It is not an easy phase for Europe’s green parties. They are slipping in the polls and losing ground in many capital cities. In Germany, too, they are more often conspicuous for their squabbles within the traffic light government than for their progressive green industrial and climate policies. The European elections on June 9, 2024 […]
The EU ambassadors agreed to the Council’s position on the certification framework for carbon removals on Friday. Despite some reservations about the Spanish Council Presidency’s proposal, the German government agreed but introduced a protocol note. This additional declaration, available to Table.Media, outlines Germany’s problems with the current text.The German government considers the current regulation in […]
During his visit to Beijing, EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra indirectly called on the Chinese Climate Commissioner Xie Zhenhua to contribute to the financing of loss and damage caused by climate change. All parties that can contribute to climate financing should do so, Hoekstra said during the meeting. This applies in particular to the Loss […]
The European Green Deal is a package of political initiatives with which the EU aims to achieve its goal of becoming climate-neutral by 2050. Several legislative proposals from this package will be put to a vote this week in the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg:The Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA) is the […]
Just days before the start of COP28, the EU Parliament, Commission and Council reached a trilogue agreement on reducing methane emissions in the energy sector. The negotiators reached this compromise on Wednesday night:The last point was particularly controversial until the end, as the Commission and the Member States opposed the extension to imports. The EU […]
At the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai (COP28), the fund for loss and damage as a result of climate change is to be operationalized. This should also include initial financial pledges for the fund from donor countries. This was called for by the designated COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber and EU Climate Commissioner Wopke […]
On Tuesday, the EU Parliament’s Environment Committee adopted a resolution by a large majority setting out MEPs’ demands for the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai at the end of the month (COP28). In it, they call for an end to direct and indirect subsidies for fossil fuels at both EU and national levels “as […]
On Tuesday, the EU Parliament’s Environment Committee adopted a resolution by a large majority setting out MEPs’ demands for the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai at the end of the month (COP28). In it, they call for an end to direct and indirect subsidies for fossil fuels at both EU and national levels “as […]
Weeks after the member states of the European Union solidified their stance for the upcoming COP28 in Dubai, the spotlight turns to the European Parliament. The Environment Committee is poised to vote on a resolution that will articulate its position to the COP28. While the outcome functions largely as a plea for EU negotiators to […]
India is looking at potentially taxing high-carbon goods locally, and then using the proceeds to support its green energy transition, to avoid the European Union’s carbon tax on imports, the country’s trade minister said on Thursday.The EU’s plan to impose a carbon levy from 2026 on high-carbon goods such as steel and iron ore, cement, […]