A new IEA report offers first-of-its-kind global inventory of the policies countries are leveraging to advance clean energy transitions and improve energy security.
“We have a regulation so that we can see what financial products are actually delivering in terms of sustainability. I see this, our sustainable finance framework, as an important jigsaw. Pieces that will work together” – EU Commissioner McGuinness.
Das Bundeskabinett hat heute das Wasserstoffbeschleunigungsgesetz beschlossen und schafft damit die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen für den schnellen Auf- und Ausbau der Infrastruktur für Erzeugung, Speicherung und Import von Wasserstoff.
Bundesminister Habeck sieht die Entscheidung für Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) als “Richtungsentscheidung für die Industrie in Deutschland”. Bundesverband der Industrie lobt “sehr wichtigen Schritt in die richtige Richtung”. Weitere Details und Reaktionen.
On the basis of the European Council conclusions of 21-22 March 2024 and 17-18 April 2024, the Agriculture and Fisheries Council discussed the EU’s response to the current concerns in the agricultural sector.
The regulation introduces new requirements on measuring, reporting and verifying methane emissions in the energy sector. Detecting and repairing methane leaks and limiting venting and flaring will aim to avoid methane emissions. Global monitoring tools will ensure transparency on methane emissions from imports of oil, gas and coal into the EU.
The EU regulation aims to boost the industrial deployment of net-zero technologies that are needed to achieve the EU’s climate goals, using the strength of the single market to reinforce Europe’s position as a leader in industrial green technologies.
The Council has today adopted the ecodesign regulation, which sets requirements for sustainable products. The regulation replaces the existing ecodesign directive and enlarges its scope, beyond energy products, to all kind of goods placed in the EU market.
The European Commission has approved a €4 billion French scheme to support measures aiming at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the manufacturing sector and help it transition towards a net-zero economy, in line with the Green Deal Industrial Plan.
“National policy frameworks provide the overarching structure and support necessary to scale up adaptation measures and ensure consistency across the various regions. The proper alignment of action between these two levels is absolutely critical” – EU Commissioner Hoekstra.
Critical raw materials are resources that are considered important for the whole European economy and face a high risk of supply disruption. The European Critical Raw Materials Act contains a list of critical raw materials and codifies the methodology used for the assessment in law, which will be used to update the critical raw materials list periodically.
“Grüne Leitmärkte” sollen die Nachfrage nach klimafreundlich hergestellten Grundstoffen wie Stahl und Zement stärken und so Investitionen in neue Industrietechnologien und -prozesse unterstützen.
The EU Commission has given a positive assessment of Ireland’s modified recovery and resilience plan (RRP), which includes a REPowerEU chapter. The plan is now worth €1.15 billion (in grants) and covers 11 reforms and 19 investments.
With less than six years remaining to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the unprecedented climate crisis, along with escalating conflicts and man-made disasters, necessitates the use of sustainable PPPs and infrastructure finance as pivotal tools for accelerating progress toward the SDGs
This in-depth analysis (IDA) examines the environmental determinants of health and their consequences, especially on the health of disadvantaged communities.
“We have a generational responsibility to make sure we get this whole difficult but pivotally important equation right: with climate action, with innovation, with competitiveness, with making sure that there is a just transition, and doing it together with the friends and partners from all across the world” – EU Commissioner Hoekstra
The aid also includes over €1m just approved to respond to the devastating floods in Brazil, which in past weeks have affected 90% of the territory of Rio Grande do Sul.
As Europe is preparing for the approaching wildfire season, the EU is taking significant steps to bolster firefighting efforts and safeguard communities, by pre-positioning firefighters and assembling a fleet of firefighting aircraft.
Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal Maroš Šefčovič announced that Team Europe is contributing €400 million to support clean cooking in Africa, at a Summit hosted by the International Energy Agency.
The European Commission has approved a €120 million Spanish scheme to support investments in strategic sectors in the region of Asturias to foster the transition towards a net-zero economy, in line with the Green Deal Industrial Plan.
The revised CO2 emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles will be key to drive down emissions in the road transport sector and ensure the increasing supply of new zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) to the market. This is vital for the EU to shift to zero-emissions mobility and reach its 2030 climate goals and become climate neutral by 2050.
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