Policy and Affairs
Policy and Affairs
With Trump’s science cuts, Europe seeks research independence
Trump’s budget cuts to key U.S. science agencies are pushing Europe to develop its own climate and weather data infrastructure, fearing loss of access.
Erminia Voccia•4 August 2025
Policy and Affairs
Trump signs 15% tariffs into law,…
The White House confirms 15% tariffs on EU goods starting August 7.…
Paolo Travisi•1 August 2025
Policy and Affairs
Global coal demand stalls at record…
After years of post-COVID growth, coal demand hits a plateau in 2025,…
Alessandro Petrone•30 July 2025
Policy and Affairs
Bolsonaro’s legacy: Record-breaking deforestation in Brazil since 2019
The last year recorded a relatively positive figure, with deforestation falling by 11%. But the balance…
2 December 2022
Policy and Affairs
Renewable energy, France will pay dearly for its delay
The country is the only one in the bloc not to have achieved its 2020 targets…
30 November 2022
Policy and Affairs
Vietnam boosts coal and rejects 14 billion to reduce dependency
The Vietnamese government assumes new energy targets in 2030 where coal rises and the share of…
29 November 2022
Policy and Affairs
COP27 on climate, a small step towards biodiversity protection
The final text of the agreement reached in Sharm finally mentions the "urgent need" to address…
25 November 2022
Policy and Affairs
COP27, carbon trading will be secret
In the fourth report on the results of the Sharm climate summit, we analyze what COP27…
23 November 2022
Policy and Affairs
With the Sharm Implementation Plan, COP27 will increase emissions
The text lacks a reference to the phasing out of all fossil fuels and a commitment…
22 November 2022
Policy and Affairs
COP27 by Sharm: historic agreement on loss & damage, but stutters on…
The climate summit finally establishes a loss and damage fund that has been demanded by the…
21 November 2022
Policy and Affairs
Here is the Global Shield: so the G7 “ensures” climate finance
Insurance, not compensation. Nor subsidies. The initiative led by Germany marks a point for the richest…
18 November 2022
Policy and Affairs
Fossil phase down, even the EU is to approve it at COP27
The negotiations in Sharm are always slow, but there may be a small, perhaps almost symbolic,…
18 November 2022
Policy and Affairs
Bali G20 saves 1.5 degrees but does not make progress on climate
On climate, the Indonesian-led G20 final communiqué repeats that - diluted of the original ambition -…
17 November 2022
Policy and Affairs
From the UN, global guidelines to create policies toward net-zero emissions
The United Nations body responsible for establishing international standards, ISO, has submitted to COP27 a document…
14 November 2022
Policy and Affairs
Businesses, banks and cities all too often lie about net-zero goals
"Too many promises of climate neutrality are little more than empty slogans and announcements," says former…
11 November 2022
Environmental policies
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