climate policies – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Tue, 07 Jun 2022 08:39:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Russia’s invasion is hampering Africa’s energy transition and decarbonisation https://energytransition.org/2022/06/russias-invasion-is-hampering-africas-energy-transition-and-decarbonisation/ https://energytransition.org/2022/06/russias-invasion-is-hampering-africas-energy-transition-and-decarbonisation/#respond Thu, 09 Jun 2022 10:50:52 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26777 As war rages in Ukraine and links between energy and economic growth become clearer while the global impetus for transitioning to renewable energy looses pace mostly in developing countries. But this outcome could be avoided in the future if promised rapid investments on renewable energy become real. Meanwhile, we are experiencing unusual climatic impacts, such as persistent droughts...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/06/russias-invasion-is-hampering-africas-energy-transition-and-decarbonisation/feed/ 0 The Climate Movement is Panicking. It shouldn’t. https://energytransition.org/2022/05/the-climate-movement-is-panicking-it-shouldnt/ https://energytransition.org/2022/05/the-climate-movement-is-panicking-it-shouldnt/#respond Tue, 10 May 2022 10:00:04 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26539 In the face of setbacks, the global climate movement is at loose ends. But rather than doubt itself – and resort to violence – it has to buildout its prodigious achievements with the kind of non-violent activism that has proved so effective. Paul Hockenos has the story. The climate movement practisies diverse forms of civil disobedience. (Photo by Open Minder, CC BY-NC-ND 2.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/05/the-climate-movement-is-panicking-it-shouldnt/feed/ 0 Carbon markets are stalling speedy global climate action https://energytransition.org/2021/09/carbon-markets-are-stalling-speedy-global-climate-action/ https://energytransition.org/2021/09/carbon-markets-are-stalling-speedy-global-climate-action/#respond Tue, 21 Sep 2021 10:00:04 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=24747 Six years on from the cheers, claps and cries to welcome the Paris Agreement, global temperatures and emissions are rising, as dusk settles on the promise the agreement holds for planet Earth. It’s fading hope is today matched with faltering efforts to implement its Article 6. Michael Davies-Venn argues that failures to reach agreements on Article 6 illustrates an unfortunate mistake of conceiving...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/09/carbon-markets-are-stalling-speedy-global-climate-action/feed/ 0 Angry Weather: Attribution Bolsters Climate Science https://energytransition.org/2021/09/angry-weather-attribution-bolsters-climate-science/ https://energytransition.org/2021/09/angry-weather-attribution-bolsters-climate-science/#respond Thu, 16 Sep 2021 10:00:40 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=24735 The implications of weather-attribution methodology, which pins individual extreme weather events to human-induced global warming, are vast. One of the pioneers of attribution science is Friederike Otto. She describes the method in her book Angry Weather: Heat waves, floods, storms, and the new science of climate change (Photo by Felix Mittermeier, CC BY-SA 4.0). Are the floods of 2021 in western...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/09/angry-weather-attribution-bolsters-climate-science/feed/ 0 The EU welcomes John Kerry — and reveals internal climate divides https://energytransition.org/2021/03/the-eu-welcomes-john-kerry-and-reveals-internal-climate-divides/ https://energytransition.org/2021/03/the-eu-welcomes-john-kerry-and-reveals-internal-climate-divides/#respond Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:00:33 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23983 The change of power in Washington has opened up a new window for transatlantic climate cooperation, a stated priority for the Biden administration and the European Commission. The first piece in this series examined the political obstacles on the US side. What is the outlook on the EU side? License: Public Domain Credit: © European Union, 2021 / Etienne Ansotte US climate envoy John Kerry visited...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/03/the-eu-welcomes-john-kerry-and-reveals-internal-climate-divides/feed/ 0 Gender-Responsive Climate Policy as a chance for a Colombian coal phase-out? https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23661/ https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23661/#respond Mon, 28 Dec 2020 14:00:51 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23661 The recent publication “Gender-Responsive Climate Policy – a Case Study of the Colombian Coal Sector” showed that climate policies must take gender into account not only to limit the destructiveness of the current climate crisis but also to achieve a just transformation of the Colombian coal sector. Kathrin Meyer explains the advantages of this approach and its international relevance. (CC BY 2.0...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23661/feed/ 0 EU Climate Law: business as usual or blueprint for climate action? https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23613/ https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23613/#respond Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:00:58 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23613 In what may seem a last ditch effort, the European Union has turned to the slow churning wheels of the law to stimulate climate action in 27 Member States (MS) towards a single goal: a carbon neutral Europe by 2050. European Commission (EC) president Ursula von der Leyen puts on a warm smile to say the text of the proposed European Union Climate Law is “actually rather short and it is rather...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23613/feed/ 0 Coal, on its way out – Greece’s plans to phase out lignite are boosted by the pandemic https://energytransition.org/2020/09/coal-on-its-way-out-how-the-greek-plans-to-phase-out-lignite-are-boosted-by-the-pandemic/ https://energytransition.org/2020/09/coal-on-its-way-out-how-the-greek-plans-to-phase-out-lignite-are-boosted-by-the-pandemic/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:00:09 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23135 In September 2019, during the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York, the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis pledged to phase out all coal-powered electricity production by 2028, making Greece a pioneer in the Balkans. This commitment is enshrined in the National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) submitted by the Greek government to the European Commission end of 2019.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/09/coal-on-its-way-out-how-the-greek-plans-to-phase-out-lignite-are-boosted-by-the-pandemic/feed/ 1 Spain to push for net zero by 2050 as government unveils sweeping new climate law https://energytransition.org/2020/05/spain-to-push-for-net-zero-by-2050-as-government-unveils-sweeping-new-climate-law/ https://energytransition.org/2020/05/spain-to-push-for-net-zero-by-2050-as-government-unveils-sweeping-new-climate-law/#respond Thu, 28 May 2020 13:00:47 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22329 Ambitious draft climate law would immediately ban new oil, gas and coal projects and end subsidies for fossil fuels. Michael Holder reports for BusinessGreen.com ( Public Domain) Spain’s cabinet has today approved an ambitious draft climate law targeting net zero emissions “no later than” 2050, which it estimates will generate over €200bn investment, create up to 350,000 new jobs...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/05/spain-to-push-for-net-zero-by-2050-as-government-unveils-sweeping-new-climate-law/feed/ 0 Will Coronavirus Improve Poland’s Chances of Meeting Its 2020 RES Target? https://energytransition.org/2020/04/will-coronavirus-improve-polands-chances-of-meeting-its-2020-res-target/ https://energytransition.org/2020/04/will-coronavirus-improve-polands-chances-of-meeting-its-2020-res-target/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:00:09 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22157 For the last two weeks of March, while Poland was experiencing the difficulties created by Covid-19, electricity demand dropped by as much as 8.5 percent. This drop has effectively increased the share of renewable energy sources within the national energy mix. How will the crisis provoked by the new virus affect Poland’s energy and climate policy? Will changes in the energy market make it possible...

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