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Emissions

Three firefighters tackling a forest fire

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’.

Wind

8/3/2023 News

European wind experiencing a crisis of confidence

The European Union (EU) built 16 GW of new wind capacity in 2022, but it isn’t enough to meet the region’s 2030 goals, according to WindEurope, which says there is a clear need to restore investor confidence and ramp up the sector’s supply chain.

Offshore wind

6/3/2024 News

EU approaches 2030 wind energy target

The European Union’s target of wind accounting for 35% of electricity generation in 2030 is within reach following improvements in permitting and a rebound in investments this past year, according to the latest analysis from WindEurope. However, obstacles remain, with the biggest threat now to the accelerated expansion of wind being the timely expansion of Europe’s onshore and offshore electricity grids.

COP

25/10/2023 Comment / Rachel Kyte

COP28 Perspective: Can we expect the UAE to speed up the energy transition?

The UN's annual Conference of the Parties (COP28) will take place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in November and December. Rachel Kyte CMG HonFEI, Dean Emerita of The Fletcher School at Tufts, a director of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), an advisor to private, public and philanthropic capital on climate transitions, and a member of the G20 Independent Expert Group on multilateral development bank reform, presents her thoughts.

Decarbonisation

7/9/2022 News

What would it take to decarbonise the US electric grid by 2035?

A new report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has found that several key challenges still need to be understood and addressed over the next decade to enable the speed and scale of deployment necessary to achieve 100% clean electricity, or a net zero power grid, in the US by 2035. Achieving this goal would be a major stepping stone to economy-wide decarbonisation in the US by 2050.

Oil and gas

30/7/2025 Comment / David Watson

Deeper waters, shallower gains – why Rosebank and Jackdaw will not secure Britain’s energy future

The UK’s North Sea oil and gas reserves are in rapid decline and the opening of new fields will make hardly any difference to UK energy supplies or bills, or industry jobs. Their weak economic case is outweighed by the potential climate impact, argues David Watson, Principal at energy and utilities advisor the BFY Group.

Energy infrastructure

Heating engineer crouching down to install heat pump on outside of a brick building

25/10/2023 News

Pressing need to modernise UK infrastructure

Improved infrastructure to boost economic growth across the UK and meet climate goals is both ‘achievable and affordable’ if the right policy steps are taken now, according to the latest long-term review from UK government’s independent advisers on infrastructure strategy.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

Head and shoulders image of Peter Godfrey

29/1/2025 Comment / Peter Godfrey

2025: A transformative year for ASEAN collaboration?

I’m an optimist! Despite numerous calls for greater regional cohesiveness in the past, ASEAN (the Association of South East Asian Nations) stands on the cusp of a transformative era. With a new President in Indonesia championing greater international engagement and Malaysia taking the ASEAN Chairmanship, 2025 presents a strategic opportunity to advance regional energy security and sustainable growth. So writes Peter Godfrey FEI, the Energy Institute’s Managing Director – Asia Pacific.

Nuclear

19/11/2025 News

Wylfa confirmed as the UK’s first SMR site

The UK government’s ambition to lead a ‘new nuclear age’ took a major step forward last week with the announcement that Wylfa, on the coast of Ynys Môn (Anglesey) in North Wales, will host the UK’s first small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear power plant. While the news was welcomed by the UK energy sector, it also prompted a rare public rebuke from the US.

Energy policy

Aerial view of concentrated solar project in the desert

18/3/2026 News

China’s next five-year plan backs clean energy but leaves emissions targets unclear, says CREA

China has released the draft outline of its 15th Five-Year Plan, setting out the country’s economic, energy and climate priorities for the period 2026–2030. The blueprint is broadly supportive of clean energy development, including a target to reduce CO₂ emissions per unit of GDP – carbon intensity – by 17% compared to 2005 levels between 2026–2030.

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