Saudi Arabia’s solar surge: reinventing an oil empire

Laura Paddison writes on the CNN news website about Saudi Arabia’s solar boom. Saudi Arabia has pledged to generate 50% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030 and the race is on to meet it. This oil-rich country has stood in the way of climate action. It’s quietly building a clean energy empire … Continue reading Saudi Arabia’s solar surge: reinventing an oil empire →

Blog by Jane Marsh: Clouds without carbon: Europe’s journey to 100% renewable data centers

Data center buildouts are putting unprecedented pressure on the environment. Every year, their greenhouse gas contribution increases as more organizations scale emerging technologies like artificial intelligence. Europe is attempting to reimagine the industry to set a carbon-free precedent. What policies and innovations are the foundation for this transition? Making Energy-Efficiency Standards Stricter Europe has recently … Continue reading Blog by Jane Marsh: Clouds without carbon: Europe’s journey to 100% renewable data centers →

Climate Action Tracker Briefing : Three key near-term actions could bring projected warming below 2˚C

Topline results: Tripling renewables, doubling energy efficiency and cutting methane by 2030 and beyond would cut warming rate by a third in ten years, and halve it by 2040. Implementing the tripling and doubling goals of the COP28 Global Stocktake (GST) would be the first critical step in the GST agreement to transition away from fossil … Continue reading Climate Action Tracker Briefing : Three key near-term actions could bring projected warming below 2˚C →

Renewables are ready: The world isn’t – yet

In an article on The Conversation website, Jay Gulledge, Visiting Professor of Practice in Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame; University of Tennessee, with the obvious benefits from deploying renewable energy, discusses why the world should act now. Renewable energy is cheaper and healthier – so why isn’t it replacing fossil fuels faster? You … Continue reading Renewables are ready: The world isn’t – yet →

Pacific Island leaders have a bold plan to become the world’s first region powered entirely by renewables and energy storage

In an article on The Conversation website, Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney and Scott Hamilton, Adjunct Associate Professor in Engineering, Monash University discuss the bold plans that Pacific Island nations have to bypass fossil fuels and run fully on renewables. Will they succeed? How Pacific nations plan … Continue reading Pacific Island leaders have a bold plan to become the world’s first region powered entirely by renewables and energy storage →

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 →

Australia’s energy transition – down under goes green: clean power tops fossil fuels in landmark shift

Gavin Maguire writes on the Reuter’s website about how Australia has made big clean energy gains in its energy transition. Australia's clean power push hits pivotal energy transition milestone Australian utilities generated more electricity from clean power sources than from fossil fuels for the first time ever last month, marking a major energy transition … Continue reading Australia’s energy transition – down under goes green: clean power tops fossil fuels in landmark shift →

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 →

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 →