COP24 showtime — Berlin unflinching on NS2 — G19 stick to Paris

3 December 2018  | POLITICO Pro Morning Energy and Climate

— Just transition day: Today, Polish President Andrzej Duda will receive some 40 national leaders, and invite them to sign a “just transition declaration.” According to a draft, leaders should “ensure a decent future” for workers, which is “crucial to

Hoe een Silezisch dorp (vergeefs) strijdt tegen een kolenmijn

30 November 2018  | De Volkskrant

Polen is de komende twee weken gastheer van de mondiale klimaatconferentie (COP24) van de Verenigde Naties. Een op z’n zachtst gezegd ongemakkelijke rol: het land ligt stevig aan het steenkoolinfuus. Source: Hoe een Silezisch dorp (vergeefs) strijdt te

What do Blair and the Italian far right have in common? A commitment to destroying the environment

29 November 2018  | Morning Star

Despite the global epiphany that climate genocide is only 12 years away, a controversial gas pipeline is set to go ahead, writes BEN COWLES Source: What do Blair and the Italian far right have in common? A commitment to destroying the environment

Mini-centrali idroelettriche, Belgrado verso lo stop

29 November 2018  | Piccolo Trieste

In Serbia una legge vieterà la costruzione di nuove dighe sui corsi d’acqua che attraversano parchi e zone naturali: prima vittoria degli ambientalisti Source: Mini-centrali idroelettriche, Belgrado verso lo stop

Cop 24: conferenza Onu sul clima alla prese col carbone della Polonia

28 November 2018  | Osservatorio Diritti

Alla Cop 24 delle Nazioni Unite per la lotta ai cambiamenti climatici che si apre il 3 dicembre a Katowice, in Polonia, l’Europa si presenta come leader delle politiche sul clima. Ma non potrà nascondere il fiume di soldi che dalle sue banche va a fina

China funds Serbian coal boom

26 November 2018  | Eurasia Times

Concerns are increasing about the international role of China in creating air pollution as it backs a major coal project in Serbia. Source: China funds Serbian coal boom