Policy and Affairs

Policy and Affairs
Italy, France, and Slovakia push to rewrite EU carbon border tax rules
Carbon border tax under pressure: Italy, France, and Slovakia call for fewer burdens and stronger protections for EU industry in CBAM revision plan
Editorial Team•1 April 2025

Environmental policies
How to decarbonize steel in Europe
The steel industry accounts for over 25% of the EU’s industrial emissions…
Editorial Team•20 March 2025

Policy and Affairs
Germany presents a package of measures for the wind power industry
The Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Robert Habeck, in agreement with key representatives…
Editorial Team•23 October 2024

COP
COP16: We need to move 15 times faster on marine protected areas
From 2022 to today, we have protected only 0.5% more marine areas. We should increase them…
Editorial Team•22 October 2024

Environmental policies
Stop incentives for fossil fuel boilers, the EU guidelines
The European Commission has published a guidance document to help countries phase out, starting in 2025,…
Editorial Team•17 October 2024

Policy and Affairs
The peak of all fossil fuels is leading us into an unprecedented…
The International Energy Agency updates its forecasts for 2030. The peak of fossil fuels within this…
Editorial Team•16 October 2024

Environmental policies
The peak of energy sector emissions will be reached in 2024
Solar power and batteries are bringing forward the peak of global energy sector emissions. However, slow…
Editorial Team•11 October 2024

Environmental policies
Postponement confirmed: The EU deforestation law will come into effect in 2026
The EU Commission has announced a 12-month delay. The EUDR regulation will apply from December 30,…
Editorial Team•4 October 2024

Policy and Affairs
The ban on diesel and petrol in 2035 is “necessary and achievable”:…
The Industry for 2035 platform is calling for the dossier not to be reopened (as Italy,…
Editorial Team•1 October 2024

Policy and Affairs
COP29, Azerbaijan’s climate policy is “critically insufficient”
Azerbaijan is one of the world's largest fossil gas producers and plans to expand extraction by…
Editorial Team•25 September 2024

Environmental policies
The UN approves the Pact for the Future
Global commitment to 56 actions divided into 5 thematic chapters, including the fight against the climate…
Editorial Team•24 September 2024

Policy and Affairs
All the names of the new EU Commission: who will oversee energy…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has presented the team for the next 5 years.…
Editorial Team•17 September 2024

Finance
COP29 Negotiations: A Climate Finance Deadlock Persists
Reaching an agreement on climate finance is becoming increasingly difficult at the COP29 negotiations. The latest…
Editorial Team•16 September 2024

Environmental policies
Draghi, EU Competitiveness Report: The Decarbonization Chapter
More coordinated policies that connect ambitious climate goals with coherent plans to achieve them. This is…