A market shift is underway in the rental homes sector since UK government legislation mandated that all such properties must have an energy performance certificate (EPC) rating of at least C from 2025. Andrew Warren, chairman of the British Energy Efficiency Federation discusses how to shift behaviour in an article in the March issue of … Continue reading With few carrots and tepid tambourines what is there left to stimulate we donkeys into changing our behaviour?
Category: energy transition
After a decade of market-driven policy failure, Britain remains the ‘cold man of Europe’
Britain has homes that are older, draughtier and harder to heat than anywhere else in western Europe. The poor are paying for the problem that is much older than the current energy crisis. Caroline Molloy discusses in an article on the Open Democracy website. Putin isn’t to blame for fuel poverty in the UK … Continue reading After a decade of market-driven policy failure, Britain remains the ‘cold man of Europe’
New report highlights the importance of enhanced energy efficiency to achieve the net-zero targets by 2050
Satish Shetty writes on the Mercom India website about the role improved energy efficiency must play for us to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. The report was prepared by the international non-profit Climate Group. Global Push for Energy Efficiency Critical for Net Zero by 2050: EP100 Report The EP100, a global initiative led by … Continue reading New report highlights the importance of enhanced energy efficiency to achieve the net-zero targets by 2050
Experts have warned that the world’s biggest economies lack unified plans to protect their electricity grids from digital threats as they increasingly switch to renewable power
As we confront all the implications from the war in Ukraine, there is a need to ensure that our energy infrastructure is robust and free from cyber-attacks. Keeping energy supplies safe from hackers is becoming more important, as countries decarbonise their economies and modernise electricity grids. Ajit Niranjan discusses many of the issues in an … Continue reading Experts have warned that the world’s biggest economies lack unified plans to protect their electricity grids from digital threats as they increasingly switch to renewable power
During this gas supply crisis “can energy consumers really make a difference?”
Aurore Julien, Senior Lecturer and Research Manager, University of East London writes on The Conversation website, that consumers can make a big difference. Interestingly, Aurore Julien’s PhD covered rapid energy savings to mitigate a natural gas crisis (2014). EiD would like to point out that the Buildings Performance Institute Europe has recently come up with … Continue reading During this gas supply crisis “can energy consumers really make a difference?”
Review of G20 fiscal stimulus spending counters many countries’ green pledges to ‘build back better’
Fiona Harvey gives us a wake up call to pay more attention to so-called green financing in an article on The Guardian website. Only about 6% of pandemic recovery spending has been “green”, an analysis of the $14tn that G20 countries have poured into economic stimulus. Only 6% of G20 pandemic recovery spending ‘green’, … Continue reading Review of G20 fiscal stimulus spending counters many countries’ green pledges to ‘build back better’
The circular economy should be everyone’s business – new report by Anders Wijkman
In the autumn of 2021 Anders Wijkman prepared a paper for the Global Challenges Foundation that was presented in Glasgow at COP 26. It was one of a series of papers with a focus on the need to improve governance in a number of areas. Anders wrote this to EiD: Among quite a number of … Continue reading The circular economy should be everyone’s business – new report by Anders Wijkman
The appalling neglect of fuel poverty in England is now being starkly revealed
Fuel poverty had slipped down the political agenda for many years. With one in six households now having to face the choice of eating or heating it is now back with a vengeance. Andrew Warren, chairman of the British Energy Efficiency Federation, a long-time follower of policies and programmes related to fuel poverty, discusses latest … Continue reading The appalling neglect of fuel poverty in England is now being starkly revealed
IPCC: New climate change report to sound warning on impacts
This coming week, the IPCC will be publishing its second of three major reports. The study will focus heavily on regional impacts as well as on cities and coastal communities. Matt McGrath previews the findings in an article on the BBC News website. A new report on the impacts of climate change will likely … Continue reading IPCC: New climate change report to sound warning on impacts
Low-tech sustainable solutions prioritise simplicity and durability, local manufacture, as well as traditional or ancient techniques
Chris McMahon, Senior Research Fellow in Engineering at the University of Bristol explains the benefits of low-technology in our path to sustainability without the need to always look towards high-tech solutions in an article on The Conversation website. Low-technology: why sustainability doesn’t have to depend on high-tech solutions It’s a popular idea that the path … Continue reading Low-tech sustainable solutions prioritise simplicity and durability, local manufacture, as well as traditional or ancient techniques
