The Jolt: The FORESIGHT series, which keeps you updated on all the essential energy transition stories
Episodes
Geopolitics threatens Azerbaijan’s green dream
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at the challenges COP29 host Azerbaijan faces in its plan to export green power to Europe, plus is the UK ...
The Jolt Rundown - 8th Mar, 2024
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy International Women’s Day! In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam and Kira look back at the week’s biggest and most interesting climate and e...
The Jolt: Agriculture’s climate commitment headache
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at what recent farmer protests in Europe might mean for wider decarbonisation efforts, plus Czechia gets s...
The Jolt Rundown - 1st Mar, 2024
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam and Kira look back at the week’s biggest and most interesting climate and energy news highlights.Want a free o...
Shipping’s delicate balancing act
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at how the shipping industry plans to close the price gap between clean and dirty fuels, plus Sweden consi...
The Jolt Rundown - 23rd Feb, 2024
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam and Kira look back at the week’s biggest and most interesting climate and energy news highlights.Want a free o...
The Jolt: Air quality’s vicious climate circle
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at the link between air quality and climate change, plus Ukraine secures financial aid to upgrade its hydr...
The Jolt Rundown - 16th Feb, 2024
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam and Kira look back at the week’s biggest and most interesting climate and energy news highlightsGet more clima...
The Jolt: Cities & buildings enter the spotlight
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam introduces our newest team member ready to dive into the energy transition in cities and buildings, plus US air ...
The Jolt Rundown - Feb 9th, 2024
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam and Kira look back at the week’s biggest and most interesting climate and energy news highlights.Get more clim...
The Jolt: Trouble at sea
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks at the impact of shipping disruptions in the Red Sea, plus Paris slaps SUVs with big parking charges.Get ...
The Jolt: The Jolt Rundown - #3
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam and Kira look back at the week’s biggest and most interesting climate and energy news highlights.Get more clim...
The Jolt: Texas’ grid bounces back
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks at how the Texan energy system has evolved since a devastating power outage in 2021, plus everyone’s on...
The Jolt: Putting green shipping on the radar
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at how the shipping industry will sink or swim depending on its green technology choices, plus the United ...
The Jolt: Kicking Germany’s gas habit
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira takes a look at how the energy transition is going in industry giant and big gas-guzzler, Germany, plus Italy w...
The Jolt: Does net zero kill steel jobs?
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at the contrasting fortunes of two steel plants, plus Scotland is making progress in its quest to become a...
The Jolt: The Jolt Rundown - #2
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam and Kira look back at the week’s biggest and most interesting climate and energy news highlights.Get more clim...
The Jolt: The wind beneath Belgium’s wings
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks at Belgium’s energy production ambitions in the North Sea, plus a leaked document confirms the EU will ...
The Jolt: The Italian EV Job
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at why Italy – the land of Ferrari and Lamborghini – is lagging behind in the race to electrify its ca...
The Jolt: Viking power!
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at what a brand new, record-breaking interconnector means for power sharing across the North Sea, plus Chi...
The Jolt: Is the EU failing on climate?
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of the Jolt, Kira looks at whether the EU is doing enough to reach its climate goals, plus Southeast Asia is on track to surpass ...
The Jolt: Carbon transfer window officially opens
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of the Jolt, Sam looks at the pros and cons of a first-of-its-kind carbon offset deal between Switzerland and Thailand, plus Germ...
The Jolt: Destination 2040
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of the Jolt, Kira looks at the European Union’s plan for a 2040 climate target, plus Poland changes its mind on climate policie...
The Jolt: Germany’s giga gamble
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of The Jolt in 2024, Sam looks at how Germany’s decision to match an offer of green industry aid from overseas might affect the...
The Jolt: EU carbon capture plans
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks at the European Union’s draft plan to tackle residual emissions as it aims to go carbon neutral by 2050...
The Jolt: The Jolt Rundown
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam and Kira look at what 2024 has in store for climate and energy, as well as sharing some highlights and behind-th...
The Jolt: Fail to prepare, prepare to fail
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this year’s final edition of The Jolt, Sam discusses energy security with the EU’s former head of energy policy, plus Canada gets ready to embr...
The Jolt: China’s game-changing energy transition
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Friday’s edition of The Jolt, Kira looks at China’s path to decarbonisation, plus COP28’s President ploughs ahead with oil and gas investment...
The Jolt: Footing the climate bill
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Thursday’s edition of The Jolt, Kira looks at how far climate finance has come and what is left to do, plus more reactions to the COP28 final tex...
The Jolt: Real green steel
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Wednesday’s edition of The Jolt, Sam looks at how steelmaking is going green, plus a deal at COP28 signals the beginning of the end for fossil fu...
The Jolt: We’re going underground
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Tuesday’s edition of The Jolt, Sam looks at how geothermal energy could play a larger role in Europe’s energy transition, plus Germany gets the...
The Jolt: Fixing Europe's leaky buildings
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Monday’s edition of The Jolt, we look at how the EU aims to clean up energy-leaking and emissions-spewing buildings, plus oil-producing countries...
The Jolt: COP in the city
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Friday’s edition of The Jolt, Sam looks at how cities figure into international climate discussions, plus next year’s COP29 summit might have f...
The Jolt: Sticking to the budget
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Thursday’s edition of The Jolt, Kira looks at how much carbon the world can emit before it breaches targets meant to limit global warming, plus l...
The Jolt: Over land and sea
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Wednesday’s edition of The Jolt, Kira looks at how slower, less polluting travel could be possible in the European Union, plus finance pledges st...
The Jolt: Good COP, Bad COP
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Tuesday’s edition of The Jolt, Sam looks at why picking a COP climate summit host is such a difficult task, plus lobbyists descend in record numb...
The Jolt: Taxing times at COP28
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Monday’s edition of The Jolt, Sam looks at a new tax initiative at COP28 that aims to scale up climate finance from hundreds of millions to hundr...
The Jolt: We’re going daily
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Friday’s edition of The Jolt, we make a very special announcement that our listeners will not want to miss, plus we bring you all the latest deve...
The Jolt: Ready, steady, grids
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Wednesday’s edition of The Jolt, Sam looks at whether a new European plan to improve electricity grids is up to scratch, plus the United States g...
The Jolt: Ireland’s climate finance call
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Monday’s edition of The Jolt, Irish climate minister Eamon Ryan reveals his wishlist for the COP28 summit, plus Germany scraps its energy bills s...
The Jolt: Taking a chainsaw to climate action
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For Friday’s edition of The Jolt, Sam looks at how right-wing politicians being elected around the world risk taking a chainsaw to green policies, p...
The Jolt: Mind the gap
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Wednesday’s edition of The Jolt, Sam looks into a new UN report on global emissions and our lack of progress in reducing them, plus the United St...
The Jolt: You brake it, you buy it
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Monday’s edition of The Jolt, Sam looks at why Germany’s efforts to go green have been dealt a blow by its own court, plus we breach the 2℃ w...
The Jolt: A taste of e-fuel
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Friday’s edition of The Jolt, Sam looks at power-to-X technologies and provides a sneak peek of the upcoming FORESIGHT magazine.We kick off with ...
The Jolt: We are living in a raw material world
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Wednesday’s edition of The Jolt, Sam looks at how the global race for raw materials is heating up (and getting more complex), plus the United Sta...
The Jolt: Tesla’s Chinese fortunes hang in EU balance
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Monday’s edition of The Jolt, Sam looks at why Tesla desperately wants to be part of an EU probe into Chinese electric car subsidies, plus the UK...
The Jolt: All about the base
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Friday’s edition of The Jolt, Sam has a look at baseload power and provides a sneak peek of FORESIGHT’s latest deep dive, plus Germany tries to...
The Jolt: Indonesia asks the $20 billion question
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to today’s episode of The Jolt by FORESIGHT Climate & Energy. In a world underpinned by climate and energy stories, it is sometimes hard to ...
The Jolt: Carbon markets are ready to takeoff
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to today’s episode of The Jolt by FORESIGHT Climate & Energy. In a world underpinned by climate and energy stories, it is sometimes hard to ...
The Jolt: Time to bring net-zero forward?
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to today’s episode of The Jolt by FORESIGHT Climate & Energy. In a world underpinned by climate and energy stories, it is sometimes hard to ...
The Jolt: Norway feeling blue about the EU
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to today’s episode of The Jolt by FORESIGHT Climate & Energy. In a world underpinned by climate and energy stories, it is sometimes hard to ...
The Jolt: Spain’s plane vs. train pain
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to today’s episode of The Jolt by FORESIGHT Climate & Energy. In a world underpinned by climate and energy stories, it is sometimes hard to ...
The Jolt: Risky connections
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to today’s episode of The Jolt by FORESIGHT Climate & Energy. In a world underpinned by climate and energy stories, it is sometimes hard to ...
The Jolt: Don’t call it a comeback
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to today’s episode of The Jolt by FORESIGHT Climate & Energy. In a world underpinned by climate and energy stories, it is sometimes hard to ...
The Jolt: Damage control
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to today’s episode of The Jolt by FORESIGHT Climate & Energy. In a world underpinned by climate and energy stories, it is sometimes hard to ...
The Jolt: New Zealand turns back time
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to today’s episode of The Jolt by FORESIGHT Climate & Energy. In a world underpinned by climate and energy stories, it is sometimes hard to ...
The Jolt: An EU COP-out
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to today’s episode of The Jolt by FORESIGHT Climate & Energy. In a world underpinned by climate and energy stories, it is sometimes hard to ...
The Jolt: Pylon pressure
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Sam Morgan for the fourth episode of The Jolt, the new series from FORESIGHT Climate & Energy, giving you bite-sized coverage of the global energ...
The Jolt: Britain falls off the rails
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to today’s episode of The Jolt by FORESIGHT Climate & Energy. In a world underpinned by climate and energy stories, it is sometimes hard to ...
The Jolt: Hoekstra hooks EU climate role
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Sam Morgan for the second episode of The Jolt, the new podcast from FORESIGHT Climate & Energy, giving you bite-sized coverage of the global ener...
The Jolt: Europe’s carbon border tax goes live
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Sam Morgan for the first episode of The Jolt, the new podcast from FORESIGHT Climate & Energy, giving you bite-sized coverage of the global energ...
The Jolt: Introduction
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing The Jolt, a new series from FORESIGHT Climate & Energy, which will keep you updated on all the essential energy transition storiesFrom FOR...