Policy and Affairs
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.
Editorial Team•9 January 2025
Environmental policies
Russian Gas Transit via Ukraine Ends:…
The EU is prepared for the end of Russian gas transit through…
Editorial Team•3 January 2025
Environmental policies
USB-C Charging: The Universal Standard Takes…
The EU mandates USB-C charging ports for all electronic devices, reducing e-waste…
Editorial Team•1 January 2025
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…
18 November 2022
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 -…
17 November 2022
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…
14 November 2022
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…
11 November 2022
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…
11 November 2022
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.…
9 November 2022
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…
8 November 2022
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) -…
8 November 2022
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…
5 November 2022
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…
3 November 2022
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…
2 November 2022
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…