Editorial

Sometimes there is good news even in climate reporting – and entirely unexpected, they pile up in this issue: For instance, in the last six months as EU Council Presidency, Sweden has refuted fears that the new right-wing government would block any progress on energy, climate and the Green Deal, writes our colleague Magnus Nilsson from Stockholm. Next, Nico Beckert has found that concerns about a shortage of iridium, an important raw material for the hydrogen industry, are likely exaggerated. In Senegal, the next Just Energy Transition Partnership is now on its way. And the EU plans to extend the effective instrument of emissions trading to agriculture.