
What is the carbon footprint of space travel?
Who couldn’t have been wowed by the recent incredible crewed Space X launch on the 30th May? Two astronauts successfully left the earth’s atmosphere to dock with the international space station on a…
Read Full article5 Strategies that achieve climate mitigation and adaptation simultaneously
Climate actions have often fallen into one of two strategies: mitigation efforts to lower or remove greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere, and adaptation efforts to adjust systems and societies…
Read Full articleFeeding the world, preserving the planet
Do you know the environmental impact of the sandwich you had for lunch? Food production requires about 30 percent of the world’s total energy consumption and is still highly reliant on fossil fuels .…
Read Full articleInnovative financial solutions to fight energy poverty
Social housing associations and EU projects are countering energy poverty with innovative financial schemes and “solidarity mechanisms”: “Buildings refurbishment benefits both the people and the…
Read Full articleMore national climate policies expected, but how effective are the existing ones?
Author: European Environment Agency In 2019, EU Member States reported that they had already adopted or were planning to adopt 1925 national policies and corresponding measures to reduce greenhouse…
Read Full articleIs REPowerEU able to accelerate transition to renewable energies and improve energy security?
The European Commission continues releasing extensive legislative and strategic packages one after the other: Fit for 55, Hydrogen and Gas Package, REPowerEU. The REPowerEU package was a quick…
Read Full articleCHINA - Carbon Neutral by 2060: "Efficiency First"
EU and China: Efficiency, the foundation for our net-zero future Background https://events.energypost.eu/china-efficiency-2021-register/ At this third 2-day online conference presented in association with ECECP (the EU China Energy Cooperation…
DetailsResponding to Coronavirus: Low-carbon Investments Can Help Economies Recover
The COVID-19 pandemic is first and foremost a human tragedy, infecting more than 120,000 and killing more than 4,200 people as of March 12, 2020. The loss of human life is heart-breaking and set to…
Read Full articleThe Mechanics of Ceramics: How the Industry Can Decarbonize
Although the world’s industries have tried to transition to more sustainable methods, the annual global extraction of materials has tripled over the last 50 years. In Europe’s ceramics industry has…
Read Full articleMaking existing lending processes drive energy efficiency
Making existing lending processes drive energy efficiency A recent article entitled “ All Lenders must be green lenders ” by friend and EnergyPro collaborator in the US Sean Neil emphasised an…
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