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Rod Janssen
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Independent expert on zero-carbon #energytransition. Editor of energyindemand.com and President of Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes. Amateur singer.
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My new blog post as we head into COP30.
Yes, it's that time again.
iceblog.org/2025/11/04/c...
COP30 in Brazil: Same procedure as every year? I hope not
As world leaders head for Brazil to focus on climate change, it is time for realism, pragmatism – and maybe even a little optimism, in spite of it all. It’s that time of year again. The…
iceblog.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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This week's zero carbon energy transition newsletter, Energy in Demand, is now available - energyindemand.com/2025/11/09/e...
Energy in Demand News, November 9-10, 2025
On 6 November, the European Commission published its yearly report on the State of the Energy Union Report, a key assessment of Members’ progress in meeting climate and enerrgy goals, the Coalition…
energyindemand.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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My newsletter, Energy in Demand, has a lot of material on the zero carbon energy transition that you should appreciate energyindemand.com/2025/11/01/e...
Energy in Demand News, November 2-3, 2025
Bill Gates marked his 70th birthday on October 28 “by lobbing a hand grenade into the global climate finance debate, just as governments prepare to convene for the COP30 summit in Brazil, in the wo…
energyindemand.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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This week's newsletter on the zero carbon energy transition, Energy in Demand, is now available - energyindemand.com/2025/10/26/e...
Energy in Demand News, October 26-27, 2025
The EU’s national leaders spent their summit venting frustration about the bloc’s green transition — and ultimately agreed on language that demands no specific changes to climate legisl…
energyindemand.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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This week's zero carbon energy transition newsletter, Energy in Demand, is now available energyindemand.com/2025/10/19/e...
Energy in Demand News, October 19-20, 2025
In his landmark 2006 analysis, the economist Lord Nicholas Stern concluded that climate action would cost less than the damage caused by inaction and that climate change was the greatest market fai…
energyindemand.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
My latest newsletter on the zero carbon energy transition, Energy in Demand, is now available - energyindemand.com/2025/10/12/e... @energydemand.bsky.social
Energy in Demand News, October 12-13, 2025
EiD is always trying to encourage zero carbon transport. It was a pleasant surprise to see such an article in The Economist this week. Entitled Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport, the…
energyindemand.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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Why not start reading my latest newsletter on the zero carbon energy transition, Energy in Demand? energyindemand.com/2025/10/05/e...
Energy in Demand News, October 5-6, 2025
Extreme weather and climate change caused more financial damage in Europe between 2020 and 2023 than it did in the whole preceding decade, the Financial Times reports. “The average annual economic …
energyindemand.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The US Department of Energy has told employees in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to avoid using the words “climate change” in what seems to be the latest incident in a crackdown on discussing the climate crisis in the US government www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US energy department cracks down on workers’ use of climate crisis language
Efficiency employees reportedly told to avoid ‘climate change’ and similar terms in their work in latest clampdown
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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My latest newsletter on the zero carbon energy transition, Energy in Demand, is now out - energyindemand.com/2025/09/28/e...
Energy in Demand News, September 28-29, 2025
Trump to World: Green Energy Is a Scam and Climate Science Is From ‘Stupid People’ That was quite a headline for the New York Times account of President Trump berating everyone at the UN General As…
energyindemand.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Not what we want to read: BP predicts higher oil and gas demand, suggesting world will not hit 2050 net zero target www.theguardian.com/business/202...
BP predicts higher oil and gas demand, suggesting world will not hit 2050 net zero target
Conflict in Ukraine and Middle East as well as trade tariffs are making states focus on energy security
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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China’s plans to cut emissions too weak to stave off global catastrophe, say experts www.theguardian.com/environment/...
China’s plans to cut emissions too weak to stave off global catastrophe, say experts
Xi suggested US not rising to the climate challenge in his UN speech, but critics say new cuts fall ‘far short’ of what is necessary
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Enjoy this week's Energy in Demand newsletter. A great way to get into the autumnal mood energyindemand.com/2025/09/07/e...
Energy in Demand News, September 7-8, 2025
As we are decarbonising our economies, electrification become more and more important. A Financial Times newsletter this week, however, notes that EU member states are set to miss a deadline for li…
energyindemand.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Try out some good September reading on the zero carbon energy transition. My newsletter came out on the weekend - energyindemand.com/2025/08/31/e...
Energy in Demand News, August 31, 2025
The expression Energy Efficiency 1st is not just a PR slogan. This week, 67 Industry players and 26 national and EU industry associations wrote to the EU’s Danish Presidency, concerned about the dr…
energyindemand.com
September 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This week's newsletter, Energy in Demand, now out. energyindemand.com/2025/08/03/e.... Since we started in January, 2012, we've published over 6000 posts on a range of topics related to sustainability.
Energy in Demand News, August 3-4, 2025
The EU and US agreed to a new trade deal in recent days, to a distinctly mixed reaction. The European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Europe’s largest network of environmental NGOs, warns that the cent…
energyindemand.com
August 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Our latest zero carbon energy transition newsletter, Energy in Demand, is now out - energyindemand.com/2025/07/13/e...
Energy in Demand News, July 13-14, 2025
Almost three-quarters of all solar and wind power projects being built globally are in China, according to a new report by Global Energy Monitor, a non-governmental organisation based in San Franci…
energyindemand.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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npr.org NPR @npr.org · Jun 10
Sometimes reducing your home's energy use can be as simple as opening a window or buying tape. Here are five easy ways to have a more climate-friendly home and save on energy bills at the same time.
5 simple (and cheap) things to make your house use less energy
Sometimes reducing your home's energy use can be as simple as opening a window or buying tape. Here are five easy ways to have a more climate-friendly home and save on energy bills at the same time.
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June 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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This week's Energy in Demand about the zero-carbon energy transition is now out - energyindemand.com/2025/04/27/e...
Energy in Demand News, April 27-28, 2025
This is the week that many of the world’s institutions received a lecture from the new US administration on changes that should be made. The Financial Times reports: “US Treasury secretary Scott Be…
energyindemand.com
April 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM