The EU Commission strengthens support for EU Deforestation Regulation implementation by proposing an extra 12 months of phasing-in time, responding to calls by global partners. Read why the EU Commission took this measure – and how EU Parliamentarians react.
“The ocean is overflowing. The changes here in the Pacific region are visible since my last visit. And around the world, rising seas have unparallelled power to cause havoc to coastal cities and ravage coastal economies. The reason is clear: greenhouse gases – overwhelmingly generated by burning fossil fuels – are cooking our planet. And the sea is taking the heat – literally” – UN Secretary General.
Climate and energy transition partnerships are a critical element of the external dimension of the European Green Deal (EGD) and to globally support more ambitious climate action and a socially just green transition in this critical decade.
An international research team has unveiled the first comprehensive global evaluation of 1,500 climate policy measures from 41 countries across six continents. Published in the prestigious journal Science, this unprecedented study provides a detailed impact analysis of the wide range of climate policy measures implemented over the last two decades.
Excessively high or low temperatures presently cause 407,000 fatalities a year. Heat-related deaths, now six times more frequent in southern than in northern Europe, will occur 9.3 times more frequently in the south than in the north by 2100.
Das Bundeministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK) hat heute die neue Förderrichtlinie „Bundesförderung Industrie und Klimaschutz (BIK)“ veröffentlicht. Mit der neuen Förderung wird zukünftig vor allem der industrielle Mittelstand bei der Dekarbonisierung unterstützt.
The Arctic is experiencing dangerous changes because of amplifying climate effects, warming at four times faster than the rest of the world. There is a growing inclination towards embracing sustainable solutions, notably in energy and resource extraction. But what would be the impact of such sustainable meassures on vulnerable communities?
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have analysed which regions of the world could produce hydrogen most cost-effectively in order to build an economy based on this alternative energy carrier rather than fossil-fuel based alternatives.
Wind energy brings jobs and value creation to deprived rural and coastal communities. Eastern Germany is a classic example of a region that has benefited. WindEurope saw this first hand on a recent visit to Rostock.
The Energy Community Secretariat welcomes the recent launch of the Republic of Moldova’s first renewable energy capacity auctions, encouraging investors to participate and contribute to Moldova’s sustainable future.
The Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Mr Juan Carlos Salazar, and the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Prof. Celeste Saulo, recently signed an update to the agreement that strengthens the longstanding collaboration between the two organizations.
In the first quarter of 2024, the EU economy greenhouse gas emissions were estimated at 894 million tonnes of CO2-equivalents (CO2-eq), a 4.0% decrease compared with the same quarter of 2023 (931 million tonnes of CO2-eq).
One in five children – or 466 million – live in areas that experience at least double the number of extremely hot days every year compared with their grandparents’ generation, according to a new UNICEF analysis released on Wednesday.
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has established that the course to achieve the UAE Consensus energy target remains off track due to persistent structural barriers including a notable shortfall in investment.
The Nordic transport ministers from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden have gathered in Gothenburg on 14 August 2024 and discussed issues of common interest.
“Clean energy investments in traditional energy communities have doubled in the past two years. And federal dollars are directly flowing into communities through the grant side of the law. $118 billion of the grants, loans, and rebates in the law are considered covered programs under President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative” – John Podesta, U.S. President Biden’s Senior Advisor for International Climate Policy.
The planes will be financed by the European Commission and will become the new backbone of the EU’s crisis response to tackle forest fires. Aircraft from the rescEU reserves can be rapidly deployed in case a country is facing severe wildfires that require additional support.
Despite their rich histories and cultures, many Indigenous Peoples remain among the world’s most marginalised communities. Increasing competition over natural resources and land, as well as the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution puts Indigenous Peoples particularly at risk.
The EU Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, amendments to a Slovak scheme to partially compensate energy-intensive companies for the electricity levy financing support to renewable energy production. The scheme aims at mitigating the risk that, due to this levy, energy-intensive companies may relocate their activities to locations outside the EU with less ambitious climate policies
The ‘fit for 55’ package of July and December 2021 was designed to realise the European Climate Law objectives: climate neutrality by 2050 and a 55 % reduction of net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030, compared with 1990 levels.
The new FAQs take into account input received from companies and cover issues such as the scope of the rules, application dates, and exemptions. For example, they clarify when companies may use estimates rather than having to collect value chain information from suppliers or partners.
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