COP28 was seen by many as groundbreaking, with the first appearance of the term ‘energy’ in the conclusions. The mention of a ‘transitioning away’ from fossil fuels’ caused a stir.
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Today, 6 October 2023, 50 years ago, the Yom Kippur War began between Israel and the Arab countries. It lasted only a few days, but it was used as a
It is common today, in all the discourses on degrowth or on sobriety, to blame agriculture, without fully understanding what this means and what the consequences could be for society
On February 4, exactly a century ago, the idea of producing green hydrogen was proposed. The billions of euros poured in by the European Union cannot change the science, which
“Give us back abundant and cheap energy” says Samuele Furfari, Professor of Geopolitics of Energy, Senior retired European Commission official, President of the European Society of Engineers and Industrialists Doctor of Applied Sciences, Polytechnic
The Joint European Torus (JET) team located in Culham near Oxford has just taken a step forward in the scientific progress of nuclear fusion. Atomic fusion consists of releasing energy
When Napoleon’s armies marched past Clos de Vougeot, in order to honour this great Burgundy wine, Napoleon wanted his soldiers to march at a walk. The European Parliament does not
On 4 December 2019, in her first Brussels press conference the newly appointed president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said she will lead a ‘geopolitical Commission’. One
The European Commission presented its hydrogen strategy in July 2020. It is convinced that it will be possible to make ‘clean’ hydrogen a viable solution for a climate-neutral economy and
Despite COVID-19, many in Brussels – including a green recovery alliance in the EU Parliament and 13 EU Environment Ministers – are pressuring the European Commission (EC) to pursue the