EU’s energy transition: the choice is not whether to enlarge or to decarbonise—it’s whether to do both smartly or not

Elisabetta Cornago writes on the Centre for European Reform about how enlargement of the EU should take place to ensure that climate ambitions are maintained. What are your views? Europe’s Climate Future Calls for Smart Enlargement As it prepares for another wave of enlargement, bringing in candidate countries from the Western Balkans and Eastern … Continue reading EU’s energy transition: the choice is not whether to enlarge or to decarbonise—it’s whether to do both smartly or not →

Leading companies want EU to repeal prominent corporate sustainabilitiy laws to increase the region’s competitiveness

TotalEnergies, Siemens and 46 other European companies have written to European governments urging them to repeal one of the EU’s most prominent corporate sustainability laws to increase the continent’s competitiveness. Kate Abnett and Virginia Furness, writing for Reuters, publish a news item on the UK Finance Yahoo website about the letter. TotalEnergies, Siemens urge … Continue reading Leading companies want EU to repeal prominent corporate sustainabilitiy laws to increase the region’s competitiveness →

New EEA report on the overall state of the environment: environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk

Significant progress has been made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, but the overall state of Europe’s environment is not good, especially its nature which continues to face degradation, overexploitation and biodiversity loss. The impacts of accelerating climate change are also an urgent challenge, according to the European Environment Agency’s (EEA) most comprehensive, … Continue reading New EEA report on the overall state of the environment: environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk →

Latest impact report of Concerted Action on the EU Energy Efficiency Directive

The latest CA EED Impact Report has been released, covering March 2022 to May 2025, outlines the achievements of the EU-wide initiative supporting the Energy Efficiency Directive. It is the first in a series of two reports that will explore the impacts of this current, third iteration of the CA EED (2022-2026). This report covers the … Continue reading Latest impact report of Concerted Action on the EU Energy Efficiency Directive →

European Parliament gave its final green light to new measures to prevent and reduce waste from food and textiles across the EU

Stuart Braun writes on the Deutsche Welle website about new waste targets in the EU. EU lawmakers have given a final green light to a law on slashing the mountains of food wasted in Europe each year, and curbing the environmental impact of fast fashion. EU to slash food and fast fashion waste Following … Continue reading European Parliament gave its final green light to new measures to prevent and reduce waste from food and textiles across the EU →

Understanding Europe’s current carbon offset market

Serdar Vardar writes on the Deutsche Welle website about the current state of carbon offsets in Europe. Carbon credit projects are booming in Europe, but there are also some scams and unintended consequences. While claiming to compensate for emissions, not all schemes deliver what they promise. Europe's carbon credits: Solution or environmental scam? Ornithologist … Continue reading Understanding Europe’s current carbon offset market →

The EU’s non-financial reporting (NFR) regulations relating to sustainability have strong implications for the Majority World, the countries and territories outside Europe and North America where most people live

In an article on The Conversation website, Mira Manini Tiwari, Research Associate at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute discusses the impact of the EU’s NFR regulations, at a time when global, systemic policy effects are more important than ever EU efforts to measure companies’ environmental impacts have global effects. … Continue reading The EU’s non-financial reporting (NFR) regulations relating to sustainability have strong implications for the Majority World, the countries and territories outside Europe and North America where most people live →

EU policies aimed at cutting energy are ‘lamentably inadequate’

A news item on the website for the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP) raises concerns about energy efficiency efforts in the EU. Energy efficiency policies are ‘lamentably inadequate’ and reduction targets should be doubled, according to environment academics from the University of East Anglia. EU energy efficiency efforts are not enough Researchers … Continue reading EU policies aimed at cutting energy are ‘lamentably inadequate’ →

Energy in Demand News, July 27-28, 2025

It is summer time in Europe but the news has not slowed down. The post below on the IEA is disturbing and we can all hope that the US remains a member of the IEA in order to make a valuable contribution to our sustainable energy future. There is a good report from SciencesPo on … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, July 27-28, 2025 →

New report from SciencesPo on the EU taxonomy in practice

Titouan Chalavon, Clara Klint and Barbora Rapantova have written a report for the SciencesPo European Chair for Sustainable Development and Climate Transition on how the EU taxonomy has helped drive energy efficiency investments. The following is the abstract for the report. The EU taxonomy in practice: driving energy efficiency investments? Mapping insights from stakeholders … Continue reading New report from SciencesPo on the EU taxonomy in practice →