Energy in Demand News, November 16-17, 2025

EiD has always promoted low/no carbon mobility, but Slovakia, it seems, not so much. The Guardian this week headlined “Slow-vakia” its report on a new law setting a 6km/h speed limit for cyclists, skaters, scooter and e-scooter riders on pavements in Slovakia that has prompted mockery, criticism and a rash of online memes. “At such … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, November 16-17, 2025 →

US carbon emissions are down about 15% over the past 10 years

In an article on The Conversation website, Valerie Thomas, Professor of Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology discusses why US carbon emissions have fallen even as energy demand grew. Will we see the same gains in upcoming years? How the US cut climate-changing emissions while its economy more than doubled Countries around the world … Continue reading US carbon emissions are down about 15% over the past 10 years →

New study on possible energy savings in German industry

A new study by Umweltinstitut München e.V. with Hochschule Niederrhein’s Institute of Energy Technology and Energy Management has recently been published on market-oriented and cost-effective energy savings potential in German industry. The report was written by Jörg Meyer, Louisa Zaubitzer, Frank Alsmeyer, Andreas Seeliger and Lisa Schmitt. Below is a summary of the report. … Continue reading New study on possible energy savings in German industry →

IEA’s World Energy Outlook published after US pressure

This year’s WEO was published this week during the opening days of the COP30 climate summit. After pressure from the Trump administration in the US, the IEA has resurrected its “current policies scenario”, which – effectively – assumes that governments around the world abandon their stated intentions and only policies already set in legislation are … Continue reading IEA’s World Energy Outlook published after US pressure →

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 →

EEA monitoring of progress to EU energy and climate targets

The European Union remains largely on track to achieve its 2030 targets to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions, according to the latest annual check-up on EU progress to its energy and climate targets published by the European Environment Agency today. Total net greenhouse gas emissions in the EU fell by a further 2.5% in 2024, … Continue reading EEA monitoring of progress to EU energy and climate targets →

The Paris Agreement turns 10 — and faces its toughest test yet

Ten years after nations adopted the Paris Agreement, its objectives are in jeopardy amid rising climate pollution and a political backlash against clean energy. In an article on the Politico website, Sara Schonhardt looks at h ow the climate deal changed everything, and yet still might not be enough. The US led the world … Continue reading The Paris Agreement turns 10 — and faces its toughest test yet →

EU ministers break deadlock on CO2 emission cut by 2040 amid political pressure

The European Union's 27 governments have struck a deal slightly watering down a proposed 2040 target for cutting planet-warming emissions, and set a new 2035 climate commitment. Ministers unanimously approved the bloc’s long-overdue climate plan, rescuing the EU from the international embarrassment of showing up empty handed this month's COP30 summit on climate change in Brazil. A requirement under the 2015 Paris … Continue reading EU ministers break deadlock on CO2 emission cut by 2040 amid political pressure →

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 →

The energy transition: the need for credible plans to actually reduce fossil fuel dependence

In an article on The Conversation website, Kate Hua-Ke Chi, Doctoral Fellow, The Fletcher School, Tufts University discusses the difficulty of reducing dependence on fossil fuels. Why countries struggle to quit fossil fuels, despite higher costs and 30 years of climate talks and treatiesFossil fuels still power much of the world, even though renewable energy has … Continue reading The energy transition: the need for credible plans to actually reduce fossil fuel dependence →