Trevelyan Wing, Centre Researcher and PhD Candidate, Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (CEENRG at the, University of Cambridge writes on The Conversation website about how the energy supply crisis and the war in Ukraine are causing difficulties for the German federal government to keep to its ambitious policy agenda. What are … Continue reading Germany’s challenges to keep on its energy transition pathway
Category: net zero emissions
Blog from Jane Marsh: Why We Need a Decarbonization Roadmap
By 2022, most countries developed independent sustainability goals to improve the environment and the global economy. Achieving net-zero emission goals requires nations to adopt new practices, technologies, industries and other related features. Environmentalists developed decarbonization roadmaps that guide individuals towards a sustainable future. Before adopting the roadmaps, countries must assess the efficiency and logistics of … Continue reading Blog from Jane Marsh: Why We Need a Decarbonization Roadmap
A better understanding of energy usage helps lead to lower energy bills
David Glew, Head of Energy Efficiency and Policy at Leeds Beckett University in an article on The Conversation website discusses the importance of “energy literacy.” How to lower your bills with a better grasp of home energy use The future does not look bright for energy bills, with fuel poverty set to affect over 6 … Continue reading A better understanding of energy usage helps lead to lower energy bills
New report highlights the importance of enhanced energy efficiency to achieve the net-zero targets by 2050
Satish Shetty writes on the Mercom India website about the role improved energy efficiency must play for us to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. The report was prepared by the international non-profit Climate Group. Global Push for Energy Efficiency Critical for Net Zero by 2050: EP100 Report The EP100, a global initiative led by … Continue reading New report highlights the importance of enhanced energy efficiency to achieve the net-zero targets by 2050
This year’s assessment of the transparency and integrity of companies’ climate pledges
Companies around the world are increasingly alert to the climate emergency, facing calls from a growing range of stakeholders to take responsibility for the environmental impact of their activities. Most large companies now have public climate strategies and targets, many of which include pledges that, on the face of it, appear to significantly reduce, or … Continue reading This year’s assessment of the transparency and integrity of companies’ climate pledges
How renewable energy can help companies reach net zero emissions
As nations continue targeting greenhouse gas emissions with new regulations, companies prepare to meet climate protection goals. Post-industrial countries like America are developing industry-specific laws that monitor businesses’ atmospheric pollution. Companies are responding to active bills by creating net zero emission goals. Jane Marsh discusses the issues in an article on the Renewable Energy Magazine … Continue reading How renewable energy can help companies reach net zero emissions
New McKinsey report says reaching net zero is vital to avoiding the most catastrophic impacts of global heating and the transformation becomes more expensive the longer action is delayed
In a new report by McKinsey, the global management consulting company, they look at the economic transformation that a transition to net-zero emissions would entail—a transformation that would affect all countries and all sectors of the economy, either directly or indirectly. Damian Carrington discusses the report in an article on The Guardian website. McKinsey: … Continue reading New McKinsey report says reaching net zero is vital to avoiding the most catastrophic impacts of global heating and the transformation becomes more expensive the longer action is delayed
The energy transition to net zero needs improved energy efficiency to succeed
In a recent event for the World Economic Forum, Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the IEA and Björn Rosengren, CEO of sustainability technology company ABB, discuss what needs to happen to improve energy efficiency and reach net zero. Their discussion is in an article on the European Sting website by Kate Whiting. Energy efficiency … Continue reading The energy transition to net zero needs improved energy efficiency to succeed
New BPIE report: climate impact of new buildings much too high
This week, the Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE) published a new report on nearly zero energy building standards in six member states that show decarbonisation of new buildings in is not happening fast enough. A failure to decarbonise newly constructed buildings could prevent the EU from achieving its climate targets for 2030 and 2050, according … Continue reading New BPIE report: climate impact of new buildings much too high
The future of cooling our buildings must become a present-day priority
At the moment, reducing cooling energy demand is not explicitly part of energy policies for buildings in the UK. Of concern is that it’s projected that 75% to 85% of UK households will install air conditioning in response to rising temperatures by the end of the century. Radhika Khosla Associate Professor of Sustainable Development at … Continue reading The future of cooling our buildings must become a present-day priority
