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Environmental policies
Russian Gas Transit via Ukraine Ends: EU Assures “No Cause for Concern”
The EU is prepared for the end of Russian gas transit through Ukraine, replacing volumes with LNG and alternative pipelines. No price hikes expected for consumers
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
Environmental policies
What COP29 Decided on Climate Finance:…
At COP29, industrialized nations pledged $300 billion annually for climate aid by…
Editorial Team•28 December 2024
Policy and Affairs
The EU Court of Auditors rejects the Repower Eu plan
The main problem? Ursula von der Leyen talked about EUR 210 billion ready. But the Commission…
28 July 2022
Policy and Affairs
Europe sets its sights on gas from Nigeria: “We double import”
In 2021, the EU imported 23 billion cubic meters of liquid natural gas from Nigeria. To…
27 July 2022
Policy and Affairs
The dossier that the richest countries did not want to discuss at…
The "COP of the implementation" has risked not to have on the agenda one of the…
23 July 2022
Policy and Affairs
New EU Gas Plan saves winter by cutting consumption by 15
The cuts will be voluntary, but can become mandatory for everyone in the event of a…
22 July 2022
Policy and Affairs
Berlin rethinks: maybe it’s better to keep nuclear power plants on
The phase-out should be completed on 31 December this year. But the government, for the first…
20 July 2022
Policy and Affairs
Climate neutrality: India finally announces new NDCs
In September, New Delhi will officially deposit its updated National Voluntary Contributions to the UNFCCC, which…
15 July 2022
Policy and Affairs
From Berlin the plan to bring German renewables to 80% of consumption
New targets for renewable energy sources and less bureaucratic constraints. The German government prepares to accelerate…
13 July 2022
Policy and Affairs
Moratorium on deep sea mining, Palau and Fiji against underwater mines
The two island states join the IUCN, the largest conservation organization in the world, in calling…
12 July 2022
Policy and Affairs
Brazil’s Supreme Court: Paris Agreement Prevails over National Laws
Brazil is the first state in the world to recognize that the Paris agreement, being a…
8 July 2022
Policy and Affairs
Ok to the state of emergency for the drought for Italy
A first tranche of 36.5 million of aid for the emergency will serve for the most…
5 July 2022
Policy and Affairs
Climate neutrality, Beijing has a potential of 56,550 GW of wind and…
In this decade, China wants to reach 1,200 GW of installed wind and solar capacity to…
5 July 2022
Policy and Affairs
Common Agricultural Policy and big data: little exploited potential
The European Court of Auditors believes that the European Commission uses tools that do not provide…