The Guardian: ‘Electrify daily life’, urges Cop31 hostThird of world’s energy needs should come from electricity by 2035, says Murat Kurum, as priorities set out for this year’s UN climate summit.dpa: European Commission plans to expand renewables in North AfricaThe European Union plans to mobilise up to 25 billion euros in investments until 2035 to contribute to the development of 15 gigawatts of new renewable energy capacity.Politico: Commission to set EU-wide smart meter targetsThe draft proposal would require member countries to ensure that at least 50 percent of households and other final consumers are equipped with smart meters by 2030.Hamburg University: Growing importance of climate lawsuits as a tool for climate protectionGermany’s first-ever central online database for climate lawsuits includes 221 lawsuits dating back to 2006, allowing NGOs, the media, academic researchers and companies to systematically research legal disputes involving climate protection and environmental law.Politico: Europe pours money into ocean research as Trump guts science fundingThe European Union wants to plug a gaping hole in ocean research left behind by the administration of US president Donald Trump.The Guardian: Super-rich’s assets cause outsized amount of climate harm, NGO report saysGreenpeace calculates that wealthiest contribute nearly 1 trillion dollars of damage a year with ownership-based emissions.GWEC: Fast-track offshore wind to help prevent future energy crisesGovernments across the world should expedite the development and construction of offshore wind farms to help shield their economies from the impacts of future energy crises, according to a new report from the Global Wind Energy Council.Electrive: Combustion engines disappear from China’s bestselling car rankingsInternal combustion engine vehicles completely disappeared from the list of China's top 10 best-selling passenger cars in May.Eurostat: Energy use in EU households drops for 3 years in a rowIn 2024, EU households used 9.54 million terajoules of energy, a slight decline (-0.2%) from 9.57 million terajoules in 2023.
In brief | 10 June ‘26
The Guardian: ‘Electrify daily life’, urges Cop31 hostThird of world’s energy needs should come from electricity by 2035, says Murat Kurum, as priorities set out for this year’s UN climate summit.dpa: European Commission plans to expand renewables in North AfricaThe European Union plans to mobilise up to 25 billion euros in investments until 2035 to contribute to the development of 15 gigawatts of new renewable energy capacity.Politico: Commission to set EU-wide smart meter targetsThe draft proposal would require member countries to ensure that at least 50 percent of households and other final consumers are equipped with smart meters by 2030.Hamburg University: Growing importance of climate lawsuits as a tool for climate protectionGermany’s first-ever central online database for climate lawsuits includes 221 lawsuits dating back to 2006, allowing NGOs, the media, academic researchers and companies to systematically research legal disputes involving climate protection and environmental law.Politico: Europe pours money into ocean research as Trump guts science fundingThe European Union wants to plug a gaping hole in ocean research left behind by the administration of US president Donald Trump.The Guardian: Super-rich’s assets cause outsized amount of climate harm, NGO report saysGreenpeace calculates that wealthiest contribute nearly 1 trillion dollars of damage a year with ownership-based emissions.GWEC: Fast-track offshore wind to help prevent future energy crisesGovernments across the world should expedite the development and construction of offshore wind farms to help shield their economies from the impacts of future energy crises, according to a new report from the Global Wind Energy Council.Electrive: Combustion engines disappear from China’s bestselling car rankingsInternal combustion engine vehicles completely disappeared from the list of China's top 10 best-selling passenger cars in May.Eurostat: Energy use in EU households drops for 3 years in a rowIn 2024, EU households used 9.54 million terajoules of energy, a slight decline (-0.2%) from 9.57 million terajoules in 2023.
