Energy Transition

The extreme heatwave this summer put additional pressure on the Polish power system. Energy planners and policy makers should no longer just be worried about power outages in winter, argues Michal Olszewski. Summer heat could be just as disruptive.

Rebecca Harms, the president of The Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, has commented on the Energy Union project proposed by the then Prime Minister Donald Tusk. In an interview with EurActiv Poland, she introduces a green perspective into the discourse on the project and ponders on its impact on Eastern neighbours as well as climate change.

We find ourselves at a crossroads between environmental disaster and a new industrial revolution. Decoupling economic growth from environmental consumption is an ambitious goal, but also an achievable one. ‘Green Growth, Smart Growth’ by Ralf Fücks outlines a way forward in this great transformation, and does so in the conviction that the dangers posed by climate change can be overcome through a new approach to economics, innovation and proactive policymaking.