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Europe's new energy risk: Trading Russia for America - Politico (EU) (Apr 1) |
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Apr 1 · The EU replaced Russian energy with U.S. supplies after Moscow launched a war. Now people are wondering: Is Europe too dependent on America?
On cloudy days, from his house John Beard can see the fireballs lighting up the dark sky, flares from the distant fossil fuel plants where he once made his living as a technician.
The fiery discharge of excess gas is a constant reminder of the industry that dominates life for Beard and his neighbors in Port Arthur, Texas, where one in four people live in poverty and the rate of cancer, heart and lung disease is well above the state average. Many locals blame the situation on the dark chimneys dotting the horizon.
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Shrinking Arctic ice redraws the map for internet cable connections - Politico (EU) (Apr 1) |
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Apr 1 · A new 14,500-km subsea cable in the Arctic could reroute data traffic away from vulnerable choke points.
Thawing ice in the Arctic may open up new routes for internet cables that lie at the bottom of the ocean and carry most international data traffic. And more routes matter when underwater infrastructure is at risk of attack.
Baltic Sea gas and telecoms cables were damaged last year, with a Chinese vessel a potential suspect.
Red Sea data cables were cut last month after a Yemeni government warning of attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Over 90 percent of all Europe-Asia traffic flows through the Red Sea route.
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EU presses countries to rescue drowning solar industry - Politico (EU) (Mar 1) |
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Mar 1 · A document seen by POLITICO reveals the EU executive wants countries to sign a joint declaration, stressing the situation 'requires further action.’
BRUSSELS - The EU is urging its members to sign a joint declaration pledging to revive the bloc's dying solar industry, a document seen by POLITICO shows - the most concrete signal yet on how Brussels plans to address the perilous situation.
The document from the European Commission, the EU's executive in Brussels, comes as European solar firms warn of an imminent collapse in the face of heavily subsidized Chinese competition and an EU supply glut. Last week, one of Europe's largest solar producers, Meyer Burger, said it ... Read more ...
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To save the climate, change the game for petrostates - Politico (EU) (Dec 15) |
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Dec 15 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
Future negotiations should focus more on reshaping incentives for oil and gas producing countries, and less on fulminating at their villainy.
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Daniel Litvin is the founder of Critical Resource and a visiting senior fellow at the Grantham Research Institute at LSE. He is the author of “Empires of Profit: Commerce, Conquest and Corporate Responsibility.” He writes here in a personal capacity.
The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP28, has ended with what its host, the United ... Read more ...
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French court suspends ban on climate movement accused of ‘ecoterrorism’ - Politico (EU) (Nov 10) |
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Nov 10 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
‘Traitors’: Vandals attack Spanish Socialists’ HQ in Brussels
Orbán: Ukraine not ready for EU membership talks
Top American official for Europe is leaving her post
EU negotiators strike deal on controversial new nature law
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The U.S. Is Spending a Fortune on War and a Pittance on the Climate Crisis - Politico (EU) (Oct 21, 2023) |
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Oct 21, 2023 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
Rich and poor countries fail to secure deal on new climate damages fund.
Recriminations were spreading Saturday morning after the failure of talks on the creation of a new fund to help vulnerable countries rebuild from climate disasters.
During fraught talks that were partially webcast, negotiators from developing countries blamed the U.S. in particular for insisting on housing the proposed fund in the World Bank, an institution dominated by highly developed economies.
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A chance to course-correct on the global clean energy transition - Politico (EU) (Sep 09, 2023) |
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Sep 09, 2023 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
The global clean energy transition is dangerously off-course, but we can get back on track by taking urgent action now.
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Ursula von der Leyen is president of the European Commission; Sultan Al-Jaber is president-designate for COP28 and UAE special envoy for climate change; William Ruto is president of Kenya; Mia Mottley is prime minister of Barbados; Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency; Francesco La Camera is director-general of the International Renewable Energy ... Read more ...
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Forget the climate emergency and enjoy your holiday, say Europe’s tourism chiefs - Politico (EU) (Jul 26, 2023) |
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Jul 26, 2023 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
Italy may be frying, but the country’s tourism board says visitors ‘will find a climate suitable for the summer season.’
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Politicians have a message for tourists who might be freaked out over roasting temperatures and hellish landscapes of roaring forest fires: Swallow your fears and keep enjoying your holiday.
In Greece, 20,000 people were evacuated from Rhodes over the weekend as fires engulfed parts of the island, and British Foreign Office Minister Andrew Mitchell ... Read more ...
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Hand over $1B of Russian ‘blood money,' Ukraine tells Shell - Politico (EU) (Apr 19, 2023) |
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Apr 19, 2023 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
Energy firm has a moral duty to donate surprise wartime windfall, Kyiv says.
Oil and gas giant Shell must donate more than $1 billion in unexpected profits from the potential sale of its assets in Russia to help rebuild Ukraine, according to a top Kyiv official.
In a letter to CEO Wael Sawan, dated April 18 and seen by POLITICO, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's economic adviser Oleg Ustenko called on Shell to share with Ukraine any profits from a potential Russian buyout of the British firm's stake in a Siberian fossil fuel venture.
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Putin is staring at defeat in his gas war with Europe - Politico (EU) (Feb 15, 2023) |
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Feb 15, 2023 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
Mild weather this winter is set to help Europe shrug off Russia’s energy threats next year, too.
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There's more bad news for Vladimir Putin. Europe is on course to get through winter with its vital gas storage facilities more than half full, according to a new European Commission assessment seen by POLITICO.
That means despite the Russian leader's efforts to make Europe freeze by cutting its gas supply, EU economies will survive the coldest months without serious harm - and they ... Read more ...
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Europe's gas price cap options, explained - Politico (EU) (Oct 06, 2022) |
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Oct 06, 2022 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
EU leaders are throwing around the same term, but mean different things.
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EU leaders meeting Friday in Prague want to lower natural gas prices before winter sets in, but political discussions on how to go about it are getting snarled in a tangle of terms, each more confusing than the last.
A plethora of proposals for an EU-wide measure, some of which contradict one another, have been jumbled together in the catchall phrase "gas price cap." But those various proposals - whether fixed, flexible or ... Read more ...
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EU won’t back climate damage fund talks at COP27, says draft - Politico (EU) (Sep 29, 2022) |
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Sep 29, 2022 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
Document underscores need for more action in response to the snowballing damages from climate change in poorer countries.
The European Union won't back developing country demands for a new fund to be created at the COP27 U.N. climate talks, according to a draft negotiating plan.
The document, which may change before being finalized by finance ministers on October 4, underscored the need for more action to be taken by the EU in response to the snowballing damages from climate change in poorer countries.
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Hey millionaires, drop the plane for a train - Politico (EU) (Aug 23, 2022) |
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Aug 23, 2022 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
French social media accounts tracking private jet flights are boosting public pressure to crack down on their emissions.
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The sight of the ultra-rich hopping around France on private jets is creating a social media backlash - and politicians are clambering aboard to lambaste the wealthy for undermining the effort to fight climate change.
Transport Minister Clément Beaune wants EU transport ministers to regulate CO2 emissions from private planes at their October summit.
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The frontline workers at risk in Europe's heat wave - Politico (EU) (Jul 19, 2022) |
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Jul 19, 2022 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
As some escape to air-conditioned offices, others swelter in outdoor jobs.
Europe’s record-smashing heat wave has exposed a divide between workers who can escape the heat and those who can’t.
From Portugal to Belgium and into Central Europe, those unable to decamp to air-conditioned offices sweltered in buses and bakeries, on fields and construction sites as a brutal heat wave gripped the Continent.
In Spain, the death of a 60-year-old street cleaner put a tragic spotlight on the risk faced by key workers. José Antonio González died in hospital Saturday after ... Read more ...
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While Europe burns, leaders go shopping for gas - Politico (EU) (Jul 18, 2022) |
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Jul 18, 2022 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
Record-breaking temperatures turn up heat on distracted governments.
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As climate change brings flames, heat and death to their doorsteps, the leaders of the world’s most powerful economies have other things on their minds.
On Tuesday, the U.K. is predicted to have its hottest day since records began. France, Portugal and Spain are on fire. More than 1,000 have died and many more deaths are expected. Most of the Continent is in drought. In the Alps, ancient glaciers are collapsing.
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Europe's big dry - Politico (EU) (Jul 16, 2022) |
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Jul 16, 2022 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
An ‘unprecedented’ drought grips much of the Continent with worse to come.
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Europe is staring into one of its driest summers in living memory.
Drought alerts have been issued for much of the Continent, fires have driven villagers from their homes, great rivers are sluggishly low and a brutal heat wave - which could reach a record-breaking zenith in the coming days - will strain agricultural production and nature’s resilience.
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G7 mulls call for ‘necessary' public gas investments - Politico (EU) (Jun 24, 2022) |
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Jun 24, 2022 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
Climate goals and energy security are in tension ahead of a meeting of leaders Sunday.
MUNICH, Germany - A proposal under discussion by the G7 would call for using tax money for natural gas projects as a response to Russia’s war in Ukraine - potentially clashing with the group's climate pledges.
A draft section of the communiqué, yet to be agreed by the leaders of G7, acknowledges that "publicly supported" investments in natural gas projects are “necessary” to quell the current energy crisis, so long as they avoid bedding in decades of reliance on the fossil fuel and ... Read more ...
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European Parliament heads for car engine ban nail-biter - Politico (EU) (Jun 07, 2022) |
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Jun 07, 2022 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
A tight vote on Wednesday will decide whether or not to set a total ban on combustion-engine cars.
Killing the internal combustion engine was never going to be easy.
European Parliament lawmakers vote Wednesday on whether to mandate an end to the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars and vans from 2035.
The revision of car and van CO2 standards legislation is a critical part of the Commission’s Fit for 55 package and aims to put the industry, which accounts for a fifth of the bloc's greenhouse gas emissions, on track to meet the EU's long-term 2050 climate ... Read more ...
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Shell consultant quits, says company causes ‘extreme harm' to planet - Politico (EU) (May 23, 2022) |
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May 23, 2022 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
Oil giant’s expansion plan prompted resignation email accusing firm of dismissing climate risks.
A Shell consultant resigned Monday with a searing email accusing the oil giant of “failing on a massive planetary scale” to limit climate risks.
Caroline Dennett, who has been a U.K.-based safety consultant for Shell for 11 years, said she could no longer work for the company given its plans to expand fossil fuel extraction.
In an email sent to the executive committee and more than 1,000 employees, she wrote that as “continued oil & gas extraction is causing ... Read more ...
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A green salvo to counter Putin's war in Ukraine - Politico (EU) (May 15, 2022) |
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May 15, 2022 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
As transatlantic climate and security objectives align, the clean energy transition must become a reality.
John Podesta is founder of the Center for American Progress and was White House chief of staff for President Bill Clinton and counselor to President Barak Obama. Julian Popov is a fellow of the European Climate Foundation and a former Bulgarian environment minister.
The initial response from American and European leaders to the energy crisis prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine grabbed headlines for all the wrong reasons.
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The climate activists stealing Big Oil's playbook - Politico (EU) (Nov 10, 2021) |
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Nov 10, 2021 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
After all, someone’s gotta check Greta Thunberg’s email.
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A secretive network of public relations experts has spent the better part of the last decade whispering into journalists’ ears about climate science - spoon-feeding them facts, figures, spin and quotes.
Few of the reporters they interact with know who backs them; until recently their one-page website didn’t bother listing funders or staff. And yet they seem to have a line into everyone, from obscure academics to big-name politicians.
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COP26's key task: stamping out climate cheating - Politico (EU) (Nov 04, 2021) |
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Nov 04, 2021 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
The technical Paris rulebook negotiations could strengthen accountability - or undermine global efforts.
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GLASGOW - The real work has started at the COP26 climate conference - and it’s all about confronting the carbon cheats.
World leaders dominated the first few days at the Glasgow summit, but attention now turns to negotiations on finalizing the Paris Agreement, with three key issues yet to be settled: deadlines, transparency and carbon markets.
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The EU's impotent rage at Putin's gas games - Politico (EU) (Oct 24, 2021) |
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Oct 24, 2021 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
Access to Russian gas is splitting the European Union.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is happily needling the EU over sky-high energy prices, but the bloc doesn’t really have any instruments to force a change of behavior in Moscow.
Putin's latest jab came earlier this week during the Valdai conference in Sochi, where he ridiculed the EU for dropping long-term gas contracts with Russia, trotted out an old Russian folk tale where he compared the bloc to a hapless wolf with its tail frozen in an ice ... Read more ...
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Women do more to tackle climate change than men: survey - Politico (EU) (Oct 19, 2021) |
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Oct 19, 2021 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
Many women report changing their behavior to reduce emissions, finds Women’s Forum barometer.
Women have made greater changes to their personal habits to tackle climate change than men have, according to a survey released Monday by the Women’s Forum.
The barometer on gender equity, which surveyed nearly 10,000 people across the G20 countries, found that women - more often than men - have changed their behavior to decrease their carbon dioxide emissions by recycling, buying local, and reducing water and meat consumption.
Women are also more easily motivated than ... Read more ...
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Automakers gear up for an all-electric future - Politico (EU) (Sep 05, 2021) |
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Sep 05, 2021 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
The car industry’s looming green transition has big implications for the countries that rely on it.
Europe's carmakers have their orders: Electrify or die.
That automotive ultimatum landed during the summer on both sides of the Atlantic amid efforts to green up transportation. It put to rest a long-festering argument over which technology will be dominant for decarbonizing passenger vehicles but sparked a fresh political struggle over the terms and pace of transition.
“I think it is fair to say that there is no other option for global automakers than to ... Read more ...
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The climatologist who put climate science ‘on the offensive' - Politico (EU) (Aug 09, 2021) |
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Aug 09, 2021 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
Friederike Otto has tailored her research to beat back doubt about the link between extreme events and climate change.
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When this summer's heat wave in the western U.S. and Canada obliterated records by several degrees, the world’s media was seized by a burning question: Was this climate change?
A vanishingly small number of scientists have the skills and know-how to respond in detail and quickly enough for journalists on deadline.
One of them is German climatologist Friederike Otto. Along ... Read more ...
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Belgium and Germany deal with ‘unimaginable' piles of post-flood trash - Politico (EU) (Jul 29, 2021) |
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Jul 29, 2021 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
The push is to get rid of the garbage as fast as possible, even if that means not following the niceties of recycling regulations.
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After the deluge comes the garbage.
German and Belgian authorities are struggling to clear mountains of waste - washing machines, smashed furniture, paper, cars, plastics, chemicals, sewage and building debris - washed up by this month's catastrophic floods. The tsunami of trash is so vast that the main priority is getting rid of the stuff before it poses a risk to ... Read more ...
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Turkey slams the door on European plastic garbage - Politico (EU) (May 24, 2021) |
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May 24, 2021 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
Turkey’s decision is a 'seminal moment’ for the global recycling market, say industry figures.
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Turkey is choking on vast inflows of garbage from Europe, prompting a looming ban on almost all plastic waste imports.
That could result in more landfilling and incineration.
The Turkish trade ministry announced earlier this week it would ban all polyethylene plastics starting in early July. The plastics, used in countless items ranging from yogurt containers to plastic bottles, account for the bulk ... Read more ...
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NATO's climate challenge - Politico (EU) (Apr 21, 2021) |
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Apr 21, 2021 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
The alliance’s secretary general on why its members must work together to adapt to rising temperatures and cut emissions.
Jens Stoltenberg is NATO Secretary General.
Climate change is a defining challenge for our generation and a crisis multiplier. It is making the world a more dangerous place. We already see it, we feel it, and we know it is getting worse. From the Sahel to the High North, rising sea levels and more extreme weather is devastating communities, increasing competition for scarce resources and fueling tensions and conflict.
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Greta Thunberg: Timmermans not doing enough to green EU farm policy - Politico (EU) (Mar 30, 2021) |
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Mar 30, 2021 · In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.
Swedish climate campaigner says ‘the time for small steps in the right direction is long gone.’
Youth climate activists led by Greta Thunberg accused EU Green Deal chief Frans Timmermans of lacking the courage to align the bloc's massive farm subsidies scheme with his own flagship climate goals.
After a virtual meeting with him earlier Tuesday, the 18-year-old Thunberg and three fellow campaigners said they told Timmermans he should withdraw the Commission's proposal for the next seven-year Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) if he cannot guarantee it will ... Read more ...
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Decarbonising cities to meet EU goals is a question of money - Politico (EU) (Mar 19, 2020) |
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Mar 19, 2020 · Globally, cities need to invest $1.8 trillion a year to become carbon-neutral | Philippe Desmazes/AFP via
ByJan Cienski
3/18/20, 2:04 PM CET
This article is the product of a POLITICO Working Group.
WARSAW — Cities generate about 70 percent of the world's greenhouse gases, so any effort to become carbon-neutral fails without their involvement. But the costs of going green are immense.
Think of the EU's Green Deal program to become climate-neutral by 2050 as a pyramid. Up on top, the bloc's leaders have made the mid-century target the core of the new European Commission's program. That aim has to be approved by national governments (something that's being ... | By Jan Cienski Read more ...
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Nitrogen pollution forces Dutch drivers to go slow - Politico (EU) (Mar 13, 2020) |
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Mar 13, 2020 · Dutch authorities plan to increase speed restrictions on highways in an effort to reduce nitrogen pollution | EPA/Robin Van Lonkhuijsen
ByEline Schaart
3/12/20, 8:54 PM CET
It's 1974 again in the Netherlands — don't think mini-skirts, porn-star moustaches and bell-bottoms, but rather the low speed limits that defined the oil shock 1970s.
But this time instead of oil sheikhs, the cause is a court ruling forcing the government to slash nitrogen emissions. One way of doing that is to make cars drive more slowly so that they emit less pollution.
Authorities will start unveiling the new traffic signs Friday, slashing the daytime highway speed limit from 130 ... | By Eline Schaart Read more ...
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5 people greening finance - POLITICO - Politico (EU) (Feb 20, 2020) |
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Feb 20, 2020 · 2/26/20, 9:30 AM CET
Report mainly attributes rise to Latin Americans with visa-free access to Schengen zone.
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It was a wasted couple of hours for a party and candidates who don't have time to waste.
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Three hopefuls look alike on paper, but offer distinct visions for future of both Germany and Europe.
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Three men hope to inherit the chancellor's mantel and lead Germany's largest party.
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Government plans to create detention centers has reignited protests and mistrust on the islands.
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Eurostar takes on airplanes in green travel push - Politico (EU) (Feb 05, 2020) |
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Feb 05, 2020 · LONDON — Eurostar has declared war on airlines running flights between London and Amsterdam, looking to ride a wave of climate concern to grab a larger passenger share by offering a greener alternative to flying.
From the end of April, the operator will start running direct trains on its existing route from Amsterdam through Brussels into London without the need for a stop for passport and security checks in the EU capital. That cuts the travel time by at least 30 minutes to around four hours — competitive with a flight, Eurostar argues.
"We believe we are tapping into a climate change agenda which will become more and more intense," Mike Cooper, Eurostar's CEO, said on ... | By BY Hans von der Burchard Read more ...
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Commission plans 'flexibility' for green spending in national budgets - Politico (EU) (Jan 31, 2020) |
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Jan 31, 2020 · European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen | John Thys/AFP via
1/30/20, 9:12 PM CET
EU governments could get a green "flexibility clause" in the bloc's budget rules to spur more investment in the fight against climate change, European Commission plans show.
The draft document, obtained by POLITICO, sets out the EU executive's thinking in a review of the Stability and Growth Pact, a pillar of the eurozone with limits on budget deficits and national debt. Economic chief Paolo Gentiloni is due to unveil the plans on February 5.
The 19-page draft, dated January 13, concluded that the SGP has become too complicated, lacks "political buy-in" and needs ... | By BY Matthew Choi Read more ...
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Merkel: Tackling climate change a matter of 'survival' - Politico (EU) (Jan 23, 2020) |
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Jan 23, 2020 · German Chancellor Angela Merkel | Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via
1/23/20, 4:43 PM CET
Angela Merkel called for swift and decisive action to tackle climate change in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, and said living up to the goals of the Paris agreement could be a matter of "survival."
"I am convinced that the price of inaction would be far higher than the price of action," the German chancellor said Thursday, adding that she has confidence that the global community will achieve climate neutrality by 2050.
The question of whether the world can live up to the goals of the Paris climate agreement "may well be one of survival," she said, adding that rich ... | By BY Cristina Gallardo Read more ...
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When will the Netherlands disappear? - Politico (EU) (Dec 26, 2019) |
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Dec 26, 2019 · OVERDIEPSE POLDER, Netherlands — The local phonebook in the Dutch area of Noordwaard is a record of a community that no longer exists: Lists of numbers for homes that have been demolished, leaving just square patches in the grass where their foundations stood.
Once a thriving farming area, Noordwaard is now an expanse of reedy marshlands in the southwest Netherlands, deliberately designed to flood in order to keep nearby Dutch cities dry. "Several years ago, when you came to that polder, big nice farms were there, acres with potatoes and onions," said Stan Fleerakkers, a dairy farmer who lives nearby. "Now when you drive there, there's nothing left of it."
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Failure to get tough on emissions rules undermines Paris climate pact - Politico (EU) (Dec 10, 2019) |
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Dec 10, 2019 · A lot of the hard work lay ahead. We left much to be decided in terms of the how the agreement would work in practice | Sean Gallup/
12/10/19, 5:05 AM CET
Frank Bainimarama is prime minister of Fiji.
MADRID — When the world agreed to the landmark Paris climate agreement in 2015, there was a surge of optimism that we had finally found a blueprint for tackling climate change on a global level.
In reality, a lot of the hard work lay ahead. We left much to be decided in terms of the how the agreement would work in practice.
Now, as leaders meet in Madrid for the U.N. Climate Change Conference, we are finally on the verge of establishing a full set of rules ... | By BY Lili Bayer Read more ...
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