Policy and Affairs

Rinnovabili • Biden's United States Promises a 61-66% Emissions Cut by 2035—But What About Trump's?
Environmental policies
Biden’s US Promises a 61-66% Emissions Cut by 2035—But What About Trump’s?

One Month Before Trump Takes Office, Outgoing President Biden Sets New U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Targets for 2035

Rinnovabili • Desertification: COP16 in Riyadh Ends in Failure, No Agreement Reached
COP
Global Accord on Desertification Fails: COP16…

The COP16 summit in Riyadh concluded without a global accord on desertification,…

Rinnovabili • Climate Risk Insurance: Toward a Unified European System?
Environmental policies
Towards a European Climate Risk Insurance…

Discover how the European Central Bank (ECB) and EIOPA are paving the…


Rinnovabili • Toxic substances
Policy and Affairs
Toxic substances: 1 out of 5 products in the EU

Out of more than 2400 objects analysed over the past year across Europe, 18% had levels…

Rinnovabili • climate finance
Policy and Affairs
COP28 leaves the fossil record without climate finance

Beyond the approval of the Loss and Damage Fund, the conference in Dubai has not achieved…

Rinnovabili • Global Coal Demand
Scientific Reports
Global Coal Demand Record 2023

The IEA expects that this year we will reach the peak in world coal consumption. While…

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Policy and Affairs
Climate denial enters COP28 from the front door

An analysis of the Corporate Accountability campaign reconstructs the profiles of at least 160 people accredited…

Rinnovabili • Taxes imported solar panels
Policy and Affairs
Taxes on imported solar panels: Brazil says yes, the EU reflects

From 2024 to 2027, photovoltaic modules assembled in Brazil will be subject to an import tariff…

Rinnovabili • Energy Performance of Building Directive
Policy and Affairs
Energy Performance of Building Directive: there is an agreement

Agreement was reached on the revision text of the Directive on the energy performance of buildings…

Rinnovabili • COP28 climate summit
Policy and Affairs
COP28 climate summit: where are we on the farewell to fossils?

All the options considered in the new text under discussion mention the phase out. But the…

Rinnovabili • Nature-negative finance flows
Scientific Reports
Nature-negative finance flows: worth 7% of global GDP

According to the UN Environmental Protection Agency, finance that directly damages forests, wetlands and other ecosystems…

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Scientific Reports
No G20 country is in line with Paris Agreement commitments

Governments far removed from consistency with the Paris Accord. Climate Action Tracker analysis shows inconsistency of…

Rinnovabili • Cop28 Climate Summit
Policy and Affairs
Cop28 Climate Summit, 1st draft final text includes fossil phase-out

Analysis of the 3 options on the phase-out of the fossils considered at the Cop28 climate…

Rinnovabili • Supercharger Battery Storage
Policy and Affairs
Born Supercharger Battery Storage, to push the stationary accumulation

On the sidelines of the COP28 Dubai Conference, the CEM launched a new international initiative aimed…

Rinnovabili • nuclear, at COP28
Policy and Affairs
Triple the nuclear, at COP28 alliance of 22 countries

The United States and France lead the coalition that wants to multiply by three the global…