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ETC Chair Adair Turner’s guest lecture at Keele University considers that while technology makes it possible to build a zero-carbon economy fast enough to limit warming to well-below 2°C, political barriers may prevent it.

Get to know ETC Commissioner, Dervilla Mitchell, Director at Arup, and what being part of the ETC means to them.

Get to know Apoorva Hasija, Programme Manager at the Energy Transitions Commission.

If electricity and gas cost the same per kWh, a heat pump would be at least 3 times cheaper to run. However, in many countries this efficiency benefit goes unrealised because electricity costs four times more than gas.

COP29, held in Baku during November, underscored both the remarkable progress and the persistent challenges in the global journey toward a net-zero future.

Get to know our members and what being part of the ETC means to them. Today we talk to Laurence Tubiana, CEO of the European Climate Foundation

Get to know Hannah Audino, Buildings Decarbonisation Lead at the Energy Transitions Commission.

The Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are voluntary national commitments to reduce emissions in line with limiting global warming below 2°C.

The EU has made commendable strides in its energy transition by setting global benchmarks in areas like early renewable energy deployment, emissions reductions, and climate regulation. Yet challenges remain.

Demand-side flexibility solutions are often cost-effective to deploy and their use is growing, but these can and should scale more rapidly. As electrification accelerates, higher numbers of heat pumps and EVs can provide significant depth for demand flexibility.

ETC Deputy Director Mike Hemsley spent four busy days at Climate Week NYC, attending more than 20 events and meeting many ETC members along the way.

Get to know our members and what being part of the ETC means to them. Today we talk to Maria Mendiluce, CEO of the We Mean Business Coalition.

Get to know Rose Dortch, Global Programmes Lead at the Energy Transitions Commission. Rose oversees ETC’s relationships with 10 regional programmes around the world.

ETC’s latest briefing note, Building Grids Faster, shows transmission and distribution grids must be substantially scaled up in every region of the world.

Finance remains a common theme across many net-zero transition debates. Great strides have been made in renewable technology and capacity to date. Yet, more investment is urgently needed to build the net-zero economy by mid-century.

Get to know our members and what being part of the ETC means to them. Today we talk to Jennifer Layke, Global Director at the World Resources Institute.

Get to know Elena Pravettoni, Head of Analysis at the Energy Transitions Commission and lead author of Making Clean Electrification Possible.

If government were to reflect the rapid technological progress, existing national government policy, and commitments from industry and at COP28 in their “NDCs 3.0”, overall ambition levels could be almost three times higher

The ETC has released a series of factsheets that have taken major ETC reports and adapted the key messages to the context of the energy transition in Europe.

Adair Turner’s lecture at the British Institute of Energy Economics’ ‘Future of Energy’ looking at what we have learnt over the last 10-15 years about the economics of achieving an energy transition to a zero carbon economy.

Get to know our members and what being part of the ETC means to them. Today we talk to Mikael Nordlander, Director Industry Decarbonisation at Vattenfall.

Get to know Hugo Liabeuf, Senior Energy Insights Analyst at the Energy Transitions Commission and lead author of Fossil Fuels in Transition.

In early February, the ETC’s Chairman, Lord Adair Turner, and our Global Programmes Lead, Rose Dortch, headed out to Indonesia and India for their first visit of 2024.

The availability of raw materials crucial for the energy transition hinges on two key factors: the cumulative demand over the transition period and the annual demand versus potential supply.

Get to know the Energy Transitions Commission and Mission Possible Partnership Head of Industry Decarbonisation, Alasdair Graham.

The majority of fossil-related emissions result from the combustion of fossil fuels. It is essential to rapidly phase down fossil fuel use.

The Energy Transitions Commission is proud to close this year with a look back at what we have achieved in 2023.

The ETC estimates that proposals at COP28 (the “Action Agenda”) could lead to between 9–17 GtCO2e of mitigation by 2030. We explain where this action can happen and what is required to achieve it fully

As COP28 draws near, increasing attention is being paid to a crucial topic: the future potential and role for carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), and carbon dioxide removals (CDR).

Read the ETC’s Member Talk with Vincent Petit, SVP Climate and Energy Transition Research Schneider Electric

This ETC exhibit shows that decades of material production needed for the energy transition is equivalent to less than one year of coal production, by mass.

Get to know the ETC’s Digital and Engagement Lead, Tommaso Mazzanti.

For the ETC’s recent meeting in July, we prepared 5 Key Messages on the Energy Transition reflecting the current state of progress. We are now also sharing these publicly, as a contribution to the debate.

Adair Turner (ETC, Chair) and Philip Lake (ETC, Global Programmes Lead) spent just over one week in China, splitting time between Xi’An, Beijing and Shanghai with another packed agenda. Priorities for the trip included connecting with ETC members, friends of the ETC, and engaging in forums.

Read the ETC’s Member Talk with Ingrid Reumert, SVP Global Stakeholder Relations at Ørsted.

Get to know the ETC’s Vice Chair, Faustine Delasalle. Faustine is also the Executive Director of the Mission Possible Partnership.

In this ETC infographic, we shed light on commercial-scale breakthrough steel investments needed to critically reduce emissions from this hard-to-abate industry by 2030.

At the ETC’s recent meeting in March, we discussed 6 Key Messages on the Energy Transition reflecting the current state of progress. We are now also sharing these publicly, as a contribution to the debate.

Adair Turner (ETC, Chair) and Philip Lake (ETC, Global Programmes Lead) recently touched down in 5 key countries (South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Australia and Malaysia) on their 2-week tour to visit ETC members and support regional initiatives, engage with local energy ministries and business groups, and meet leading companies in the energy transition.

In these ETC charts, we identify the key opportunities to accelerate planning and permitting offshore wind farms from 12 years to 6 years.

Read the ETC’s Member Talk with Manya Ranjan, Senior Vice President, Head of Corporate Strategy at ReNew Power.

Get to know Caroline Randle, Head of Communications at the ETC. For the last three years, Caroline has spearheaded communications efforts, amplifying the ETC’s messages globally.

In this Energy Transitions Commission video, we explain that to limit global warming to below 1.5°C, the world must reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by mid-century. A net-zero economy by mid-century is technically and economically feasible, and is built on abundant, cheap zero-carbon electricity.

In this ETC chart, we shed light on the upwards trend of emissions related to deforestation year on year and compare the finance pledged at COP26 against the total cost required to end deforestation by 2030 if no concerted action takes place.

Find out about the work from our programmes across the world. Today we hear from the ETC Africa programme, that aims to brings a clear, fact-based approach to sub-Saharan Africa’s transition pathways, in partnership with WRI Africa.

Get to know the ETC’s Global Programmes Lead, Philip Lake, and what he has accomplished through the regional programmes in Africa, Australia, Canada, China, Europe, India, Japan, and the USA to date.

Read the ETC’s Member Talk with EBRD’s Nandita Parshad. Nandita is Managing Director of the Sustainable Infrastructure Group at EBRD.

In this ETC chart, we highlight an analysis of estimated deployment timeframes for different energy solutions in Europe, in light of the EU’s objective of eliminating reliance on Russian gas by 2030.

In this ETC chart, we show an assessment of the feasible level of European gas imports which can be displaced within 1 year, considering gas supply actions, electricity supply actions, and demand reduction actions.

Find out about the work from our programmes across the world. Today we hear from the Australian Industry Energy Transitions Initiative – a programme convened by Climateworks Centre and Climate-KIC Australia in collaboration with the Energy Transitions Commission.

Get to know the ETC’s Deputy Director, Mike Hemsley. Find out his views on mitigating climate change, and hear his inside perspective on the ETC’s workstreams and analysis.

Read our Member Talk with HSBC’s Zoë Knight. Zoë is the Managing Director & Group Head of the HSBC Centre of Sustainable Finance, and has been an ETC Commissioner since 2017. 

Get to know Ita Kettleborough, Director of the Energy Transitions Commission. For the last two and a half years Ita has been leading our analytical and regional programmes and the central secretariat, in her role as Deputy Director.

Adair Turner (ETC, Chair) and Ita Kettleborough (Director) recently visited our Swedish ETC Members, SSAB, Volvo Group and Vattenfall. The visit was an opportunity to see first-hand how cross-sector collaboration can develop net-zero solutions.

Read our Member Talk with Iberdrola’s Agustin Delgado, their Chief Innovation and Sustainability Officer. Iberdrola have been with the ETC since March 2020 and began a thorough transformation of its business model more than 20 years ago, when it opted for a sustainable, safe and competitive energy model.

Today we sit down to talk with Laëtitia de Villepin, our Head of Thought Leadership, a ‘veteran’ of the ETC and architect of our landmark report, Making Mission Possible.