In brief | 2 July '26
IRENA: USD 480 billion fossil-fuel costs avoided by renewable energy boom in 2025
IRENA says renewables not only cheapest new power but also prime geopolitical shock absorber to enhance energy security and economic stability.
Reuters: Net-zero champion Europe snared by climate change on its doorstep
The June heatwave that broke a series of temperature records in Europe has focused minds on the urgency of adapting to global warming in a continent once complacent about its relatively gentle climate and its ambitious goals on reducing emissions.
Boosting the use of homegrown renewable electricity is Europe’s best way to reduce its vulnerability to volatile international energy supplies and rising energy prices, says the EEA.
Reuters: Germany charges Ukrainian over Nord Stream pipeline blasts
Germany's top prosecutor has indicted a Ukrainian national over the 2022 explosions that crippled the Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea.
Energy Research & Social Science: Heating up the headlines: How tabloid framing reshaped Germany's Buildings Energy Act
BILD, Germany's largest tabloid, transformed the 2023 reform of the Buildings Energy Act (GEG) into one of the most polarising political controversies in recent German history, says research paper.
