What happened in COP30’s first week? Support for energy efficiency and a status report on methane show which climate initiatives are still making progress
Negotiations in the COP 30 climate talks are continuing in Belem, Brazil. The headlines are focusing on the divisions between countries that are shaping this year’s climate talks. But despite the doom...
19 Nov 202552min
The COP30 climate talks are under way In Brazil. What is the point of the conference?
COP30, which began this week in Belém, Brazil, marks a decade since the Paris Agreement was adopted at COP21 in 2015. It’s being billed as the “implementation COP”: instead of grand new announcements ...
13 Nov 202548min
How are businesses rethinking energy and sustainability? COP30 starts in Belem as climate action falters
COP30, now getting under way in Belem, Brazil, has been billed as “the implementation COP”, which means a focus on governments taking real steps to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. We will be...
11 Nov 202531min
Energy addition, not energy transition? What does it mean for the future of our energy system, and the climate? | Special episode recorded at ADIPEC, the world’s largest energy event
As world leaders, businesses and NGOs start their journeys to Brazil for the COP30 climate talks, more than 200,000 people attended ADIPEC in Abu Dhabi, the world’s biggest energy event. Energy Gang w...
8 Nov 202545min
Speed to power: how can America accelerate the build-out of the next grid? | special episode from the ACORE Grid Forum in Washington DC
Electricity demand in the US is rising faster than it has in decades, driven by AI and a wave of investment in domestic manufacturing. But with transmission lines and other electricity infrastructure ...
4 Nov 20251h 1min
AI could break the electricity grid. What do regulators and the industry need to do to keep the lights on?
What happens when the surge in electricity demand comes faster than we can build the infrastructure to support it? Live in front of an audience at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, host Ed...
30 Okt 202559min
How energy diversification can drive development | Special pre-ADIPEC preview episode
As global energy systems evolve, emerging economies face a defining challenge: how to secure affordable power for today while investing in the low-carbon solutions that will drive tomorrow’s growth. C...
29 Okt 202528min
Permitting reform and the politics of building the grid | Live from the ACORE Grid Forum in Washington, D.C.
Everyone agrees it takes too long and costs too much to build energy infrastructure in America, but what exactly needs fixing, and can we make progress without rolling back vital environmental protect...
23 Okt 202547min
