Energy in Demand News, December 14-15, 2025

It’s not the year-end headline we wanted: “Three-year temperature average set to exceed 1.5C for first time,” writes the Financial Times. While not breaking news, it is still a shock to think that 10 years after the landmark Paris climate agreement, we’ve landed here. “Temperatures are on track to exceed the 1.5C threshold of average … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, December 14-15, 2025 →

EIB Investment Survey 2025

The European Investment Bank’s Investment Survey is conducted annually and includes data from approximately 13 000 firms in all EU Member States plus a sample from the United States. The survey provides information on firm characteristics and performance, past investment activities and future plans, sources of finance and the financing issues businesses face. Below is … Continue reading EIB Investment Survey 2025 →

New report from IRENA: Global landscape of energy transition finance 2025

The International Renewable Energy Agency, IRENA, has published the fourth edition in the series on energy transition finance, jointly produced with the Climate Policy Initiative. Global investments in the energy transition reached a new record of USD 2.4 trillion in 2024 – a 20% increase from the average annual levels of 2022 and 2023. Despite … Continue reading New report from IRENA: Global landscape of energy transition finance 2025 →

Climate finance on shaky ground: miscounting, mislabeling and the cost for developing nations

Shannon Gibson, Professor of Environmental Studies, Political Science and International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, writes on The Conversation website about how climate finance so far has rested on a shaky foundation of fuzzy accounting, one where funding for airports, hotels and even ice cream stores is being counted as climate … Continue reading Climate finance on shaky ground: miscounting, mislabeling and the cost for developing nations →

Energy in Demand News, November 9-10, 2025

On 6 November, the European Commission published its yearly report on the State of the Energy Union Report, a key assessment of Members’ progress in meeting climate and enerrgy goals, the Coalition for Energy Savings reports. For energy efficiency, the EU report reconfirms the positive reduction of primary energy and final energy consumption between 2022 … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, November 9-10, 2025 →

EIB publishes its sustainable report 2024

Sustainable economic growth depends on inclusive and resilient communities and requires investment in social infrastructure, affordable and sustainable housing, gender equality, education and healthcare. The EIB Group places sustainability at the heart of its strategy, aligning its activities with EU policy objectives and the latest reporting standards. In 2024, the Group invested a record €51 … Continue reading EIB publishes its sustainable report 2024 →

Green finance or greenwash? Why science isn’t always making finance sustainable

In an article on The Conversation website, Maud Borie, Senior Lecturer in Environment, Science & Society, King's College London and Sarah Bracking, Professor of Climate and Society, King's College London caution that “green” finance is not always what it is meant to be. What are your views? Why ‘green’ finance isn’t always as sustainable … Continue reading Green finance or greenwash? Why science isn’t always making finance sustainable →

Energy in Demand News, November 2-3, 2025

Bill Gates marked his 70th birthday on October 28 “by lobbing a hand grenade into the global climate finance debate, just as governments prepare to convene for the COP30 summit in Brazil, in the words of a Financial Times newsletter this week. Bill Gates said: “I urge everyone at COP30 to ask … is the … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, November 2-3, 2025 →

“Behind every transaction lies a financial system that quietly shapes not only our economy but also – less visibly – our planet”

In an article on The Conversation website, Styliani Panetsidou, Assistant Professor of Finance, Coventry University and Angelos Synapis, Assistant Professor of Accounting and Finance, Centre for Resilient Business and Society, Coventry University help us understand how banks operate, what they finance and how transparent they are intersect with climate realities. How banks affect the … Continue reading “Behind every transaction lies a financial system that quietly shapes not only our economy but also – less visibly – our planet” →

New UNEP report updates the cost of adaptation finance needed in developing countries

Amid rising global temperatures and intensifying climate impacts, UNEP’s 2025 Adaptation Gap Report: Running on Empty finds that a yawning gap in adaptation finance for developing countries is putting lives, livelihoods and entire economies at risk. In 2021, rich countries vowed to spend more to help poor countries adapt to warming. That goal is unlikely … Continue reading New UNEP report updates the cost of adaptation finance needed in developing countries →