Energy in Demand News, February 16-17, 2025

It is encouraging that institutional investors with $1.5 trillion in funds have told asset managers to step up on climate action or risk being dumped, according to the Financial Times (behind a paywall). “A group of 26 financial institutions and pension funds from Australia to the US, including Scottish Widows, the People’s Partnership and Brunel … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, February 16-17, 2025 →

New report shows that global warming represents an existential threat to the EU

Zia Weise writes on the Politico website about a new German government report. It argues that global warming will exacerbate conflicts, hunger and migration worldwide, with growing risks for Europe. Climate change threatens EU’s survival, German security report warns Global warming represents an existential threat to the European Union, according to a landmark German … Continue reading New report shows that global warming represents an existential threat to the EU →

Yes, Trump is introducing anti-climate measures but “Ultimately, the writing is on the wall for fossil fuels”

In an article on The Conversation website, Bruce Campbell, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada discusses the impact of the Trump administrations anti-climate measures. What are your views? The impact of Donald Trump’s anti-climate measures on our heating planet Before assessing the impact of United States President Donald Trump’s … Continue reading Yes, Trump is introducing anti-climate measures but “Ultimately, the writing is on the wall for fossil fuels” →

Energy in Demand News, February 9, 2025

The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) aims to reduce carbon emissions, put a fair price on the carbon emitted during the production of carbon intensive goods imported into the EU, and encourage cleaner industrial production through a methodology for calculating embedded emissions according to the Paris Agreement and the EU Fit for 55 package. … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, February 9, 2025 →

How climate change could upend the American dream

Americans have long accumulated wealth by owning their homes, but a new study predicts that spiking insurance rates and climate disasters now herald an era of widespread losses. Andrea Riquier discusses the new study in an article on the USA TODAY website Climate risk will take trillion-dollar bite out of America’s real estate As … Continue reading How climate change could upend the American dream →

Estimating future heat-related and cold-related mortality under climate change, demographic and adaptation scenarios in 854 European cities

A new modelling study estimates 2.3 million additional temperature-related deaths unless urgent action is taken to address changing climate. The study is discussed in a news item on the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine website. Climate study: Rise in heat deaths will substantially outweigh fewer cold deaths A modelling study, led by … Continue reading Estimating future heat-related and cold-related mortality under climate change, demographic and adaptation scenarios in 854 European cities →

It’s not clear that Heathrow Airport expansion can fit within the UK’s legal and arguably moral requirement to cut emissions and remain within its carbon budget

Richard Sulley, Senior Research Fellow, Sustainability Policy, University of Sheffield writes on The Conversation website about the impact of expanding the UK’s largest airport on government commitments to reduce carbon emissions. Since this was published, the UK government has given the green light to the construction of the third runway at Heathrow with considerable mixed … Continue reading It’s not clear that Heathrow Airport expansion can fit within the UK’s legal and arguably moral requirement to cut emissions and remain within its carbon budget →

Energy consumption is only one part of AI’s broader environmental impact

In an article on The Conversation website, Hamish van der Ven, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Business Management of Natural Resources, University of British Columbia, argues that social and political mediums through which AI affects the planet are far more insidious and, arguably, more consequential for the future of humanity. AI is bad for the … Continue reading Energy consumption is only one part of AI’s broader environmental impact →

Energy in Demand News, January 26, 2025

Apart from watching what is going on in Washington DC , our attention has understandably focused again this week on the devastation in the Los Angeles area from the continuing wildfires. The total area affected was recently estimated at more than 16,000 hectares and it is going to take years and a lot of money … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, January 26, 2025 →

Climate crisis is making it harder for insurance companies to operate, with many pausing or withdrawing policies

Oliver Milman writes on the Guardian website about the struggles that homeowners are facing in many parts of the United States to find insurance. This is not just an American problem but it is probably most acute there. This post follows many that EiD has provided recently. When looked at together, they make one wonder … Continue reading Climate crisis is making it harder for insurance companies to operate, with many pausing or withdrawing policies →