A last-minute deal in Berlin ensured the death of the combustion engine ban — a previously unthinkable outcome. Jordyn Dahl writes on the Politico website about the Commission’s latest plan that now goes to the European Parliament and Council. Also, check out the latest article by Monica Frassoni. She argues why the electric transition is … Continue reading EU walks back 2035 all-electric target, permitting some new combustion engine cars
Category: climate policy
France updates its 2050 carbon neutrality roadmap
To mark the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, France released on Friday a revamped climate plan promising to phase out oil and gas and sharply increase electricity use. The following is an AFP news item from the France24 website. France updates net-zero plan, with fossil fuel phaseout The updated strategy was unveiled on … Continue reading France updates its 2050 carbon neutrality roadmap
Fossil fuel-producing nations are derailing world climate targets, report says
The Production Gap Report from the Stockholm Environment Institute, Climate Analytics, and International Institute for Sustainable Development, finds that 10 years after the Paris Agreement, governments plan to produce more than double the volume of fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5°C, steering the world further from the … Continue reading Fossil fuel-producing nations are derailing world climate targets, report says
New report by the Coalition for Energy Savings
The Coalition for Energy Savings has come out with a useful publication this report that showcases how the EU’s energy efficiency legal framework, in particular the Energy Efficiency Directive, has driven and continues to drive energy efficiency actions that deliver these benefits on the ground In legislative terms, 2040 is just around the corner. With … Continue reading New report by the Coalition for Energy Savings
World off track from 2030 energy efficiency goal, says IEA
In an article on the Sustainability Magazine website, Jasmin Jessen discusses the IEA’s Energy Efficiency 2025, its annual analysis of latest global trends in energy efficiency. The rate of global improvement in energy efficiency has been largely lacklustre since 2019, averaging around 1.3% per year. That’s down significantly from the average of around 2% per … Continue reading World off track from 2030 energy efficiency goal, says IEA
EEA monitoring of progress to EU energy and climate targets
The European Union remains largely on track to achieve its 2030 targets to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions, according to the latest annual check-up on EU progress to its energy and climate targets published by the European Environment Agency today. Total net greenhouse gas emissions in the EU fell by a further 2.5% in 2024, … Continue reading EEA monitoring of progress to EU energy and climate targets
The Paris Agreement turns 10 — and faces its toughest test yet
Ten years after nations adopted the Paris Agreement, its objectives are in jeopardy amid rising climate pollution and a political backlash against clean energy. In an article on the Politico website, Sara Schonhardt looks at h ow the climate deal changed everything, and yet still might not be enough. The US led the world … Continue reading The Paris Agreement turns 10 — and faces its toughest test yet
EU ministers break deadlock on CO2 emission cut by 2040 amid political pressure
The European Union's 27 governments have struck a deal slightly watering down a proposed 2040 target for cutting planet-warming emissions, and set a new 2035 climate commitment. Ministers unanimously approved the bloc’s long-overdue climate plan, rescuing the EU from the international embarrassment of showing up empty handed this month's COP30 summit on climate change in Brazil. A requirement under the 2015 Paris … Continue reading EU ministers break deadlock on CO2 emission cut by 2040 amid political pressure
Did Bill Gate’s latest missive dismiss the seriousness of climate change?
In an article on the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists website, Michael E. Mann, presidential distinguished professor and director of the Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media at The University of Pennsylvania, comments on a recent statement by Bill Gates that governments should target health and agriculture improvements that will reduce extreme poverty and hardship … Continue reading Did Bill Gate’s latest missive dismiss the seriousness of climate change?
UN sounds alarm: too few nations cutting carbon fast enough
Matt McGrath writes on the BBC News website that while there is progress in curbing CO2 emissions over the next decade, the projected fall is not enough to stop temperatures from surging from the global targets. Most countries fail to submit new climate pledges ahead of summit Only 64 countries have submitted new plans … Continue reading UN sounds alarm: too few nations cutting carbon fast enough
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