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December 2018
EU agrees on 37.5% CO2 reduction for cars by 2030
Energy markets will deliver the flexible, decarbonised power system needed, not capacity markets
Hungry for efficiency news? Here’s a baker’s dozen of 2018 posts to prepare you for 2019
UN climate talks set stage for humanity’s two most crucial years
Climate change: The massive CO2 emitter you may not know about
Nations agree on Paris Agreement rulebook, fail on climate ambition
What was agreed at COP24 in Poland and why did it take so long?
Zinke’s likely successor is a former oil lobbyist who has influenced Trump’s energy policy
Progress and problems as UN climate change talks end with a deal
Meeting Paris Agreement targets would create 24 million jobs globally
Chile to host U.N. climate talks in 2019
Power generation and transmission: quite far from a well-orchestrated symphony
A youth activist on the climate crisis: politicians won't save us
China open to ‘uniform’ climate rules, sidestepping old allies
EBRD puts decarbonisation at centre of new energy sector strategy
New assessment and development platform to boost industrial efficiency and renewables projects
19 US states value clean air, clean lungs in program planning
Australia likely to use controversial Kyoto loophole to meet Paris agreement
Scientists warn that the time to act is now
eceee Summer Study registration now open. Early birds register by 11 February
Neil Young's made a start, but the arts must do more to oppose dirty money
Shenzhen's silent revolution: world's first fully electric bus fleet quietens Chinese megacity
Climate challenge: Cut the ‘gray carbon wedge’ of industrial emissions
Australia: Coalition signals it will provide taxpayer support for new and existing coal plants
US accused of obstructing talks at UN climate change summit
'Window is narrowing': scientists urge action at UN climate talks
London mayor unveils plan to tackle 'climate emergency'
The US, still in the Paris Agreement, is trying to decide its future
Three ways to navigate the risks along low-carbon transition pathways
BP faces shareholder challenge over carbon targets
7 people who stood up for our planet in 2018
VW says climate drives its electric spurt
Tackle climate or face financial crash, say world's biggest investors
Fossil fuel tax proposed to cover rising costs of wild weather
Switch to clean energy and save $500 mln, aid agencies told
Protesters disrupt US panel's fossil fuels pitch at climate talks
Leading on innovation for a climate neutral Europe by 2050
Green transition: ECB and budgetary authorities should face their responsibilities
Australia's silence during climate change debate shocks COP24 delegates
We’re not suggesting developing countries stop using coal immediately, says IPCC co-chair
7 countries that shook up our planet in 2018
Airlines ignoring efficient planes in blow to carbon targets – study
Climate science on 1.5C erased at UN talks as US and Saudis step in
The Global Cooling Prize – open for application
Tackling climate change will require ‘transforming the whole economy’, financiers warn
Tackling climate change will require ‘transforming the whole economy’, financiers warn
Major cities can fight climate change and make billions: researchers
The US must act now on climate or pay heavily later
UN chief urges leaders to inject momentum at 2019 climate summit
Luxembourg to become first country to make all public transport free
The Guardian view on climate change: too much, too soon
'Brutal news': global carbon emissions jump to all-time high in 2018
German anti-coal demonstrations: ‘We’re running out of time’
Macron suspends fuel tax hike in face of ‘worst protests since 1968’
Macron’s U-turn on eco-tax rise gives green lobby fuel for thought
India races ahead to achieve emissions control targets
'Our leaders are like children,' school strike founder tells climate summit
Analysis: Which countries have sent the most delegates to COP24?
How to make a carbon tax popular? Give the proceeds to the people
Regions ahead of COP24: You can count on us
Macron threatens to scupper EU-South America trade deal over climate
Is your holiday energy use naughty or nice?
'We are last generation that can stop climate change' – UN summit
The 'climate diaspora' trying to save the Paris agreement from Trump
To beat back climate change, the EU must help China – and itself
David Attenborough: collapse of civilisation is on the horizon
World Bank to invest $200bn to combat climate change
Too young to vote, children strike, protest and sue for climate action
Thousands march peacefully in Brussels against global warming
Portrait of a planet on the verge of climate catastrophe
Climate leadership collapse leaves UN chief with a daunting task
November 2018
Climate Weekly: G20 lukewarm on climate change
EU’s Cañete warns gas pipelines risk becoming ‘stranded assets’
Windy weather carries Britain to renewable energy record
Emerging cities could attract $29 trillion in climate cash
Making Horizon Europe a tool to truly achieve the Paris Agreement goals
“Long-term climate strategy need fast track mechanism for efficiency”
The world’s poorest countries know the Paris Agreement needs strong rules
More states opt to phase out oil production
eceee welcomes new board members
What a difference a week might make for Europe’s climate ambition
Governments leading world to disastrous warming: UN
EU’s 2050 climate plan sees ‘benefits of up to 2% of GDP’
Finance for climate action rising, but still ‘far to go’—analysts
Commission must not take its eye off the ball for decarbonisation by 2050
Why water will be the next battleground in the fight against climate change
Global food system is broken, say world’s science academies
Climate change already a health emergency, say experts
Brazil scraps plans to host UN climate summit
The sharing economy for energy is coming to Singapore
Tripled climate cuts needed to fulfil pledge
Climate-warming El Niño very likely in 2019, says UN agency
European NGOs: “EU’s expected climate strategy will not deliver on the 1.5° target”
‘Yellow vests’ spark EU debate about just transition to clean energy
Germany’s emissions fiasco – time to get priorities straight
New study: “People-centric renovation” can increase productivity up to 12%
New plane can show geoengineering works
Health effects of diesel 'cost European taxpayers billions'
Draft G20 statement waters down Paris climate commitment
EU slows down in race for renewables, energy efficiency
Big business backs EU climate neutrality goal
What will make a difference at COP24?
Vanuatu to sue fossil fuel firms for climate change
Shell: Switching to renewables in the 90s would have bankrupted us
Climate change 'will inflict substantial damage on US lives'
Climate cash for developing world set to meet U.N. 2020 goal
Tory MPs demand net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
Smart meters rollout labelled a 'fiasco' as consumers face extra £500m bill
When it comes to saving energy, there’s no place like home!
New survey shows businesses planning to increase spending on improving energy efficiency
Girl power! India’s ‘solar gal pals’ light up rural homes
Swap gas boilers for hydrogen or miss emission targets, UK told
Climate-heating greenhouse gases at record levels, says UN
For a fair and efficient energy transition: Time to end regulated tariffs for electricity
Race for lithium illustrates EU drive for ‘strategic’ raw materials
Marshall Islands first nation to submit new, binding climate targets
UN environment chief resigns amid ‘CO2 hypocrisy’
Cities of the future: the ultimate design challenge
China’s Belt and Road Initiative will make or break global climate fight
The need to act now to avoid catastrophic climate change
China glacier melt speeds up in 'wake-up call' for world - Greenpeace
EU’s Sefcovic: Real risk that ‘raw materials become the new oil’
Hungary wants end to coal power by 2030
Climate impacts will seldom strike singly
Strong rules for Paris deal can spur global climate action
Delivering on clean energy research and innovation
10 countries demand net-zero emission goal in new EU climate strategy
Managing rebound: New eceee report at eceee's new sufficiency web site
Smart meter installations 'need to hit 30 a minute'
Dutch government to appeal landmark climate ruling, again
Integrated national energy and climate plans: transport decarbonisation options for Member States
Palm oil ban on the ropes as Commission weighs options
Dead fish to power cruise ships
Air pollution levels ‘forcing families to move out of cities’
Spain will switch to 100% renewable energy by 2050
Societies must take care of those ‘menaced’ by green shift—officials
Policies of China, Russia and Canada threaten 5C climate change, study finds
Trumpian cuts on the cards for EU climate research?
Satellites spot waste heat to save fuel
Europe’s first marine turbine helps reduce Ouessant Island’s carbon footprint
Tree planting in UK 'must double to tackle climate change'
EU’s ‘just transition fund’ gesture muddies budget waters
At U.N. climate talks, Trump team plans sideshow on coal
Bolsonaro names climate denier as Brazil’s foreign minister
UK's backup power subsidies are illegal, European court rules
Underwriting coal power exposes taxpayers to billions, industry group says
To inspire energy-saving behaviors, local governments engage residents, hold contests, try games
German coal commission pressed to deliver as country fails to cut emissions
Climate change is making hurricanes even more destructive, research finds
Solar PV sector hails EU deal on small-scale ‘citizen energy’
Diesel pollution stunts children’s lung growth, major study shows
Parliament rubber-stamps Europe’s 2030 clean energy laws
G20 nations still led by fossil fuel industry, climate report finds
Carmakers slam Spanish climate law as ‘excessive and rushed’
Beyond energy efficiency – can energy sufficiency deliver?
Negative emissions: Scientists meet in Australia to discuss removing CO2 from air
Europe’s path to carbon neutrality: A move to ‘sobriété énergétique’?
UK government's air pollution strategy 'a shambolic mess'
German finance ministry rejects own party’s carbon price plan
Think-tank: Artificially low electricity prices ‘not good for EDF’ nor consumers
Interior department whistleblower: Ryan Zinke hollowed out the agency
Universal electricity access goal set to be missed, new report reveals
Finance for electricity access too little, too dirty - energy body
Electricity market must serve higher climate ambition
European oil majors better prepared for energy transition than US, Chinese counterparts
From German trains to South Korean buses, hydrogen is back in the energy picture
Adrian Joyce, EuroACE, on the EPBD: ”Upscaling energy efficiency will not happen by itself”
Climate change will affect EU monetary policy ‘one way or the other’, ECB says
40% of EU budget should be dedicated to greening the economy, EESC says
Promising climate options for Ethiopia, Kenya
Kings Cross station reduces carbon emissions by over 40 tonnes
Where will you be when the sea rises?
A strong EV benchmark can cut transport emissions and help modernise Europe’s electricity grid
European cities slow to adopt electric buses
COP24 – The road to Katowice: Changing together for a ‘just energy transition’
David Attenborough has betrayed the living world he loves
Why rewarding renewable fuels under the truck CO2 regulation would be a bad idea
Colorado governor-elect has US’ most ambitious renewable goal
Why 2018 will be a record year for carbon emissions—and what to do about it
Cambodia to boost clean energy use—but coal plants planned too
Australian students plan school strikes to protest against climate inaction
Macron takes on motorists over diesel tax hike
UK renewable energy capacity surpasses fossil fuels for first time
Press release: Who can change the AC industry? eceee joins Global Cooling Prize as partner
All financial institutions must disclose sustainability risks and impacts, MEPs agreed
Electric car demand fuelling rise in child labour in DR Congo—campaigners
Steel industry moulds EU carbon market to its advantage
Four priorities for a future-oriented Connecting Europe Facility
Energy cost of 'mining' bitcoin more than twice that of copper or gold
