Renewable energy sector employed 11.5 million people in 2019. With added
investment, jobs in renewables could reach 42 million by 2050, with another
21.3 million in energy efficiency and 14.5 million people in jobs related to
power grids and energy flexibility.

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The new German government is aiming for an earlier coal phase-out, “ideally” by 2030. The associated job loss was perhaps the most important concern here. But the consequences of such a job loss for individual workers vary widely: a job loss may be followed by a long period of unemployment, a direct job change or early retirement.

This IZA article dissects a recent IZA paper ‘The Welfare Costs of Job Loss and Decarbonization: Evidence from Germany’s Coal Phase Out’ to answer questions at stake such as, who is most affected by job loss? What additional costs will workers face if we bring forward the coal phase-out from 2038 to 2030? What labor market policies can alleviate the welfare costs?

Swedish Water Calculating Water’s Carbon Footprint

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Clean energy can help undermine Russia and strengthen Europe

"The large-scale adoption of low-carbon energy technologies such as solar, wind and green hydrogen would reduce Russia’s geopolitical and economic influence, as demand shifts away from fossil fuels thus serving to neuter Russian belligerence."

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The power crunch seems to be accelerating the push away from fuel-based energy, whose volatile prices caused this crisis, and into zero-carbon power, whose cost is fixed when the project is first developed.

Bloomberg columnist David Fickling analyses the latest energy trends from China, UK, and the world to demonstrate how the fundamental cost benefits are ultimately driving the energy transition.

EU proposes rules to label some gas and nuclear investments as green

Investments in some gas and nuclear power plants would be labelled as sustainable under rules proposed by European Commission on Wednesday, a plan that has split countries and investors, and which some lawmakers will attempt to block.

As European, I do feel deeply disappointed. As a sustainability practitioner I wonder whether the EU had another choice.

What's your opinion on this?