Everyone agrees that Europe is slipping behind America and China and that something must be done. Deciding what to do is the problem

Nuclear energy is critical to providing clean, reliable, and affordable electricity to meet growing energy demands across the country—but infrastructure and regulatory challenges need to be addressed. www.catf.us/work/advance...

First #EnergySecurity: economies and states relying on foreign fossil fuels are critically vulnerable. Renewables build #Resilience — expanding renewable energy capacities is cheap, fast, and strategic. The EU remains committed on its path to fossil freedom ♟️🗽 (2/4)

#SanFrancisco, a city recognized for #innovation and tech adoption in #publictransport, searches for solutions to a funding crisis. Read about this #smartcity in my article @InfraJournal. 🔽 www.infrajournal.com/en/san-franc... #MUNI #BRT #Equity #Resilience #UrbanReadiness #SFMTA

By 2050, the global population will reach 10 billion, with nearly 70% living in urban areas. Cities, therefore, need to become ever more sustainable, resilient, connected, and secure. We talk about it at "The Smart City Expo World Congress 2024" in Barcelona www.renewablematter.eu/en/smart-cit...

🤝 The EU-UK reset: a first, big step in the right direction For Ignacio Garcia Bercero and @heathergrabbe.bsky.social the EU-UK summit offered progress in areas of mutual benefit. 💭 Can the EU and UK revive the habit of working together? 🔗 buff.ly/nRvgrw1 #EconSky

Oil Change International says countries "pursuing new LNG deals and calling it energy security face disastrous economic and #climate consequences." oilchange.org/blogs/countr... #EnergySecurity #Renewables #FossilFuels #LNG #CETP

How can #CCS help countries in Central and Eastern Europe decarbonise their industrial sectors while remaining globally competitive? Find out in our upcoming webinar, featuring the launch of a new CATF policy brief and an expert panel discussion: catf.us/events/fundi...

I wish every country had a leader like Jacinda Ardern. Including New Zealand. Maybe ESPECIALLY New Zealand. The world would be a better place. Watch the interview if you haven’t. #Leadership @jacindaardern.bsky.social

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

What will transport look like in 2030? To develop and modernise Europe's rail, road, inland waterway and maritime infrastructure, the EU has committed €25.81 billion to the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T).

Green defence spending? Investments in renewables, in storage, in efficiency; all contribute to security and resilience, as well as climate goals. My interview with Sean Carroll: europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/europes...

The Czech Republic urgently needs to deploy #renewable power sources. To meet EU targets, the country plans to increase capacity of wind power plants by up to five times by 2030, reports #CEEnergyNews. #CleanEnergy #Renewables #Resilience Image by Camila-Fernandez-Leon on Unsplash

Poland has long been seen as a laggard on clean energy. That is clearly changing and fast. Onshore wind, solar and now also offshore wind are growing in Poland. An exciting opportunity for Poland to move away from coal.

What matters for climate is not how much clean energy is being built. What matters is the change in the share of electricity generation coming from clean energy. Using that metric, China doesn't even make the list. So, again: all-of-the-above energy is not a #climate solution.

A report from the Clean Air Task Force says Central and Eastern Europe "must promote a collaborative regional vision rooted in clean energy infrastructure, industrial capability, and strategic regional foresight." www.catf.us/resource/str... #CEE #CATF #CleanEnergy #Renewables #PublicNarrative

Breaking News: ABC said that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” would return on Tuesday, ending an impasse that began last week. nyti.ms/3KAl4Np

The WSJ speaking: "America has given up its effort to challenge China in the renewable-energy industries that increasingly power the global economy."

Wind and Solar Take Over: 93% of New Power Generation in 2024 @KingsmillBond, @ember_energy, how renewables are taking over global electricity supply. This is how the world electrifies. #canada youtu.be/Pr6Dp6coFSw

During the European #energy crisis, Spain & Portugal intervened directly in the wholesale market, decoupling electricity prices from gas. This lowered consumer bills, with little impact on public funds. N Fabra, @clmtleblanc.bsky.social @mateus-souza.bsky.social‬ cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

The new package of EU sanctions on Russia contains the first-ever ban on imports of liquefied natural gas. "This will make this phase out of Russian gas in Europe much faster," Commissioner Dan Jørgensen told Euronews. #EuropeNews

First day of #RIDaysEU is done! ✅ A key takeaway: 🚀🇪🇺 European innovators need a single market with unified rules, simpler regulations, and better access to funding. On this, the @ec.europa.eu and experts speak with one voice.

David Wallace-Wells is the best climate journalist working today, arguably the best journalist period, and this is a fantastic summary of where things stand on climate change:

The ICJ’s climate advisory opinion elevates Conferences of the Parties (COPs) from largely diplomatic forums to potential legal norm-makers. ⚖️🌍 SEBASTIÁN RIOSECO and TEJAS RAO (@tejasrao.bsky.social) explore the implications of this evolving governance model. verfassungsblog.de/icj-climate-...

Leo 'zonas verdes', y me gustaría empezar a leer cosas como 'zonas con sombra','zonas de arbolado'. No vale con césped, para encarar el futuro necesitamos 'refugios climáticos'... El periodismo sobre las actuaciones urbanas debe y puede adaptarse al cambio climático share.google/ba9gLBH7Kr30...

🌍 ENoLL x #SCEWC25 📍Barcelona | 4–6 November 2025 🌐More than 25k urban innovators, over 1,100 exhibitors and 600+ speakers 🌱Featuring Enabling Tech, Energy, Mobility, Inclusion & more 🤝We’ve renewed our partnership with Smart City Expo World Congress and this year’s edition is not to be missed!

🇵🇱🇺🇦 In an interview with Defence24 Budanov said Russia will try to divide Ukraine & Poland, but Ukraine will always remember Poland’s support. To strengthen regional security, both should enhance Baltic-Black Sea cooperation & engage in the Three Seas Initiative.

Policy Analysis 10 / 2025 by Josefine Paulsen, Dan Ziebarth, Cengiz Günay & Johannes Späth Read the Policy Analysis here: www.oiip.ac.at/publikation/... #oiip #oiipvienna #internationalepolitik #internationalaffairs #viennathinktank #austriaresearch #foreignpolicy #policyresearch

Europe stepped up — and so did the world. Relive the energy, insights, and impact of our #20thAnniversary in Prague. 🎥 Watch now. #GLOBSEC2025 #TimeforEuropeToStepUp

IMPORTANT: Here in Vancouver on Sept 17th, City Council will consider a motion by Councillor @lucymaloney.bsky.social directing Staff to look at allowing 6-storey apts & retail at corners along active transport streets & around parks. This idea should have been done 10+ years ago. Please support.

The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?

@amtrak.com launched a new service from New Orleans to Mobile, Ala. along a line once traveled by the nation's only transcontinental train, the Sunset Limited. That train hasn't run east of NOLA since Hurricane Katrina. Read why in my piece today for Smart Cities Dive.

Energy efficiency is often seen as the ugly duckling of the green transition. But with €17.5bn from the EIB Group supporting 350 000+ small businesses, it’s turning into a swan — delivering lower bills, stronger firms, and fewer emissions. Unlocking energy efficiency for SMEs 👉 go.eib.org/4mdkK4r

In 2023, I did a 3-part series focusing on pedestrian deaths and I've continued to follow developments this year for Smart Cities Dive. So I'm giving this 2024 piece as my #4 personal favorite story from this year. As the headline says, the news for pedestrians didn't get any better. bit.ly/4iYBiNo

Brussels Mayor Philippe Close rejected a proposal for soldiers to be deployed in the city’s neighborhoods to help police fight drug-related crime.

Brutal poll by Le Grand Continent and Cluster 17: 51% of European citizens think the EU-US trade deal is a "humiliation" while 77% say it mostly favours America's economic interests. Only 13% think it's an "equal compromise" between the two sides.

🌍 Paris International Conference on Sustainable Proximities. We were proud to host Science Day at the Sorbonne, in the amphitheatre where Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie, a Polish immigrant and two-time Nobel laureate, gave her first lecture in 1906, the 1st woman ever to teach at a French university

Deeper energy integration = a key factor in bringing the EU "closer to its goal of a sustainable, secure and affordable electricity system." 🔽 www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/e... #transmission #crossborder #energymarkets #electricity #renewables #security

Your guide to extreme weather preparation, relief, and recovery! grist.org/extreme-weat... #Hurricane #HurricaneErin #Erin #Weather #Storm #WeatherUpdate #Disaster

Finally! A national #standard - DIN SPEC 91637 - is available for governments to measure the impact of climate action! 👇 www.smartcitiesworld.net/climate-acti... #ClimateView #smartcities #energytransition #climateactions #resilience #policymaking #SDGs #SmartCitiesWorld

How Europe lost an area the size of Cyprus to wildfires this year A record summer of blazes on the continent shows how governments and local communities can’t keep up with brutal fire conditions exacerbated by climate change - Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

"It’s not just suburbs and the exurbs beyond them that require car travel, but many American cities – even in their downtown cores – have no form of public transportation. . ." @joannapocock.bsky.social @orionmagazine.bsky.social orionmagazine.org/article/grey...

We’re filling the atmosphere with CO2 like a bathtub with water. Most of it stays for millennia. That is why the cumulative emissions (the total amount, as pictured here) and not yearly emissions determine the amount of #globalwarming.

Clean energy isn’t “woke.” It’s an essential part of our energy future and saves us all on power bills. This administration’s war on offshore wind and solar is just going to raise Americans’ utilities.

We now know just how much climate change supercharged Hurricane Katrina. Two decades after the devastating storm, scientists can more easily determine how much global warming is intensifying tropical cyclones. grist.org/science/we-n... #Hurricanes #Disaster #Katrina #Climate #Weather #NewOrleans

The "Gulf of Mexico’s marine and estuarine #ecosystems are the foundation of life in the Gulf." ... However, "the #resilience of the coast in the face of natural and man-made disturbances has been compromised." 👇 coastalresilience.org/project/gulf... #recovery #science #GulfofMexico

Sending military troops to police civilians undermines public trust, puts soldiers in legal and ethical jeopardy, and puts all of us at risk. If you’ve ever served in the military, join us and @commondefense.bsky.social to send a message to the Defense Department: No troops in our communities.

“increasing political pressure [on the Fed] by half as much as Nixon, for six months, raises the price level more than 8%” www.nber.org/papers/w32461

Newsom tells our Christopher Cadelago that he has final say over his x posts, but is using his "kill switch" to reject posts "less every day." Watch the interview from our Politico Live California Agenda Summit 👇

New data show a sharp role reversal between the world’s biggest climate polluters. U.S. emissions rose 4.2% in early 2025 while China’s fell 2.7%. Driven by a solar boom, China’s shift may be structural, but the U.S. is “heading in the opposite direction,” says Stanford’s Rob Jackson.