Policy and Affairs

Rinnovabili • Global Shipping Emissions Tax Backed by Liberia and Panama
Environmental policies
Liberia and Panama Support Global Shipping Emissions Tax, Covering 66% of Fleet

Liberia and Panama back the global shipping emissions tax, representing 66% of the global fleet. Learn how this tax could reduce CO2 emissions and fund green innovations.

Rinnovabili • Russian Gas Halted Through Ukraine: EU’s Prepared Response
Environmental policies
Russian Gas Transit via Ukraine Ends:…

The EU is prepared for the end of Russian gas transit through…

Rinnovabili • USB-C Charging: The Universal Standard Takes Over, Marking a Loss for Apple
Environmental policies
USB-C Charging: The Universal Standard Takes…

The EU mandates USB-C charging ports for all electronic devices, reducing e-waste…


Rinnovabili • climate finance
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…

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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 -…

Rinnovabili • net-zero-emissions
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…

Rinnovabili • net-zero goals
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…

Rinnovabili • methane emissions
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…

Rinnovabili • emissions from buildings
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.…

Rinnovabili • Climate summit
Policy and Affairs
Climate summit, COP27 argues on the most important agenda item

Between Saturday night and Sunday morning, some national delegates tried to delete the item on Loss…

Rinnovabili • euro 7 regulation
Policy and Affairs
Euro 7 Regulation leaks new disappointing rumors

The proposal of the Euro 7 Regulation should be published on 9 November 2022 (sustainabilityenvironment.com) -…

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Policy and Affairs
COP27 in Egypt will succeed if it dissolves climate finance

The positions among states are still distant both on the post-2025 target for climate finance, and…

Rinnovabili • Endothermic cars
Policy and Affairs
Final agreement in the EU to ban endothermic cars in 2035

Council and Parliament have given final approval to the measure that will make it almost impossible…

Rinnovabili • climate crisis
Policy and Affairs
What do Europeans, US and Chinese think about global action against the…

Almost 9 out of 10 Italians think that we are heading towards a catastrophe of global…

Rinnovabili • Global emission gap
Policy and Affairs
Global emission gap condemns us to a 2.8°C warmer world

Unep publishes the 2022 Emission gap report. The 2030 gap with the Paris thresholds is 15…