eceee news index
September 2023
Ahead of COP28 climate talks, fossil fuels increasingly under fire
EU bank chief warns against ‘Colonialism 2.0’ as green transition progresses
Industrial carbon capture: Only for truly ‘unavoidable emissions’
China opposes ‘not realistic’ global fossil fuel phase-out
Number of public transport users rising in Germany in first half of 2023
Europe’s power industry warns ageing grids put green goals at risk
Rishi Sunak announces U-turn on key green targets
France to seek minimum price for flights in Europe
Solar-powered looms boost income and safety for India’s silk weavers
Sunak’s net zero U-turn is so toxic that it’s united Greens and car manufacturers against him
Asia is driving two-thirds of new oil and gas development
Berlin considers slashing electricity tax by 95% to boost heat pump uptake
EU reaches deal banning ‘climate-neutral’ product claims
Euro 7 pollution standards for cars “effectively killed off” by Spanish EU Presidency proposals
Climate action must respond to extreme weather driving health crisis, says WHO
France is EU’s first importer of ‘Russian nuclear products’: study
U.S. Inflation Reduction Act: one year on, a summary of impressive progress in the energy transition
Europe’s shipping emissions back to pre-pandemic high
What to know about New York’s climate ambition summit
Electricity market reform and the gathering CfD storm
European governments shrinking railways in favour of road-building, report finds
France used 10% less electricity last winter – three valuable lessons in fighting climate change
Leak: EU may become as hooked on China batteries as it was on Russian energy
People who work from home all the time ‘cut emissions by 54%’ against those in office
Startups with electric vans race to fill demand for zero-emissions delivery
German construction minister rejects EU plans to increase energy efficiency in old buildings
China urges EU to ensure new carbon tariff complies with WTO rules
G20: Time to boost energy efficiency and decarbonisation
UN Climate Ambition Summit seeks 'quantum leap' on emissions cuts
How urban heat islands are making cities dangerously warm
Divided EU Parliament adopts weakened stance on electricity market reform
Parliament backs law to boost green aviation fuels in EU flights
Young people to take 32 European countries to court over climate policies
New fossil fuel projects ‘very unwise economic risk’ says global energy chief
Paris climate goals require immediate oil demand downturn: Study
Small and profitable: Why affordable electric cars in 2025 are feasible
Climate activists kick off rallies against fossil fuel in week of action in New York
Von der Leyen outlines ‘next phase of European Green Deal’, with heavy industry focus
EU lawmakers pass bill hiking renewable energy targets
Why India is rebuffing a coal-to-clean deal with rich nations
Call for a European green industrial policy
G20 stops short of fossil fuel phase out as 'dark cloud' looms
Every hour European governments lose out on €4 million in aviation taxes
World Bank spent billions of dollars backing fossil fuels in 2022, study finds
Heat pumps twice as efficient as fossil fuel systems in cold weather, study finds
Four more bodies found after Greece storm, raising toll to 15
G20’s Delhi Declaration falls predictably short on climate
Small islands slam ‘endless’ climate talks at landmark maritime court hearing
US sets new record for billion-dollar climate disasters in single year
Macron: G20 conclusions on climate ‘insufficient’
Q&A – Germany agrees phaseout of fossil fuel heating systems
Key issues at stake as EU electricity market reform nears finishing line
Positive energy neighbourhoods: Building a resilient and inclusive Europe
UK’s net zero ambitions at risk after ‘disastrous’ offshore wind auction
What high heat in the classroom is doing to millions of American children
Pro-nuclear MEPs defy EU Parliament on electricity market reform
Experts warn of ‘Denialism Comeback’ ahead of November’s global climate talks
‘Biggest clean energy disaster in years’: UK auction secures no offshore windfarms
How to improve the climate and energy governance rules
Two in five homeowners in Germany say they can’t afford climate-friendly renovations
Climate adaptation finance to Africa must increase tenfold, research shows
Parliament raises recycling goals in EU Critical Raw Materials Act
Heat denial: influencers question validity of high temperatures
African leaders call for new global taxes to fund climate change action
Summer 2023 was hottest on record, EU scientists say
US hydrogen rules could decide fate of EU’s electrolyser industry
Climate policy focus now shifting to implementation, EU says
MEPs back targets to onshore EU battery supply chain
A wolf in sheep’s clothing: why Africa should shun carbon markets
US: States can help low-income residents with rebates for energy upgrades under new federal guidance
Australia has highest per capita CO2 emissions from coal in G20, analysis finds
Is Ecuador's Amazon oil ban a threat to fossil fuels in Latin America?
Demand flexibility: a key challenge for EU electricity market reform
UK could quit ‘climate-wrecking’ Energy Charter Treaty, minister announces
German parliament to greenlight controversial heating law on Friday
How will the US cope next summer when it could be even hotter?
African leaders at odds over climate plans as crucial Nairobi summit opens
F-gas revision: far more than a climate victory for Europe
Poland to establish energy transition ministry
Sustainability takes back seat in auto industry sourcing decisions - survey
UAE pitches itself as Africa’s carbon credits leader
Dutch grant more fossil fuel subsidies than previously thought
The balance between expanding renewable projects and feeding India’s population
Why the EU’s 2050 climate neutrality target is 10 years too late
Lack of ‘bankable’ climate projects hurting Indonesia's energy transition
EU considers watering down ‘CO2 neutrality’ standard for eFuels
Australia records warmest winter caused by global heating and sunny conditions
Parks and gardens hold key to cooling overheated cities
India sees hottest, driest August since records began
Africa climate summit is vital moment for continent to take charge
August 2023
Idalia to boost Florida apartment insurance costs further
France calls for minimum price on European flights
Heat or eat? How efficient buildings today can save lives tomorrow
eceee’s GA elects new board members. President and vice-Presidents appointed
Onshore wind is poised to grow, and move away from boom and bust cycles
The people of Ecuador just made climate justice history. The world can follow
France threatening to fly solo on electricity market reform
Grid readiness for HDV charging
EU’s use of fossil fuels for electricity falls 17% to ‘record low’ in first half of 2023
As climate disasters rise, New York tests fast insurance payouts
Loss and damage fund must deliver climate justice to affected communities
Commission proposes controversial candidate to head EU climate action
How fossil fuel subsidies are hurting the energy transition
Why a European Central Carbon Bank would help stabilise EU climate policy
Poland files lawsuit against key EU climate policies
Dramatic climate action needed to curtail ‘crazy’ extreme weather
Planned state support means heat pumps pay off even in inefficient buildings – WWF
EU, US green steel showdown: How to decarbonise trade
French energy regulator: Nuclear alone not enough for carbon neutrality
No 10’s Ulez stance reverses ‘decades of clean air progress’, says Sadiq Khan
German shipbuilders call for support for billion-euro investments needed for offshore wind expansion
How climate change will hit snow levels across Europe’s ski resorts
West must use COP28 to reverse climate neglect of Africa, or face new era of violence
Hundreds more rapid charging points installed in UK to help drivers go electric
How to stay cool without air con – and help take some heat off the planet
IKEA and GOGLA announce strategic partnership to help the off-grid solar sector
The world is burning. Who can convince the comfortable classes of the radical sacrifices needed?
Cooking the books: cookstove offsets produce millions of fake emission cuts
100 days to COP28: Can it deliver climate action?
Dutch to nominate Foreign Minister Hoekstra as EU Commissioner
Hawaii wildfires expose need for resilience in a polycrisis world
German energy industry allays supply fears for coming winter – media
China bans Japanese seafood after Fukushima wastewater release
US Utility scorecard: Energy efficiency efforts stagnating amid climate crisis
Fossil fuels being subsidised at rate of $13m a minute, says IMF
EU puts Maroš Šefčovič in charge of climate policy
Global uranium demand boost raises questions of supply security
Why the EU should ban climate neutral claims now
100 days to COP28: Can it deliver climate action?
German importers “insufficiently prepared” for EU carbon border tax – consultancy
Q&A: A legal scholar calls the ruling in the Montana youth climate lawsuit ‘huge’
Costly gap: Germany to fall significantly short of EU climate targets
Mediterranean is becoming a tinderbox: EU must focus on climate, not migration
New EU carbon tariff: German industry slams bureaucratic burden
What are the environmental costs of AI?
Zero-degree line at record height above Switzerland as heat and fire hit Europe
Sparking Europe’s new industrial revolution
The ‘no jet’ set: actors back campaign to cut climate impact of ‘celebrity riders’
Tens of thousands evacuated as Tenerife wildfire burns out of control
US: With planning, heavy industry can use wind and solar power
India government sets emission limit for hydrogen to qualify as ‘green’
The climate crisis is here now, experts warn, as death tolls from summer disasters mount
UK Government distribute nearly £4 million in funding for green AI innovations
Brussels cheers 90% filled gas storages across Europe
How is the Inflation Reduction Act helping the U.S. fight climate change?
Corporate climate action accelerated in 2022, with an 87% increase in companies setting targets
Buildings directive: German NGOs pressure Berlin to back obligatory renovations
‘We are facing dependence on China’: EU battles to support green industry
July 2023
Energy poverty on the rise in Europe, statistics show
The local dimension of the EU’s transition to renewable electricity
Gas boiler lobby trying to delay UK’s heat pump plans, leak shows
Flying in Europe up to 30 times cheaper than train, says Greenpeace
Extreme weather: the climate crisis in four charts
German industry hails EU Parliament position on electricity market reform
Spanish EU Presidency draws criticism on carbon capture technology
German industry hails EU Parliament position on electricity market reform
India's coal mining bet stumbles as wary banks weigh rising risks
EU and Argentina strike gas, hydrogen & renewables deal
EU deal on F-gases delayed by dispute on heat pumps, timeline
Frans Timmermans steps down from EU’s climate leadership
Leading Nasa climate expert says July likely to be hottest month on record
Portugal announces withdrawal from Energy Charter Treaty
Lawmakers reintroduce nuclear in EU’s net-zero industry list
Dozens of oil & industry lobbyists attended secretive shipping emissions talks
How can China cut emissions in its fast-growing express delivery industry?
Why are heatwaves getting worse?
Leaked UK government plan to protect against climate heat ‘very weak’
Energy industry uses whale activists to aid anti-wind farm strategy, experts say
Government report shows Germany set to miss 2045 climate neutrality target – media
Europe should cap ‘luxury’ energy use to meet emissions targets, study says
Kerry rejects “climate reparations” but praises loss and damage fund
Cerberus heatwave threatens new record temperatures for Europe
EU to push for fossil fuel phaseout ‘well ahead of 2050’ at COP28
Costs of ‘Euro 7’ truck pollution rules overestimated, study finds
Parliament vote boosts EU green product rules, leaves out online sales
UAE’s Cop28 president plans “brutally honest” climate summit
Parliament adopts position on EU’s green construction product rules
Will the voluntary carbon market survive mistrust and regulation?
Every hour European governments lose out on €4 million in aviation taxes
Germany to ramp up the decarbonisation of Buildings Heating from Jan 1st 2024. How?
US should reach minerals deal with EU this year, official says
EU countries give final greenlight to new battery production rules
IEA says critical minerals supply could pull close to demand by 2030
61,000 Europeans may have died in last summer’s heatwaves, experts say
Pacific “mixed feelings” after compromise on shipping’s climate goals
US faces week of dangerous weather with flooding and heatwave alerts
Spain floats options for EU electricity market reform
WHO Europe countries repeat pledge to address climate change health impacts
UK should quit ‘climate-wrecking’ energy treaty, say official advisers
EU should triple size of high-speed railway network – Deutsche Bahn report
Poorly insulated homes proving a hard sell in Germany with prices dropping
France announces more financing for energy renovations
UK: Labour’s plan to insulate more homes ‘would create 4m job opportunities'
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