Clean heat rollout should take priority in European Commission’s next term -report
Clean heating should become a political priority for the next European legislative cycle, starting work next autumn, according to a report published on Thursday.
Read MoreItaly warned against falling short on climate targets at G7 ministerial
Climate experts are calling on Italy to support stronger commitments for renewables as G7 nations prepare to meet over the weekend to discuss climate action for the first time under the country’s leadership.
Read MoreEU Parliament accepts farm policy U-turn undoing nature protection
The European Parliament gave its green light on Wednesday to review the EU’s agriculture rules, in a dramatic political U-turn that will weaken requirements for climate action and nature protection.
Read MoreHalf of the world’s 100 largest private firms unprepared for climate goals -report
Most of the private companies worldwide are unprepared to respect their country’s climate goals and the Paris Agreement to keep the global increase in temperature below 1.5C compared to 1990 levels, according to a report released on Monday.
Read MoreEurope’s ‘State of the Climate’ report sees global warming impacts getting worse
Europe was severely impacted by climate change last year, according to data released today by the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service and the World Meteorological Organisation, and things seem only to be getting worse.
Read MoreArticle 6 torn between private sector and geopolitics ahead of ‘bridge’ COP29, UN advisor says
Negotiations on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement are expected to be influenced by the private sector and geopolitics, as parties prepare for a ‘bridge’ climate conference in Azerbaijan, a UN advisor said on Thursday at IETA’s annual European Climate Summit in Florence.
Read MoreAgri carbon taxes worldwide could inspire an EU ETS3 — with caveats, experts say
Regulatory measures on agricultural emissions, from New Zealand to South Africa, could serve as inspiration for policymakers in Brussels as the EU considers if and how to include the sector in its next ETS revision — although some clauses may apply, according to speakers at the IETA European Climate Summit.
Read MoreClimate change driving a 19% global income reduction in ‘best-case’ scenario -report
The global economy is already committed to an income reduction of 19% until 2050 due to climate change, even if CO2 emissions were to be drastically cut starting from today, according to a study published in the journal Nature on Wednesday.
Read MoreEU nations call for sustainable carbon policy package for chemicals
Some EU member states are calling upon the European Commission to put forward a policy package on sustainable carbon for the chemical industry, according to a joint statement they delivered to the commissioner in charge of climate action, Wopke Hoekstra, in Brussels on Tuesday.
Read MoreBetter VCM data can help companies reach climate goals, experts say
An increasing availability of better-quality data in the carbon market is already helping companies get closer to neutrality, experts at IETA’s annual European Climate Summit in Florence said on Tuesday.
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