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German Economy Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) has defended the country’s billion-euro investments into green steel plants, saying it was needed to avoid a breakdown of whole regions’ industries and secure supply of steel at times of geopolitical uncertainty.
The political and policy-driven nature of this revolution needs to set up manageable implications for all, everywhere. The EU cannot separate its EGD from its foreign policy as its consequences will reverberate well beyond its borders.
On Wednesday (15 May), 15 EU countries published a joint working document calling on the European Commission to prioritise the decarbonisation of heating and cooling, to increase the EU's energy independence and meet its climate targets.
As the EU prepares for a new mandate, Citeo advocates 11 measures aimed at developing an environmental and sovereign economic model for Europe.
Four Russian state media outlets will be added to the European Union's blacklist, while other measures for the 14th sanctions package against Moscow are still in the early stages of discussion following a meeting of EU ambassadors on Wednesday (15 May).
The increase in tariffs on China's electric vehicles (EVs) and other products by the US administration is dividing politicians within the EU's centre-left Socialists & Democrats (S&D) group, who disagree on whether Europe should follow up with a similar measure.
Yesterday (Tuesday 14 May) environment ministers from 11 national governments wrote to their counterparts across the EU, urging them to adopt the law at the next Environmental Council meeting on 17 June.
Decarbonising the heating and cooling sector is central to achieving the energy transition. This is recognised in the European Green Deal and the ‘Fit for 55’ package, as without increasing the share of renewables in this sector, our energy and climate targets cannot be achieved cost-effectively.
A clear legislative and governance roadmap from the next European Commission to promote decarbonisation and protect both industry competitiveness and the energy supply for citizens will unlock private and public sector cooperation to achieve the Green Deal’s ambitions.
Supporters of Bulgaria's pro-Russian far-right Vazrazhdane (Revival) party clashed with a Ukrainian delegation of nuclear experts at the site where the Belene nuclear power plant was expected to be built, in a video shared by the pro-Russian party on social media on Tuesday.
The ‘post-growth’ movement, which holds that economic growth is pushing us past fixed planetary boundaries, like the twin climate and biodiversity crises, without fundamentally making us happier, writes Donagh Cagney.
As the world faces record-high temperatures, experts call for implementing nature-based solutions (NbS) to help cities adapt to climate change and improve human health and well-being.
While the high-road approach of the CRMA factors in the social and environmental conditions in which raw materials are extracted and processed, for this strategy to be viable, the EU must follow through and secure meaningful trade agreements with partner-countries that embed these considerations
In order to get Europe on track for its 2030 renewables targets, the European Commission has given out new guidelines to EU countries for fast-track zones – while opening the door to more restrictive renewables auctions.
Europe should deregulate its economy and “develop a culture of private investment” similar to the US, the vice chair of the European Parliament's Committee of Economic and Monetary Affairs told Euractiv in an interview.
Regards from Sofia, where the author of this Brief has witnessed the first days of the European election campaign and concluded the following: The number one election punching bag is the European Green Deal, and it's no different in many other EU countries.
France achieved a 22.2% share of renewable energy in its gross final energy consumption in 2023, according to the French Ecological Ministry figures from 7 May, but the trend is not sufficient for the country to reach a target of at least 44% renewable energy by 2030, as set by EU law.
The EU’s new carbon pricing scheme for road and heating fuels (ETS2) – set to be introduced across the bloc in 2027 – could lead to higher price hikes than initially thought, key lawmakers told Euractiv.
Fossil fuel intensive industries will soon have to pay for their carbon emissions, according to the new Europe-wide carbon emissions trading scheme (ETS2).
After a 12-year delay, France's first EPR has been greenlighted by the French nuclear safety authority as control procedures are set to speed up and simplify.
Thousands of protesters marched through the streets of the Polish capital Warsaw on Friday (10 May) to show their opposition to European Union environmental regulations that farmers say are driving them out of business.
Speaking at the FT's Future of the Car conference, Shu said that BYD will bring a low-cost electric vehicle based on its Chinese Seagull model to Europe.
In a recent interview with The Banker magazine, President of the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Odile Renaud-Basso, stated “We must engage with the fossil fuel industry to meet the methane pledge”. While reducing methane emissions from the energy sector is undoubtedly an important part of keeping global temperature rise within the 1.5°C goal, ending methane emissions from this sector should be the urgent focus.
German EU lawmaker Peter Liese is already eyeing the next revamp of the EU’s emissions trading scheme, wants a CO2 Central Bank and is campaigning for his party to stay the course on EU climate targets, he told Euractiv in an interview.
