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
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
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
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
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
Policy and Affairs
COP27, US and EU want global standards on methane emissions
Brussels and Washington will present in Sharm el-Sheikh another initiative against the CH4, a kind of…
11 November 2022
Pollution
Off-track buildings emissions: reached the historical maximum of 10GtCO2
Investments in efficiency increase and the intensity of emissions decreases, but the built surface also grows.…
9 November 2022
Environmental policies
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