“Simply not enough”
Current efforts in the industrial sector are simply not enough in light of both the drastic climatic changes ahead and vast efficiency potentials sitting around barely touched. All essential…
Read Full articleEU Green Week 2021
Annually organised by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Environment, the EU Green Week is the best opportunity to debate and discuss European environmental policy. In line with the EU's commitment on the European Green Deal…
DetailsThe time is right: Industrial Policy and the European Green Deal
This week, there is a big article in the Financial Times about how Brussels is re-tooling industrial policy. The focus of the article is on how there is increasing support to develop the battery…
Read Full articleIEA, EU and China advance Energy Efficiency
29 June 2017: According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), energy efficiency is the one energy resource that every country possesses in abundance and is the quickest and least costly way of…
Read Full articleIt's time to act
People only accept change when they are faced with necessity, and only recognise necessity when a crisis is upon them. -Jean Monnet. French political economist and diplomat who was one of the founding…
Read Full articleEurope must choose a green future
First published here . A group of experts has published their suggestions for Europe's energy future in the European Energy Atlas 2018. In this excerpt, European Parliment member Claude Turmes points…
Read Full article6th Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency
The International Energy Agency’s 6th Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency will draw together a high-level audience from around the world and will be a major input to the IEA-COP26 Net Zero Summit the following day. The Global Conference on…
DetailsEurope’s energy-intensive industries coping with covid crisis while trying to stay on sustainable path
Europe’s industry has significant challenges today. We are fortunate that the European Union provides a robust policy framework for industry that covers many themes: climate change, energy efficiency,…
Read Full articleCeramics industry and the transition to a Circular Economy
The EU ceramics industry is a world leader in producing value added, uniquely designed, high quality ceramic products manufactured by flexible and innovative companies, the majority of which are SMEs.…
Read Full articleMake or break for EU Industry
The Energy Efficiency Financial Institutions Group (EEFIG) established by the European Commission and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has just published its final…
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