Europe’s two-faced climate change game
EU member states risk undermining the diminishing confidence Europeans have in the Union by playing a two-faced game on climate change, warns Wendel Trio.
Type: Op-Ed
A Perfect Match: Climate Action and Fair, Sustainable Development
In June of this year the former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres led a number of scientists to a call for deeper and faster action on climate change. The message […]
Europe’s dramatic summer gives a foretaste of ‘super heatwaves’ to come
While Europe is recovering from an unusually warm summer, a new study warns that heatwaves with temperatures of above 40°C are expected to become more frequent, with some regions of […]
Western Balkans cannot track climate action without appropriate monitoring
The European Commission has just announced it will drop a mechanism to monitor progress in limiting greenhouse gas emissions in the Western Balkans. The decision will make it difficult to […]
EU budget for climate action: Time to wake the sleeping beauty
The European Commission will publish its ‘Reflection paper on the future of EU finances’ on 28 June. Against a background of renewed commitments from European leaders towards climate action, the […]
EU’s risky energy efficiency debate
Since EU governments started negotiating their position on the revision of the bloc’s energy efficiency laws, proposals have been going from bad to worse. Member states have to step their […]
EU should pave the way for G20 fossil fuel subsidy phase-out
The EU must step up and lead the push for the world’s big economies to end fossil fuel subsidies, writes Maeve McLynn.
Reformed carbon market must no longer fund coal
As the Emissions Trading System (ETS) reform enters its crucial trialogue phase, it is up to the European Parliament to fight its corner and ensure that future funding only goes […]
EU carbon market at risk of another lost decade
Next week, EU environment ministers are to strike a deal on the reform of the Emissions Trading System (ETS). If governments do not treat the reform with more seriousness, the […]
EU and China can outflank Trump on climate change
The time is ripe for Brussels and Beijing to step up their relationship as US climate diplomacy dwindles, write Maeve McLynn and Li Shuo