Recycling, renewables and rubble: How environmental issues could make or break Ukraine’s EU bid
December 17, 2023
In 2020, only 4% of Ukraine's waste was recycled - the lowest rate in Europe.
How Russia won a ‘dangerous loophole’ for fossil gas at Cop28
December 15, 2023
With the EU ambivalent and small island states absent, Russia’s call for “transitional fuels” – read gas – made it into the Cop28 agreement ...
European development bank decides to keep cooking the planet
The board of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) decided yesterday, 14 December, to green-light a new energy lending policy that, with some caveats, allows for continued financing of fossil gas pipelines and gas-fired power plants.
Updating national energy and climate plans: signs of reluctance to phase out fossil fuels
December 14, 2023
Member States are currently updating their national energy and climate plans (NECPs) adopted in 2019, following the Energy Union governance regulation.
Paris alignment: why there is no more space for European public money to finance fossil fuels
The aim of this briefing is to lay out the latest scientific evidence on why there is no more space for fossil fuel investments if we aim to keep global temperature increases to below 1.5 °C by the end of the century.
Why the Bulgaria-Turkey gas deal could be a Russian Trojan horse
December 13, 2023
Promoted as a means to diversify gas sources, an agreement signed earlier this year by the Bulgarian government to import fossil gas from Turkey is only likely to provide a backdoor for Russian energy and undermine efforts to alleviate Europe’s dependence on fossil fuels
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