Ending poverty and environmental catastrophe demands fresh thinking

Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, writes on the Guardian website that economic growth allows the few to grow ever-wealthier and there is a need to have economic growth based on human rights. What are your views? Obsession with growth is enriching elites and killing the planet. We … Continue reading Ending poverty and environmental catastrophe demands fresh thinking →

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 →

Energy in Demand News, June 23, 2024

There is more evidence that the corporate world is dropping or missing goals to cut GHG emissions. In an article in the Financial Times (behind a paywall), it is mentioned that large corporations such as Unilever, the Bank of America and Shell have “in the past year dropped or missed goals to cut emissions or … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, June 23, 2024 →

Energy in Demand News, June 16, 2024

No one said the zero-carbon energy transition would be easy. The world faces a “staggering” surplus of oil equating to millions of barrels a day by the end of the decade, according to the IEA. Growth in the world’s demand for oil is expected to slow in the coming years as energy transitions advance. At … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, June 16, 2024 →

“The agency of youth will continue to help shape climate action”

In an article on The Conversation website, Susan Ann Samuel, PhD Researcher, School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds and Maria Antonieta Nestor, Research Associate, Lucy Cavendish College & Centre Fellow, Cambridge Centre for Property Law, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge discuss how youth activists are playing such a key role … Continue reading “The agency of youth will continue to help shape climate action” →

Energy in Demand News, June 9, 2024

Global investors are turning their backs on sustainability-focused stock funds. The Financial Times (behind a paywall) reports that they cite poor performance, scandals and attacks from US Republicans. “Clients have withdrawn a net $40bn from environmental, social and governance (ESG) equity funds this year, according to research from Barclays, the first year that flows have … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, June 9, 2024 →

Energy in Demand News, June 2, 2024

Remember that the elections for the European Parliament are this coming week, June 6-9th. To help citizens to make informed choices on which political parties to lend their vote next week, CAN Europe cooperated with a number of climate and environmental organisations to create the EU Parliament Scoreboard – a tool which analyses European Parliament … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, June 2, 2024 →

Beyond GDP

GDP has long been the main indicator of economic growth used almost everywhere in the world. However, the measurement does not take into account other factors essential to a country’s growth and development, such as social inequalities, the environment and the well-being of citizens. In an article on The Conversation website, these issues are discussed … Continue reading Beyond GDP →

Energy in Demand, May 26, 2024

With elections for the European Parliament approaching on June 6-9, predictions are for a surge of right wing parties and a consequent erosion of the climate and energy agenda. According to The Economist election tracker, “the environment, including terms such as “climate change”, is a hot topic on the continent’s fringes: it’s most often searched … Continue reading Energy in Demand, May 26, 2024 →

EU citizens’ panel on energy efficiency will “contribute to shaping EU laws and initiatives in this area”

Andrew Warren, chair of the British Energy Efficiency Federation and a friend of EiD, looks at what the European Citizens’ panel has to say about the need to invest in energy efficiency measures and wonders how a similar body could help to shape policy initiatives in the UK. This column was originally in the May … Continue reading EU citizens’ panel on energy efficiency will “contribute to shaping EU laws and initiatives in this area” →