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| DE, EN, Social media, News | Press

Im geoökonomischen Wettlauf mit China und den USA führt für Europa kein Weg an Clean Tech vorbei. Bietet Trump 2.0 hier sogar eine Chance?


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| EN, Social media, News | Press

In order to keep up with China and the US in the geo-economic race, for Europe there is no way around clean tech. Could Trump even be an opportunity…


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16.09.2024 | DE, Just European Green Deal | Press

Zugegeben, auf den ersten Blick etwas provokant, die Frage. Damit genau dieses Szenario nicht eintrifft, sind im Draghi-Report ambitionierte…


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Just Climate Main Topics

Energy Policy: Fast Forward to Renewables

Energy Policy: Fast Forward to Renewables

How can we increase and speed up the roll out of clean energy? We've seen a big boost in renewables lately. This is great news, but there's still a long way to go. What's holding us back? Issues like permits, grid development, and storage are just a few of the challenges we need to tackle. More

Industry Policy: Keep up and Modernise

Industry Policy: Keep up and Modernise

Industry is in Europe’s DNA, it must go carbon neutral. Meanwhile the world around has become geopolitically more challenging than ever. To preserve prosperity and high-quality jobs forward-looking structural policy is required: be it in the development of infrastructures, lead markets, raw material strategies, trade relations or skills. More

Our Deal: Social Balance, Participation, Skills and Labour

Our Deal: Social Balance, Participation, Skills and Labour

The climate agenda needs a strong social agenda, or it will fail. People start feeling both the effects of climate change and of mitigation policies on their daily lives. Yet, bold policies to buffer social inequalities are not in place, fueling skepticism and resistance. More

Communication, Barriers and Motivators: Dare Less Apocalypse

Communication, Barriers and Motivators: Dare Less Apocalypse

Choose your words wisely. Fear, radical change, sacrifice and loss of control characterise often the debate on climate policy. This is a poor motor of change. How to proceed instead? Recognizing barriers and turning to motivators of action are more promising. Social norms can change via positive examples from peers. More

Europe and the Emerging Geopolitics of Electricity Grids

Europe and the Emerging Geopolitics of Electricity Grids

Admittedly, they are not sexy. Electricity grids seem very unspectacular at first. However, things are not what they seem. After all, the grids are of paramount importance for Europe's economic future and therefore its prosperity.

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Freedom, Equality, Climate Protection

Freedom, Equality, Climate Protection

Even if the right-wingers like to twist it and present it differently: the real attack on our freedom is global warming. If it continues unabated, it will progressively impose restrictions on us. But we are able to do something against it. We decide on the best ways and means to combat global warming. Together. That is the freedom we have.

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CBAM – a game changer for global carbon reduction policies?

CBAM – a game changer for global carbon reduction policies?

Does the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism CBAM make countries around the world adopt more climate friendly policies? Or is it only protecting European industries from global competition? What policy changes can be observed with major trading partners of the EU?

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Personal CO2-price rebates for more climate justice in Europe?

Personal CO2-price rebates for more climate justice in Europe?

The imminent introduction of a European carbon price for road transport and buildings will have a direct impact on private households in Europe. What will the expected price increases mean for different income groups?

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Climate? Yes, it's important. But….

Climate? Yes, it's important. But….

Survey: What do people really think about the socio-ecological transformation?

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Looking for more insights?

FES Just Climate recommends these interactive ressources on energy policy. Have a look!

World Electricity Map

World Electricity Map

A live visualization of where your electricity comes from and how much CO2 was emitted to produce it.


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 Progress towards renewable energy source targets

Progress towards renewable energy source targets

This graph by the European Environmental Agency shows the share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption by country.


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Global Energy Transition Statistics

Global Energy Transition Statistics

Enerdata's interactive data tool to access the 2020 world energy data, 2021 estimates and decarbonisation indices.


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Carbon pricing

Carbon pricing

Ember provides the latest data on EU ETS carbon prices.


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How the US generates electricity

How the US generates electricity

Carbon Brief has plotted the nation's power stations in an interactive map to show how and where the US generates electricity.


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IEA China Report

IEA China Report

The International Energy Agency reports the key energy statistics of China. China’s energy policy places the emphasis on electricity, natural gas and cleaner, high-efficiency and digital technologies.

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Can Greece Become a Green Energy Hub in the Mediterranean?

Can Greece Become a Green Energy Hub in the Mediterranean?

This study published by The Green Tank argues that by transitioning to renewable energy sources, Greece can go from "lagging behind" to becoming a green energy hub in the Mediterranean.


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Global Energy Monitor

Global Energy Monitor

This San Francisco-based non-governmental organization catalogs fossil fuel and renewable energy projects worldwide.


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What Powers the World?

What Powers the World?

Gocompare.com launched an interactive map showing how much of the world’s electricity is still reliant on coal, oil and gas, and who’s using renewable energy to keep the lights.


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