Fierce battle looms over cars and heat in EU emissions trading
Road transport and buildings have been spared from EU ETS obligations until now, but an upcoming revision may change that, and climate campaigners are concerned.
Sector / Heating and cooling
Heating and cooling
Weekly data: Asia drives global increase in CO2 from buildings
China and other Asian countries will have to be much more ambitious if the world is to achieve CO2 emissions cuts from buildings in line with global climate goals.
Here’s how Joe Biden can decarbonise US buildings
US President Joe Biden wants to halve the carbon footprint of US buildings by 2035. Working across federal agencies, here is a road map to get it done.
Poland sows the seeds of a post-Covid future beyond coal
Poland may have a reputation as a climate sceptic, but by at least one measure it is building back better than most. Nonetheless, it will need to match EU recovery funds with strong climate policies to really break away from coal.
UK government falters in delivering green recovery
The UK has made strong commitments to build back better from Covid-19, but recent hiccups raise questions over whether it can deliver on its pledges.
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European Covid recovery so far failing to ‘build back better’
European governments have pledged billions in clean energy investment in their Covid-19 recovery funds, but measures announced so far are a long way off the green recovery many had hoped for.
Opinion: Texas energy crisis exposes grid weaknesses
In the wake of Texas’s crippling power outages, policymakers should focus on building a more resilient, interconnected and diverse power grid.
China’s dirty district heating is getting cleaner
China's district heating and cooling system, the world's largest, is today mostly fuelled by coal. However, an ambitious five-year plan could make it the global leader in district heating and cooling from renewable sources.
What role can district heating play in the energy transition?
Heating homes with excess heat from power plants instead of individual boilers seems like a climate no-brainer, but given its historical reliance on coal, does the technology have a place in the clean energy transition?
2021 will see more climate finance for locally led energy access
Covid-19 has slowed, or even reversed, progress on energy access in Africa, but with COP26 on the horizon, there is hope energy poverty will finally get the attention and funding it deserves.
Untangling the real contribution of renewables to Europe’s energy mix
As energy systems electrify, it will become increasingly important to measure renewables as a portion of power generation to understand how fast economies are decarbonising.
After the Ten Point Plan: Next steps to net zero
The UK government’s Ten Point Plan for a green industrial revolution sketches out a map to a net-zero economy, but much still needs to be filled in.
Climate change is costing hundreds of work hours a year
Workers in cities around the world are losing the equivalent of hundreds of hours of productive work each year due to excessive heat, reveals analysis by Energy Monitor.
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