For season 20 of this blog – started in January 2007, time flies – I would like to wish you and yours a healthy and happy 2026. One can say that if 2025 was rocky to say the least it looks like 2026 will be on par or maybe even worse.
A quote is making the rounds in “The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters.” by Antonio Gramsci. This sure looks like it. 2019 was the the last normal looking year and a lot of things are looking bleak.
Yet,there are many reasons to remain hopeful. The global energy transition may slow down in some parts but it will continue in the majority of places. China, India, most nations are still acceelerating in their adoption of cleantech. The European Union is continuing its move towards less coal and gas and more solar and wind.
Electric cars are keeping on booming, much to the dismay of Big Oil. This is a mortal danger for Exxon and the likes as less oil in ground transportation means less billions for them to invest in destabilizing our societies.
The electrification of our industries will hopefully continue and accelerate and we need to make our economies more circular. The challenges are numerous. I will get back to all that in the next few weeks.
Instead of going all in globally on making our world more sustainable and more peaceful, the past few years have gone in the exact opposite direction. It may feel hopeless, but that is exactly what the people in charge want you to be. Abandoning all hope would let them win. So more than ever, another world is possible : let’s push on !
But as we will see in the next few weeks with the upcoming posts, a lot of positive change is taking place. To make sure you don’t miss any of these, please subscribe or follow me on Linkedin, Bluesky and other social media.
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