In brief | 29 October '24
10 New Insights in Climate Science: Leading scientists review the most pressing findings
New report responds to calls for policy guidance during a climate-critical decade.
UN Climate Change: New climate change report shows national climate plans "fall miles short of what's needed"
UN Climate Change executive secretary Simon Stiell says report must be a turning point and herald bolder national climate plans from every country.
European Commission: Share of renewables in EU electricity mix increases to over 50 percent
Share climbs to 52 percent in second quarter of 2024, after reaching 46 percent one year before.
European Investment Bank: World’s first artificial energy island to be built in Belgian North Sea
Princess Elisabeth Island Project receives 650 million euros in EIB funding to serve as offshore wind power hub.
Bloomberg: Germany to cut some solar farms off subsidies amid oversupply
Too much renewable power has led to rising costs for state; draft law aims to lower threshold for direct marketing.
Bloomberg: Germany’s ruling coalition may have already quietly quit
Competing initiatives highlight a pivot to campaigning as trust between Scholz, Habeck and Lindner at new low, writes Bloomberg.
ACEA: Electric bus sales see strong rise, electric van and truck sales fall in Europe
European manufacturers' association release sales figures for the first nine months of 2024.
Financial Times: What could stop the global green energy race? A Trump victory
Republican canditate in U.S. presidential eleciton could take tougher steps to stymie decarbonisation efforts next time around, the FT writes in an op-ed.
