In brief | 19 November '25
The Guardian: Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’
Analysis published at COP30 summit shows adhering to pledges offers world hope of avoiding climate breakdown.
DW: Momentum grows for global roadmap to phase out fossil fuels
Small island states and major economies are urging a fair fossil-fuel phase-out as climate negotiations enter a critical juncture.
Politico: China’s top envoy blasts EU climate goals and Trump’s ‘bad example’
Liu Zhenmin also defended Beijing’s own climate efforts as “very ambitious.”
Energy Storage Europe Association: Europe set to hit 100 GW of energy storage, with more than 115% growth expected by 2030
The EU, UK, Norway, and Switzerland together are expected to reach 100 GW of installed energy storage in November 2025.
Bruegel: Europe’s electricity capacity mechanisms need to be better coordinated
Paper analyses EU capacity mechanisms, their cost and security impacts, and the pros and challenges of deeper regional coordination.
European Commission: EU awards over €600 million to alternative fuel projects to boost zero-emission mobility
Seventy projects are receiving EU grants to electrify and decarbonise road, maritime, inland waterway and air transport along the trans-European transport network.
