In this Brussels Briefing on Environment by viEUws.eu leading environment journalist Sonja van Renssen provides an overview of the latest developments in the field of European environment policy. Topics discussed include: - CO2 emissions from trucks: first-ever European Commission strategy - Circular economy & waste: Green Week (June 2-5) and upcoming policy package including on food - June Environment Council: air quality and 2030 … [Read more...]
IEA: electricity will rival oil as dominant energy carrier
Electricity will increasingly power the world's economies in the 21st century, rivalling oil as the dominant energy carrier, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. Actively managing this transformation is the only way to ensure we meet global energy security and climate goals economically, the report says. The report, Energy Technology Perspectives, offers a comprehensive, long-term analysis of trends in the energy … [Read more...]
East European countries place bombshell under EU climate policy
EU member states should be free to make their own decisions over whether to increase their greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments for 2020 â rather than letting the EU lead, according to a statement from seven Eastern European countries. With their declaration the group puts a bombshell under the EU's collective efforts at the international climate negotiations. … [Read more...]
What oil companies do is bad for the climate. But it may also be bad for investors
Climate campaigners have a new weapon in their arsenal: they say that if shareholders want value for money they had better start questioning the high-risk, high-cost projects oil companies are undertaking on a massive scale. And not just because of climate risks, but for purely economic reasons as well. The Carbon Tracker Initiative, which first put the idea of âstranded assetsâ on the map (i.e. the notion that a large part of the fossil fuel … [Read more...]
Professor Ye Qiâs inside view on Chinese climate policy: âThere is no way we can peak in 2015â
Although China is tackling climate change and air pollution in a serious way, there is no way the countryâs greenhouse gas emissions will peak anytime soon, says the influential Chinese climate scientist Professor Ye Qi in an interview with Energy Post. Professor Qi, who is Director of Chinaâs Climate Policy Institute School of Public Policy and Management â part  of Tsinghua University â and responsible for the publication of an important annual … [Read more...]
Carbon Delirium: the hazardous impact of fossil-fuel addiction on American foreign policy
The elites in the U.S. and other âpetro-statesâ have become so addicted to the power and riches brought by fossil fuels, they are blind to their ill effects, argues Michael Klare. As an example he notes the âdelusionalâ idea that increased gas and oil production in North America could somehow influence Vladimir Putinâs behavior towards Ukraine. This addiction, says Klare, must be cured, as it poses a âdirect danger to humanityâ. … [Read more...]
ExxonMobil releases report on stranded carbon asset risks
Climate activists are increasingly putting pressure on investors to withdraw investments from major fossil fuel companies, on the grounds that these companies' "carbon assets" are likely to be "stranded" in the future as the effects of climate change become too far-reaching for policymakers to ignore. In that event, the activists argue, the oil and other fossil fuel companies will not be allowed anymore to exploit their assets, which would leave … [Read more...]
Climate change: engineers more important than governments
The incoming president of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), professor Geoff Maitland, is calling on engineers to take a leading role in the battle against climate change, and the transition to low carbon, renewable energies. Global energy consumption is expected to grow by over 50 percent by 2040 with fossil fuels continuing to dominate, providing up to 80 per cent of energy needs1. Over the same period, carbon dioxide … [Read more...]
EU climate policy âin lineâ with 2050 goal â but what does that mean?
EU leaders agreed last week that the EUâs emissions reduction target for 2030 will be âfully in line with the agreed ambitious EU objective for 2050â. Sounds impressive, but the problem is that there are different views on the meaning of earlier European Council agreements. Therefore itâs still not clear what the EUâs 2030 climate target will look like, write Oliver Geden and Severin Fischer of the influential German Institute for International … [Read more...]
EU leaders fail to connect Ukraine crisis to climate and energy policy
Decisions on a new European climate and energy policy for 2030 are relegated to autumn as heads of state are caught up in the Ukraine crisis. At their spring summit in Brussels, EU leaders gave centre stage to energy dependence. First climate change, then competitiveness, now security of supply: the shifting priorities of member states show that a holistic vision and policy for climate and energy is there on paper but not in practice. Sonja van … [Read more...]
VIDEO: Brussels Briefing on Energy – All you need to know for March 2014
Hughes Belin, leading energy journalist at viEUws.eu, provides an overview of the European Unionâs most pressing energy issues: - EU Summit: EU-Russia energy relations in light of the recent developments inUkraine. âEconomic ties could in this political crisis be the deterrent for escalation, that nuclear was during the Cold Warâ, says journalist Nicolas Gros-Verheyde from Bruxelles2 (March 20 and 21) - Discussions on energy and climate … [Read more...]
VIDEO: Interview Dominique Ristori, new Director General Energy: 2030 deal by autumn
Hughes Belin, leading energyjournalist at viEUws.eu, is joined by Dominique Ristori, Director General for Energy at the European Commission for an exclusive interview on the further steps to reach a deal on the 2030 climate and energy package. EU leaders will debate the 2030 climate and energy goals at the European Council meeting on March 20 and 21. Ristori expects that during this meeting, member states will form a strong basis for an … [Read more...]
Energiewende under siege: German energy strategy under threat from EU âparadigm shiftâ
The German Energiewende is running up against a âparadigm shiftâ in EU energy policy, which seems on the point of slowing down the transformation towards a low-carbon economy.. As Germany cannot afford to continue with the Energiewende on its own, the German government will have to do its utmost to bend EU energy policy in its direction, write Oliver Geden and Severin Fischer of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP). … [Read more...]
World Energy Outlook hides the real potential of renewables
The IEAâs annual World Energy Outlook (WEO) is seen as the most authoritative set of energy scenarios in the world. Yet when we test the forecasts for the growth of renewable energies in the WEOâs main scenario against reality, we find that the WEO consistently comes out too low. Each year from 2006 on the WEO has had to increase its forecast for wind and solar power. Yet each year the WEO predicts the growth of renewables to level off by 2020, … [Read more...]
VIDEO: Brussels Briefing on Environment – All you need to know for March 2014
Sonja van Renssen, leading environment journalist at viEUws.eu, provides an overview of the latest developments in the field of European Environment Policy. Topics discussed include: - EU Summit: climate, energy and industrial competitiveness on the agenda (March 20 and 21) - Provisional agreement on including aviation in the EUâs Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) - The start of the ETS backloading plan - Provisional deals on a tougher … [Read more...]
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