European Union legislation has established more than 130 separate environmental targets and objectives to be met between 2010 and 2050. Together, these can provide useful milestones supporting Europe’s transition towards a ‘green economy’, according to a report published by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The ‘green economy’ has emerged as a priority in policy debate … Continue reading New report from the European Environment Agency: An overview of EU environment policy targets and objectives
Andrew Warren on EU energy savings targets
Andrew Warren, Director of the UK Association for the Conservation of Energy, wrote an excellent column that appears in the current issue of Energy in Buildings & Industry magazine. He looked at the way in which the absence of a legally binding Europe-wide target for energy efficiency improvement for 2020 is leading to the likelihood … Continue reading Andrew Warren on EU energy savings targets
Quote of the week
This quote is from the German embassy website in UK concerning the country’s “Energiewende” (energy transition) “Germany aims to generate its energy supply primarily from renewables by 2050. This requires the fundamental restructuring of the energy supply system. This process is a fundamental ethical and cultural decision that offers the unique opportunity to show the world how competitiveness … Continue reading Quote of the week
Let’s try more action and less talk
Professor John Kay is one of the most thought-provoking columnists for the Financial Times. Recently he provided this column to raise the concern that it is easier for politicians to posture, prevaricate and procrastinate than to take decisions. Those days have to come to an end if we are to really achieve our needed objectives. … Continue reading Let’s try more action and less talk
Energy savings by industry can be significant
Daniel Hunter writes in Freshbusinessthinking.com about the significant savings that industry could have by improving their use of energy efficiency. Now that industrial energy efficiency is included in the EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive, this should be a wake up call to the benefits all through Europe. Energy efficiency measures for larger firms could save … Continue reading Energy savings by industry can be significant
Vulnerability to climate change is not only in developing countries
John Broder explains in the New York Times about some of the breakdowns that can be expected in the energy system as a result of the impact of changing climate. Climate Change Will Cause More Energy Breakdowns, U.S. Warns The nation’s entire energy system is vulnerable to increasingly severe and costly weather events driven … Continue reading Vulnerability to climate change is not only in developing countries
Explaining failure
Robert Manne, a professor of politics at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, has written an excellent article article in The Guardian about why we have not made as much progress on addressing climate change as we could have. This is a sobering review that should give us some food for thought. Climate change: some reasons … Continue reading Explaining failure
How easy it is for the media to change its coverage of climate issues
We normally expect unbiased, accurate coverage from the major news agencies. Suzanne Goldenberg writes in The Guardian about what happened at Reuters’ news agency because of one climate sceptic senior editor. Rest assured that EiD’s editor is not a climate sceptic. Reuters' climate-change coverage 'fell by nearly 50% with sceptic as editor' Media Matters … Continue reading How easy it is for the media to change its coverage of climate issues
Linking energy efficiency and climate change
Peter Hannam writes in the Southern Weekly from New South Wales about how important it is to keep up the effort on energy efficiency, even if there is a shift on carbon pricing. Carbon change 'must not halt energy efficiency' Australia's businesses would be wrong to think an earlier-than-planned shift to a floating price … Continue reading Linking energy efficiency and climate change
New review underway of energy efficiency policies in the commercial sector
Property Magazine International reports of an important new study underway in the UK to determine the impact of government policies on the property sector. This is an important study and everyone in Europe will certainly be interested in the results. Deloitte to review Energy Efficiency Policies for commercial property A major independent study is now … Continue reading New review underway of energy efficiency policies in the commercial sector
