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Emissions

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30/10/2024 News

As global emissions hit record high, world enters climate crunch time, warns UNEP report

Continuing current climate policies could ‘lead to a catastrophic temperature rise of up to 3.1°C’, warns the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in its latest annual Emissions Gap Report. However, it adds that the 1.5°C goal set out in the Paris Agreement is ‘still technically possible to meet’, but ‘only with a G20-led massive global mobilisation to cut all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, starting today’.

Climate change

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5/3/2025 News

CCC calls for an 87% cut in UK GHG emissions by 2040

The UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) has published its Seventh Carbon Budget, advising an 87% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2040, compared to 1990 levels, if the UK government is to achieve its net zero by 2050 ambition. Reactions from trade associations and Greenpeace are also included in this round-up.

Energy policy

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2/8/2023 News

Council of the European Union adopts new energy rules

The Council of the European Union (EU) has formally adopted a raft of new energy rules, including a revised Energy Efficiency Directive, Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR) and the FuelEU maritime initiative, that aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate change.

Hydrogen

12/3/2025 News

Pilot project demonstrates feasibility of large-scale hydrogen storage, as new measurement innovations are also announced

Hydrogen is expected to play an important role in the transition to cleaner energy. Recent advances from the HYBRIT large-scale hydrogen storage pilot project, the launch of a DNV joint industry project focused on hydrogen flow measurement, and sensor developments from Manchester University and Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute are paving the way for its safe storage and deployment across various industry sectors.

Energy efficiency

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14/5/2025 Comment / Erich Labuda

Unlocking Europe’s energy future – energy efficiency can’t wait

Alongside the use of renewables, the potential contribution of improving energy efficiency – an established and well-proven practice – is still under-appreciated. Particularly for Europe’s industrial sites, the scope for cutting emissions is enormous, writes Erich Labuda, Division President with ABB Motion Services.

Climate change

5/2/2025 News

North Sea oil and gas field developments delayed while third runway at Heathrow airport proposed: a week in the life of the UK energy transition

Two national-scale UK infrastructure developments made headlines last week for opposite reasons, at the same time as the country also filed one of the world’s first NDC climate change reports.

EI Statistical Review of World Energy

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2/7/2025 Feature / Brian Davis

Are we heading towards doom or making progress? What the latest EI Statistical Review reveals

Publication of the Energy Institute’s Statistical Review of World Energy offers striking insights into global energy trends, drawn from a wealth of data collected over the past year. As Energy Institute Chief Executive Officer Nick Wayth CEng FEI pointed out at the launch event: ‘We are living through a period of immense transformation, but not in a linear or coordinated way.’ New Energy World Features Editor Brian Davis reports.

Climate change

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30/7/2025 News

International Court of Justice publishes landmark opinion regarding climate change accountability

The UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) gave a landmark ‘advisory opinion’ on 23 July stating that nations can be held legally accountable for their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, the opinion is non-binding.

EI Statistical Review of World Energy

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9/7/2025 Feature / Will Dalrymple

Delving into a disorderly transition: the latest EI Statistical Review of World Energy reveals ‘a new mindset’

Romain Debarre, Kearney Partner and Managing Director of its Energy Transition Institute, and Wafa Jafri, KPMG Partner and UK Lead for Energy and Natural Resources Strategy, joined Energy Institute (EI) President Andy Brown OBE FEI and EI CEO Nick Wayth FEI CEng on stage to launch the Statistical Review of World Energy in London in late June. New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple heard their views.

COP

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EI Member only

11/2/2026 Feature / Paul Cochrane

Post-COP drop? Azerbaijan grows renewables but gas still dominates

Azerbaijan’s renewable energy sector received a major boost after hosting the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Conference of the Parties in November 2024 (COP29), with the government recently upping its green power generation targets. It is, however, facing roll-out challenges, while the country also seeks to maximise exports of natural gas, particularly to Europe as it diversifies its import sources and reduces dependency on Russian gas, writes Paul Cochrane.

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As global emissions hit record high, world enters climate crunch time, warns UNEP report

CCC calls for an 87% cut in UK GHG emissions by 2040

Council of the European Union adopts new energy rules

Pilot project demonstrates feasibility of large-scale hydrogen storage, as new measurement innovations are also announced

Unlocking Europe’s energy future – energy efficiency can’t wait

North Sea oil and gas field developments delayed while third runway at Heathrow airport proposed: a week in the life of the UK energy transition

Are we heading towards doom or making progress? What the latest EI Statistical Review reveals

International Court of Justice publishes landmark opinion regarding climate change accountability

Delving into a disorderly transition: the latest EI Statistical Review of World Energy reveals ‘a new mindset’

Post-COP drop? Azerbaijan grows renewables but gas still dominates