at the International Energy Agency and whether it truly meets the objectives of the Paris climate agreement. Now the Oil Change International team write on the Price of Oil website about similar concerns. They worry that there is now an over reliance on natural gas … Continue reading Will the IEA’s models reflect meeting the Paris climate objectives?
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