Paris Agreement – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Tue, 27 Sep 2022 10:32:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 What France Gets All Wrong About Nuclear Energy https://energytransition.org/2022/09/what-france-gets-all-wrong-about-nuclear-energy/ https://energytransition.org/2022/09/what-france-gets-all-wrong-about-nuclear-energy/#respond Thu, 29 Sep 2022 10:00:19 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27295 Nuclear energy is not sustainable, safe, or cost-effective. Only by investing in full-fledged clean energy can France and other countries meet climate goals on tight schedules – a key asset given the urgency of the climate crisis. Paul Hockenos explains. Potential savety problems were discovered at Civaux Plant, France. (Photo by Daniel Jolivet, CC BY 2.0) France’s current nuclear power fiasco...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/09/what-france-gets-all-wrong-about-nuclear-energy/feed/ 0 The New Energy Charter Treaty in Light of The Climate Emergency  https://energytransition.org/2022/07/the-new-energy-charter-treaty-in-light-of-the-climate-emergency%e2%80%af/ https://energytransition.org/2022/07/the-new-energy-charter-treaty-in-light-of-the-climate-emergency%e2%80%af/#respond Tue, 19 Jul 2022 10:00:02 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26957 After 2 years and 15 negotiation rounds, on June 24, 2022, the Contracting Parties of the Energy Charter Treaty (“ECT”) finaly reached an agreement in principle on a reform of the Treaty. The deal, the detailed text of which remains confidential, contains a package of amendments and changes meant to modernise the Treaty’s investment provisions and bring it in line with the Paris Agreement (the...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/07/the-new-energy-charter-treaty-in-light-of-the-climate-emergency%e2%80%af/feed/ 0 GFANZ must tighten the screw on fossil fuel expansion https://energytransition.org/2022/07/gfanz-must-tighten-the-screw-on-fossil-fuel-expansion/ https://energytransition.org/2022/07/gfanz-must-tighten-the-screw-on-fossil-fuel-expansion/#respond Tue, 05 Jul 2022 10:00:29 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26839 Pressure on the fossil fuel industry to stop developing new projects and to start to phase out the production of coal, oil and gas is steadily increasing. On May 18, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated unequivocally that “Fossil fuels are a dead end — environmentally and economically. […] We must end fossil fuel pollution and accelerate the renewable energy transition...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/07/gfanz-must-tighten-the-screw-on-fossil-fuel-expansion/feed/ 0 EU hydrogen import targets— a neo-colonial resource grab https://energytransition.org/2022/06/eu-hydrogen-import-targets-a-neo-colonial-resource-grab/ https://energytransition.org/2022/06/eu-hydrogen-import-targets-a-neo-colonial-resource-grab/#respond Tue, 07 Jun 2022 10:00:42 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26735 The REPowerEU plan to end Europe’s dependence on Russian gas would still leave it in hock to fossil-fuel companies. Pascoe Sabido has the story. A longer version originally appeared in Social Europe. To meet the EU`s renewable-hydrogen goals will require a lot of renewable electricity. (Photo by TEDxTarfaya, CC BY-SA 2.0) When European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/06/eu-hydrogen-import-targets-a-neo-colonial-resource-grab/feed/ 0 Rapid coal mining sabotages Zimbabwe’s energy transition plans https://energytransition.org/2022/01/rapid-coal-mining-sabotages-zimbabwes-energy-transition-plans/ https://energytransition.org/2022/01/rapid-coal-mining-sabotages-zimbabwes-energy-transition-plans/#respond Tue, 04 Jan 2022 11:30:19 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=25867 Anger, sorrow and fear were some of the feelings triggered on November 30 as online news platforms reported that an eight-year-old girl from Hwange had died from third degree burns sustained from a coal seam fire, three weeks earlier. Coal extraction has been rapidly expanding in Hwange. (Photo by Kris Griffiths, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) A coal seam fire happens when a fossil fuel such as coal burns low...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/01/rapid-coal-mining-sabotages-zimbabwes-energy-transition-plans/feed/ 0 Setting sail renewable energy technologies from Berlin to Bamako and beyond https://energytransition.org/2021/12/setting-sail-renewable-energy-technologies-from-berlin-to-bamako-and-beyond/ https://energytransition.org/2021/12/setting-sail-renewable-energy-technologies-from-berlin-to-bamako-and-beyond/#respond Thu, 30 Dec 2021 10:00:49 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=25771 In an earlier series on articles of the Paris Agreement, Michael Davies-Venn analysed policy options to implement Article 6. Focus here is on Article 10, which provides a technology development and transfer framework premised on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) Technology Mechanism. Developed countries promised to “promote, facilitate and finance, as appropriate...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/12/setting-sail-renewable-energy-technologies-from-berlin-to-bamako-and-beyond/feed/ 0 Turkey’s On-Board the UN Climate Train – Finally https://energytransition.org/2021/12/turkeys-on-board-the-un-climate-train-finally/ https://energytransition.org/2021/12/turkeys-on-board-the-un-climate-train-finally/#respond Wed, 29 Dec 2021 10:00:40 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=25757 At long last, Turkey’s president Erdogan greenlighted the country’s ratification of the Paris Agreement and made a net-zero pledge. But Turkey’s carbon neutral path is fraught with obstacles. Paul Hockenos explains. Turkey agreed to submit updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for the first time. (Photo by Ali Khalil, CC 4.0) At the last minute, in the runup to the COP26 in Glasgow...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/12/turkeys-on-board-the-un-climate-train-finally/feed/ 0 Bonn becomes the first city in Germany, second in EU to endorse the Fossil Fuel Treaty https://energytransition.org/2021/12/bonn-becomes-the-first-city-in-germany-second-in-eu-to-endorse-the-fossil-fuel-treaty-2/ https://energytransition.org/2021/12/bonn-becomes-the-first-city-in-germany-second-in-eu-to-endorse-the-fossil-fuel-treaty-2/#respond Wed, 15 Dec 2021 10:00:35 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=25657 On the eve of the Paris Agreement’s anniversary, the United Nations FCCC city and former German Capital of Bonn calls for international cooperation to phase-out oil, fossil gas and coal. A bold new initiative, the global Fossil Fuels Non-Proliferation treaty is modeled after the UN’s treaty against the spread of nuclear weapons. Last year Climate Breakthrough Award winner...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/12/bonn-becomes-the-first-city-in-germany-second-in-eu-to-endorse-the-fossil-fuel-treaty-2/feed/ 0 Scotland’s Independence Bid Can Be Green https://energytransition.org/2021/12/scotland-abandons-hydrocarbon-development-in-cambo-fields/ https://energytransition.org/2021/12/scotland-abandons-hydrocarbon-development-in-cambo-fields/#respond Thu, 09 Dec 2021 10:00:49 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=25525 The Scottish government, pushed hard by environmentalists, has finally announced that it is unlikely to pursue oil exploration or extraction in the North Sea’s Cambo fields. This, together with the Green Party’s entrance into a government with the Scottish National Party (SNP), burnishes its climate credentials. But, ultimately, it must exit oil production entirely. From Edinburgh, Scotland...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/12/scotland-abandons-hydrocarbon-development-in-cambo-fields/feed/ 0 The quest for equity, fairness and justice in an international carbon market https://energytransition.org/2021/11/the-quest-for-equity-fairness-and-justice-in-an-international-carbon-market/ https://energytransition.org/2021/11/the-quest-for-equity-fairness-and-justice-in-an-international-carbon-market/#respond Wed, 10 Nov 2021 10:00:08 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=25269 A carbon market may reduce carbon emissions as shown by the European Union’s Emissions Trading System ( EU-ETS). But market-based approaches to climate change raise several issues that politicians need to resolve during COP 26 in Glasgow. In this last article in a series of analysis into Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, Michael Davies-Venn explores how injustice, unfairness and inequity are...

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