The following is the text of my presentation made in Cairo on the 18th December 2023 at a UNIDO organised event presenting the results of a project on ESCO contracts completed by a consortium…

Overview of Front National 2024 Program The Front National (now known as Rassemblement National, RN) 2024 program emphasizes national sovereignty, economic protectionism, and a cautious stance towards…

ICP Partners help spread the Investor Ready Energy Efficiency TM (IREE) Certification scheme in local countries In a nutshell… The Investor Confidence Project (ICP) Europe is tackling two of the main…

The webinar will introduce the new work of ICP Europe for industry, district energy and street lighting. It will highlight the benefits for industry, project developers/ESCOs and financial markets/investors how stakeholders can participate , e.g. by…

Accelerating investments into sustainable energy and climate adaptation are important to ensure a climate-neutral Europe in the long-term and prepare our cities and regions for the threats and risks of climate change already known today. Europe’s…

The most recent EEFIG meeting focused on industry, a sector that is sometimes neglected compared to buildings. I summarised the work on the EEFIG Underwriting Toolkit and took the opportunity to give…

WHO WE ARE EEIP is a neutral, open and global business and policy platform for the energy transition. Founded in 2011, we are serving a 150.000 user network through our multi-channel platform. EEIP is…

The Gordian knot is a knot that gave its name to a proverbial term for a problem solvable only by bold action. In 333 BC, Alexander the Great, on his march through Anatolia, reached Gordium, the…

The end of the year normally makes us reflect on where we are and how we got there. In the past couple of months, we have been shocked by a special report from the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate…

A few month ago I was starting to look a bit closer to the world of Fintech with the aim to identify new digital financing platforms providing access to finance for smart city projects , especially…