EU climate policies in peril as parliament faces shift to the right
In the run-up to EU elections in June, Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission has been sounding a different tone…
Green deals
-
-
EU 90% emissions cut for 2040 welcomed amid backsliding concerns
With political pressure on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to ease up on climate action as she seeks…
-
National governments are not taking EU climate targets seriously
On Tuesday 6 February, the European Commission will present its long-awaited proposal for an EU 2040 emissions reduction target. The…
-
Can EU green manufacturers ever compete with low-cost imports?
Economic security – an idea that encompasses a broad set of interconnected elements including supply chain resilience, research integrity, and…
-
Weekly data: Republican states are hoovering up most of Biden’s IIJA clean energy and power funds
November marks the two-year anniversary of Joe Biden’s 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), a key feature of the…
-
Latest Commission report shows EU risks being sidetracked from climate action
The EU has found itself overwhelmed by two simultaneous crises, and climate action is inevitably slipping off the radar. The…
-
The EU is offering as much green funding as the US IRA. So why aren’t innovators getting it?
This week, the European Commission published a report analysing what needs to be done to promote the development and deployment…
-
How the US and EU can snatch climate-trade victory from the jaws of defeat
After decades of roadblocks and setbacks, the transatlantic climate agenda is on the move. From trade, to procurement, to subsidies,…
-
Can biodiversity credits stem the extinction cascade?
In all the justifiable panic over climate change, it is easy to forget the world also faces a biodiversity crisis.…
-
Sunak’s climate back-pedalling “just so cynical” – Cambridge economist
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month reneged on a series of policy commitments aimed at driving the country towards…
