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Energy security challenges affirm the need to double down on a clean energy transition.

5 strategies to navigate the shifting frontiers of the energy transition

By: EBR | Thursday, May 26, 2022

Amidst economic and geopolitical volatilities the energy transition is entering an uncertain phase

Corporate sustainability is becoming a core part of the business model and vital to long-term profitability.

CFO’s need to lead on corporate sustainability. Here’s why

By: EBR | Wednesday, May 25, 2022

We know sustainability has worth, but it’s difficult to figure out how to quantify it

The International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) 2021 World Energy Transitions Outlook estimates that hydrogen and its derivatives will account for 12% of final energy consumption by 2050, with two-thirds coming from green hydrogen (made with clean electricity) and one-third from blue hydrogen (made from fossil fuels and using carbon capture).

Action on clean hydrogen is needed to deliver net-zero by 2050. Here’s how

By: EBR | Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Electrification is the number one energy vector for the energy transition, forecast to account for over 50% of total final energy consumption by 2050 in a 1.5°C scenario

Sustaining our current consumption levels would require the resources of 2.3 planets by 2050.

Why the circular economy is the business opportunity of our time

By: EBR | Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Our global economy is growing, reaching an unprecedented $94 trillion in 2021 – with rising population, urbanization and living standards

The measures taken, which will be further specified below, come to transform the negative environment, to restore to some extent the balance in the supply-demand balance and the pricing policy of businesses to previous competitive price levels, preventing the prospect of any future increases - as the reasons for the price increases have now largely disappeared.

Drastic interventions in energy and responsible Εntrepreneurship

By: EBR | Monday, May 23, 2022

2022 is a particularly strange and sufficiently predictable year as it accumulates

The wind power industry faces a perfect storm of vanishing subsidies, excessive development lead times, soaring production costs and supply chain bottlenecks.

How the wind industry can weather the storm of rising costs

By: EBR | Monday, May 23, 2022

Since the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced the Net Zero by 2050 target in May 2021, many governments and organizations have pledged to achieve zero emissions in the coming decades

External pressures and shocks have exposed the fragility of international supply chains.

3 ways to fix global trade and drive economic recovery

By: EBR | Friday, May 20, 2022

If the modern world ever needed economic recovery, it is now. After more than two years of a devastating pandemic and the global economic shockwaves triggered by the return of war to Europe, the growth prospects of the world’s economy have become uncertain once again

Energy security equals energy independence, and the key to that is greater electrification, digitization and zero-carbon energy.

How we reach zero-carbon energy independence

By: EBR | Thursday, May 19, 2022

Around kitchen tables, trading desks and boardrooms, people around the world are reexamining the way forward on energy

The digital divide persists with 2.9 billion people lacking opportunities to go online and engage purposefully with the digital economy, meaning they face a worsening cycle of disenfranchisement.

This is how to counter the global digital divide

By: EBR | Thursday, May 19, 2022

Countering the global digital divide is an increasingly urgent imperative because several essential aspects of everyday life – including banking, health care, education, media, communications and even identity – depend on access to digital tools and technologies

The International Energy Agency forecasts significant renewable energy growth this year as a result of rising concerns over climate change and energy security.

Renewable energy is expected to make a record rise in 2022

By: EBR | Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Rising concerns over energy security and climate change will galvanize record new capacity to generate renewable power in 2022, the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecast on 11 May

"Mobility doesn’t just mean having more roads, trains, subways, bike paths and walkways".

Why mobility matters when it comes to social inclusion

By: EBR | Wednesday, May 18, 2022

One of the greatest challenges facing cities today is keeping people moving. Research shows that when roadways provide a high level of mobility, then there is a general advance in prosperity and social inclusion

Car makers are struggling to produce enough electric vehicles to meet demand.

Electric car supplies are running out. What does it mean for net-zero targets?

By: EBR | Tuesday, May 17, 2022

The road map to replacing old fashioned carbon emitting cars with electric vehicles is well developed – at least in theory

Multi-stakeholder partnerships are essential to make net-zero transport a reality across the supply chain.

Circular economy is key to accelerating net-zero transportation. Here’s how

By: EBR | Monday, May 16, 2022

As the penetration of electric vehicles increases so does the need for the infrastructure to support it

"Industries are creating and storing ever-vaster amounts of data".

How industrial data can help unleash productivity, innovation and sustainability

By: EBR | Monday, May 16, 2022

Industrial data is doubling roughly every two years. In 2021, industries created, captured, copied and consumed 74 zettabytes of data – by 2023 that is estimated to rise to 130 zettabytes

"Capital markets have a massive role to play in helping the world reach its net-zero goals".

Purpose and practice: how capital markets can create a sustainable future

By: EBR | Monday, May 16, 2022

There are lessons we must learn from the COVID-19 pandemic, including the need for mutual trust, collaboration, and investments in societal resilience

Inflation is on the increase around the world, with food and energy prices hitting record highs.

Why is inflation so high and will it stay that way? An economist explains

By: EBR | Friday, May 13, 2022

Inflation is rising and the prospect of a cost of living crisis looms for many people across the world

“If we can catch disease early and delay it, at a minimum, we could have a lot more impact at a lot less cost.”

Why artificial intelligence is vital in the race to meet the SDGs

By: EBR | Thursday, May 12, 2022

Seven years have passed since world leaders met in New York and agreed 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to resolve major challenges including poverty, hunger, inequality, climate change and health

"Countries must find unique energy transition pathways and consider socio-economic priorities, existing energy systems, and established organizational systems".

Why justice must prevail as the world transitions to clean energy

By: EBR | Wednesday, May 11, 2022

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report highlighted that global CO2 emissions continue to rise at unprecedented levels, severely impacting humanity

Rising global temperatures as a result of climate change are causing water to evaporate faster.

Climate crisis is speeding the water cycle, satellite data reveals

By: EBR | Tuesday, May 10, 2022

The climate crisis is making the water cycle spin faster and faster

Transportation is responsible for around 20% of global CO2 emissions.

Could electrofuels help power a greener future?

By: EBR | Tuesday, May 10, 2022

With transportation producing around a fifth of global carbon dioxide emissions, the race is on to find ways of reducing these in order to meet net-zero targets