In an article on the Business Green website, Andrew Warren, chair of the British Energy Efficiency Federation and a friend of EiD, argues that Britain’s businesses stand to benefit from closer alignment between the UK and EU Emissions Trading Schemes. After all, British companies only left the EU scheme three years ago thanks to Brexit. … Continue reading UK businesses stand to benefit from closer alignment between the UK and EU Emissions Trading Schemes
Category: EU policies
EEA briefing on how to future-proof sustainability policies
To become sustainable, Europe must change some of the ways people live, work, produce and consume. Using policy to achieve such complex and large-scale transformations is not easy. This briefing from the European Environment Agency (EEA) explores how to future-proof sustainability policies and avoid blind spots through a foresight-based framework, which includes several participatory exercises … Continue reading EEA briefing on how to future-proof sustainability policies
EEA review of EU’s Climate-ADAPT online platform
While European countries have made considerable progress in putting in place policies to adapt to climate change, the pace and scale of adaptation actions need to increase and widen to cover more areas like the health, agriculture, and forestry sectors. A European Environment Agency (EEA) review of the EU’s Climate-ADAPT online platform, published recently, shows … Continue reading EEA review of EU’s Climate-ADAPT online platform
For the EU to meet its climate goals, a strong policy push is needed to redirect financial flows towards transition financing
In a news item on the Euractiv website, a new report by the European Climate Neutrality Observatory provides the state of EU progress to climate neutrality, emphasising investment really needs to ramp up. EU needs to double investment to meet climate goals: report The European Union needs to double targeted investment to meet its … Continue reading For the EU to meet its climate goals, a strong policy push is needed to redirect financial flows towards transition financing
Energy in Demand News, June 30, 2024
Some of the world's biggest companies (including IKEA and Unilever), finance houses, cities and regions have joined forces to urge governments to increase their climate ambition ahead of a February 2025 deadline to deliver their emission-cutting plans to the United Nations. The coalition is named Mission 2025. It is convened by Groundswell - a collaboration … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, June 30, 2024
New EEA assessments on key air pollutant emissions
Key air pollutant emissions targeted for reductions and monitored under EU legislation continued to decline across most EU Member States according to the latest data assessment published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) this week. However, reducing ammonia emissions remains a problem. Key air pollutant emissions decline across the EU, reducing ammonia biggest challenge … Continue reading New EEA assessments on key air pollutant emissions
The Modernisation Fund accused of repeatedly allocating public money to waste incineration and fossil gas projects
As global temperatures continue to soar and climate disasters hit the most vulnerable, the EU’s little-known Modernisation Fund is propping up unsustainable energy infrastructure. The CEE Bankwatch Network writes on its website about such financing. What are your views? EU climate fund bankrolling dirty energy expansion Yesterday, 24 June, in its latest disbursement round, … Continue reading The Modernisation Fund accused of repeatedly allocating public money to waste incineration and fossil gas projects
Two new EEA reports on how Europe can respond to the pressing and complex societal challenges while moving towards long-term sustainability goals
Global pandemic, war, inflation and other shocks and crises have tested the European Green Deal and its ambition of building a climate-neutral and sustainable economy. Published this week, two new European Environment Agency (EEA) reports discuss how Europe can respond to the pressing and complex societal challenges while moving towards long-term sustainability goals. More … Continue reading Two new EEA reports on how Europe can respond to the pressing and complex societal challenges while moving towards long-term sustainability goals
New discussion paper on opportunities and priorities for climate adaptation in the built environment in the EU
The Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE) has recently published a new discussion paper on adaptation in the built environment. A holistic approach to climate-resilience is needed to reduce the risk of maladaptation, ensure Just Resilience and exploit synergies of adaptation and mitigation efforts at all levels of governance. Just Resilience involves addressing the unequal distribution … Continue reading New discussion paper on opportunities and priorities for climate adaptation in the built environment in the EU
New EEA monitoring tool and briefing on plastics circularity
Plastics production and consumption patterns across Europe remain unsustainable and need to be made more circular to reduce waste, pollution, climate change and other negative impacts on the environment according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing published this week. The briefing also highlights the introduction of a new monitoring tool where people, policy makers … Continue reading New EEA monitoring tool and briefing on plastics circularity
Energy in Demand - Sustainable Energy - Rod Janssen 