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Policy and Affairs
EU opens consultations on new ecodesign standards for refrigerators
The European Commission launches four calls for evidence on ecodesign and labeling for home and direct-sales refrigeration appliances, aiming to improve sustainability and performance
Editorial Team•27 May 2025
Policy and Affairs
Beyond the Omnibus: will the EU…
The EU may ease energy bureaucracy rules to support businesses and improve…
Editorial Team•12 May 2025
Policy and Affairs
Trump eases auto tariffs: the 100-day…
Auto tariffs Trump plan suspends duties on steel and aluminum, aiming to…
Editorial Team•30 April 2025
Policy and Affairs
Final agreement in the EU to ban endothermic cars in 2035
Council and Parliament have given final approval to the measure that will make it almost impossible…
3 November 2022
Policy and Affairs
What do Europeans, US and Chinese think about global action against the…
Almost 9 out of 10 Italians think that we are heading towards a catastrophe of global…
2 November 2022
Policy and Affairs
Global emission gap condemns us to a 2.8°C warmer world
Unep publishes the 2022 Emission gap report. The 2030 gap with the Paris thresholds is 15…
31 October 2022
Policy and Affairs
Not only coal: Beijing begins to finance fewer fossil power plants abroad
Of the 113 GW of electricity generation already installed abroad, 34% consists of coal-fired power plants.…
28 October 2022
Policy and Affairs
IEA: we are in the “first real global energy crisis”
Head of the International Energy Agency takes the floor at Singapore International Energy Week accusing OPEC+…
28 October 2022
Policy and Affairs
In 2021, the G20 climate commitment is eclipsed
It was not a clean 2021, that of the G20 under the Italian presidency. Last year,…
26 October 2022
Policy and Affairs
Stop fossil fuel, the only way for the 1,5°C is to give…
An IISD report analyzes the 26 "feasible" emissive scenarios that respect 1.5 degrees. In all, it…
25 October 2022
Policy and Affairs
Agreement worth 8.5 billion: EU, US and UK pay for South Africa’s…
For the accelerated farewell to coal, the African country will receive funds in the form of…
24 October 2022
Policy and Affairs
Global emissions, 2022 EVs and renewables offset war and energy crisis
Grazie al balzo di eolico e solare di 700 TWh si risparmieranno 600 Mt CO2. L’aumento…
21 October 2022
Policy and Affairs
Finance gives 250 billion in 7 years to those who destroy tropical…
A report of the coalition of Ong Forest & Finance calculates that only in the last…
20 October 2022
Policy and Affairs
Wind and solar 2022 record, Europe saves €11 billion in gas
The total amount of wind and solar capacity installed in the Union has prevented the import…
19 October 2022
Policy and Affairs
Japan wants to lift the expiration date for nuclear power plants
The proposal under discussion would return the country to before Fukushima. The government continues the acceleration…
17 October 2022
Environmental policies
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