Conventional gas, unconventional gas, shale gas, coal bed methane, fracking, pipelines, liquefied natural gas… understanding what gas is about is far from an easy task. This fact sheet helps do just that.
The best laid plans: Why the Investment Plan for Europe does not drive the sustainable energy transition
The European Fund for Strategic Investments was established in 2015 to power-charge post-crisis Europe and provide a much-needed impulse for de-carbonising its economies. Yet, during its first year, the fund leveraged EUR 1.5 billion for fossil fuel infrastructure, and 68% of transport investment is destined for carbon-intensive projects. This report shows why the Investment Plan …
CE Delft: The potential of energy citizens in the European Union
This research demonstrates that half of all European Union citizens could be producing their own electricity by 2050, and meeting 45% of the EU’s energy demand. Our energy market is switching from fossil fuels and nuclear to renewable energy, but it’s also shifting from a centralised market dominated by large utilities to one in which …
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Farming for the future: agroecological solutions to feed the world
There is no doubt that eliminating hunger worldwide is one of humanity’s greatest challenges in the 21st century. However, there are radically divergent visions for how to achieve this goal. Many people equate “feeding the world” with the need to produce more food, but in reality the problem is one of unequal and wasteful distribution. …
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Energy efficiency first: five reasons we need a higher target for 2030
This short briefing spells out why the cheapest, cleanest, safest energy is the energy we don’t actually need. Every 1% improvement in energy efficiency means lifting 7 million people out of energy poverty, and savings equivalent to 60 supertankers of oil. There are also increased savings on health and pollution costs, increases in GDP and …
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CETA Trading Away Democracy
On September 26, 2014, Canada and the European Union (EU) announced the conclusion of a far-reaching economic integration agreement, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The agreement included an investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism, later tweaked and re-branded as ICS (Investment Court System) in February 2016, which could unleash a corporate litigation boom against …
