Policy and Affairs
Policy and Affairs
Trump signs 15% tariffs into law, no rollback in EU deal
The White House confirms 15% tariffs on EU goods starting August 7. Brussels welcomes the cap, while China criticizes the protectionist turn.
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
Trump and von der Leyen set…
Two days after the US-EU trade deal announcement, the European Commission confirms…
Paolo Travisi•30 July 2025
Policy and Affairs
Historic surpass, in China wind and photovoltaic capacity exceeds coal
According to consulting company Rystad Energy, photovoltaic will become the main source of electricity in China…
Editorial Team•5 August 2024
Policy and Affairs
International treaties “protect” 2 billion tons of fossil emissions
The G7 countries together, thus protect half of the fossil emissions protected by these treaties, which…
Editorial Team•2 August 2024
Policy and Affairs
European electricity production2024: PV and wind power defeat fossil fuels
Despite the recovery of demand, fossil electricity production in the European Union continues to decline. And…
Editorial Team•31 July 2024
Environmental policies
The unsustainable expansion of new fossil deposits in 2024
If all the new oil and gas deposits discovered this year were put into production, in…
Editorial Team•30 July 2024
Markets
Global demand for coal, IEA: stable consumption until 2025
After reaching a new peak in 2023, global coal demand seems to have embarked on a…
Editorial Team•24 July 2024
Environmental policies
Portugal’s NECP targets 93% renewable electricity 2030
The draft put in consultation,ins the previous government’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55%…
Editorial Team•24 July 2024
Finance
Cop29, a $1 billion fund paid by fossil fuels to climate transition…
Azerbaijan announces a voluntary financial instrument to which oil and gas producing countries and fossil companies…
Editorial Team•22 July 2024
Policy and Affairs
PNIEC Italy: the 2030 targets on renewables and emissions
The National Plan Energy Climate (PNIEC) of Italy acquires its definitive size. Among the 2030 targets,…
Editorial Team•20 July 2024
Policy and Affairs
European electricity demand rises due to heat (including prices)
In the second week of July 2024, prices in the main European electricity markets increased, driven…
Editorial Team•19 July 2024
Policy and Affairs
The gap in investment needed in the EU for the green transition…
Europe will manage to find, between public finances and markets, only 1/3 of the resources needed…
Editorial Team•18 July 2024
Policy and Affairs
Climate crisis, wars and instability: The recipe for dealing with the polycrisis…
A polycrisis is a period in which crises of a different nature overlap, intertwine and reinforce…
Editorial Team•17 July 2024
Policy and Affairs
PNIEC France, finally the target renewables: only 41.3% by 2030
Paris has set the share of renewables in gross final energy consumption to 570 TWh (out…
Editorial Team•15 July 2024
Environmental policies
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