Policy and Affairs

Rinnovabili • Desertification: COP16 in Riyadh Ends in Failure, No Agreement Reached
COP
Global Accord on Desertification Fails: COP16 in Riyadh Ends Without Consensus

The COP16 summit in Riyadh concluded without a global accord on desertification, highlighting a divide between Africa and Western nations. Progress included $12 billion in funding for…

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 • EU Deforestation Regulation: Postponed to December 30, 2025
Policy and Affairs
The EU deforestation law has been…

An informal political agreement has been reached between the EU Council and…


Rinnovabili • hydrogen ready
Policy and Affairs
Germany: OK with “hydrogen-ready” Power Plant Strategy

After lengthy discussions, the federal government has agreed on the essential elements of the new national…

Rinnovabili • coal-fired power plants
Pollution
India turbocharged coal-fire power plants

Last May, India suggested blocking coal, finalizing only the power plants already in pipeline, in all…

Rinnovabili • Tractor protest
Policy and Affairs
Tractor protest vandalizes Brussels, EU responds with affectionate caress

The other side of the protest by European tractors is shown by yesterday’s events in front…

Rinnovabili • consumption of raw materials
Policy and Affairs
UN alarm: consumption of raw materials will derail the transition

Since 1970, the extraction of raw materials has increased by 400%. Even with the policies in…

Rinnovabili • Global oil demand
Pollution
Global oil demand: Saudi Arabia cuts expansion plans

Riad has decided to cancel the plan to increase the production capacity of Saudi Aramco, which…

Rinnovabili • global carbon budget
Policy and Affairs
The 50 fossil companies celebrated by COP28 send 60% of the global…

A report by Global Witness analyzes the promises of the 50 oil & gas companies that…

Rinnovabili • LNG export
Policy and Affairs
Climate crisis and elections pause US LNG export boom

Biden listens to the demands of environmental organizations - useful in an electoral key - and…

Rinnovabili • global electricity production
Policy and Affairs
IEA: in 2026 almost half of global electricity production will be low-carbon

New estimates by the International Energy Agency predict that clean sources will cover all new global…

Rinnovabili • industrial CCS
Policy and Affairs
EU, Simson: strategy for industrial CCS coming soon

The European Commissioner for Energy spoke at the plenary session of the Investors Dialogue on Energy,…

Rinnovabili • solar roofs
Policy and Affairs
India promises to install 10mln of domestic solar roofs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the "Pradhan Mantri Suryodaya Yojana", a new solarization program dedicated to…

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Policy and Affairs
KEY 2024: The Energy Transition Expo Brimming with New Features

Following the success of 2023, IEG's event is set to relaunch with a record-breaking edition focused…

Rinnovabili • direct capture of CO2
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The EU goes all-in on carbon removal: it wants 450 mln t…

The Commission’s latest draft strategy on industrial carbon management sets a target of 450 million tonnes…