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Hydrogen set to spread its wings
Green hydrogen's role in the energy transition is a given, but just how far and how fast the technology will spread remains up for debate → Read More
The Green Shipping News
Shipping is a crucial cog in the global economy, but it is also a big polluter. This week we find out how one of the biggest names in the business, Maersk, is charting a course towards a cleaner, greener way of transporting cargo. → Read More
Europe breaks fossil fuel shackles
Despite the ongoing energy crises, the use of coal and gas over this winter has not increased as much as some feared. Europe is on the verge of breaking its addiction to fossil fuels. → Read More
How to update a carbon market
The EU's emissions trading system is the world's largest carbon market and will soon get even bigger when reformed rules come into play. This week we get an insider take on the updated ETS from one of the negotiators that helped write the new rules. → Read More
Understanding digitalisation
In episode one of Energy Enablers, Siemens Smart Infrastructure's Matthias Rebellius discusses the role digital products can play in advancing the energy transition. → Read More
Heat pumps are hot (and cool)
The energy crisis has prompted a major surge in demand for heat pumps and the technology is widely recognised as a no-regret option to decarbonise heating and cooling, but many are still to be convinced. → Read More
Shocks, stability and sustainable markets
This week's special live recording of Watt Matters comes from Eurelectric's offices in Brussels, where the team is joined by Ditte Juul Jorgensen and three trade association chiefs from Eurelectric, WindEurope and SolarPower Europe. → Read More
Policy promoting climate finance
With the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the United States is unleashing billions of dollars to promote climate solutions and clean energy technology. → Read More
Are COP talks really worthwhile?
Following yet another round of COP negotiations, only limited progress was made in the global effort to keep global warming limited to 1.5C. This week, the team discusses the value of these negotiations in the quest to avoid catastrophic climate change. → Read More
‘Fit for 57’?
The EU says it is upgrading its emissions reduction by 2030 to 57%, instead of the 55% that underpins its 'Fit for 55' policy package. This will require additional work and a greater understanding of the regulations. → Read More
Carbon dioxide removals
In this episode, we dispel the myths around carbon dioxide removals, an often-misunderstood piece of the climate policy jigsaw. → Read More
The heating policy paradox
Citizens across Europe are concerned about their heating bills as a result of the energy price crisis, but sustainable heating and cooling do not yet receive much attention in the EU’s agenda. → Read More
Cleaning up aviation
Aviation has connected people and cities from around the Earth, but it has also made our planet warmer. In this episode, we will find out which carrots and sticks are needed to decarbonise air transport. → Read More
From range anxiety to charging confidence
The sales of electric vehicles continue to rise globally, but much more needs to be done to deploy charging infrastructure → Read More
Europe’s crisis policy outlook
This week, Policy Dispatch chats with Agora Energiewende expert and FORESIGHT's own Michaela Holl about the EU's response to the ongoing energy crisis. → Read More
A toolbox for the EU’s energy crisis
In this episode of Watt Matters, we make sense of the short and long-term measures that Brussels is proposing to alleviate Europe's energy price crisis and its impact on the EU's energy companies. → Read More
Africa’s climate transition
This week, Policy Dispatch takes a look into Africa’s energy transition, the main hurdles that the continent’s 54 nations are facing, and its untapped renewable potential with Saliem Fakir, Executive Director at the African Climate Foundation. → Read More
What voluntary carbon markets need to do next
A large, mature voluntary carbon market is urgently needed. To get there, it has some growing up to do, says Charlie Langdale, from international insurance broker Howden. → Read More
Decarbonising our buildings
In this first episode of Policy Dispatch, we take a deep dive into buildings and the need to accelerate their decarbonisation, with Member of the European Parliament Ciarán Cuffe. → Read More
A strategy for carbon capture technologies
Economic constraints and public acceptance remain two of the biggest challenges to mass deployment of carbon capture technologies in Europe. A unified CCS strategy in Europe could change this. → Read More