Policy and Affairs
Policy and Affairs
U.S. diesel export ban puts Europe at risk as Trump targets fuel prices
Europe faces a new energy supply threat as President Donald Trump considers restricting U.S. diesel exports, a move aimed at lowering domestic fuel prices that could further…
Erminia Voccia•6 October 2026
Environmental policies
Trump-Xi summit: China’s rare earth export…
Washington and Beijing have extended their trade truce through January 2027, preserving…
Erminia Voccia•25 September 2026
Environmental policies
Brazil ties data center tax incentives…
Brazil is linking tax breaks for data centers to strict renewable energy,…
Stefania Del Bianco•10 September 2026
Policy and Affairs
There is an agreement on the Loss and Damage Fund, surprise at…
At the first plenary session, the nearly 200 member countries agreed to the draft compensation mechanism…
2 December 2023
Policy and Affairs
Global stop to fossil fuels: phase out those who want what to…
For the first time, an international climate summit tackles the fossil phase-out dossier head-on. Many options…
30 November 2023
Policy and Affairs
Cop28 to test the first Global Stocktake, the collective budget on climate…
Provided by the Paris Agreement as a monitoring of global climate action and a tool to…
29 November 2023
Policy and Affairs
Cop28 in Dubai, climate finance is at the top of the agenda
Mechanism for Losses and Damages and post-2025 objective: these are the 2 most important climate finance…
28 November 2023
Policy and Affairs
New Belt and Road Initiative: 128 GW installed of which 39 renewable
The Belt and Road Initiative launched in 2013 by the Chinese government has implemented over 300…
20 November 2023
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Fossil Companies Must Take Peak Oil & Gas Demand Seriously
In order to be prepared for the future decline in demand, fossil companies must focus their…
15 November 2023
Policy and Affairs
Climate negotiations, EU priorities at COP28
Use Global Stocktake to boost global climate ambition. Cut fossil subsidies by 2025 at the latest.…
7 November 2023
Policy and Affairs
Portugal: 149 hours of renewable energy
Portuguese renewable production met national electricity consumption from 4:00 local time on 31 October to 9:00…
7 November 2023
Policy and Affairs
The Loss and Damage Fund may not see the light at Cop28…
On 3 and 4 November an extraordinary summit was held in Abu Dhabi to find agreement…
4 November 2023
Policy and Affairs
The EU pays millions of euros for green mines projects, but gives…
Since 2014, through the research funding programmes Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, the European Commission has…
27 October 2023
Policy and Affairs
World Energy Outlook IEA: the energy system is already changing
WEO-2023 proposes a global strategy to put the world back on track by 2030, consisting of…
26 October 2023
Policy and Affairs
No REACH and trip to Farm to Fork: the European Green Deal…
The EU Commission’s work programme for 2024 leaves out the last, important pieces of the Green…
23 October 2023
Environmental policies
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