Eastern EU set to benefit most from clean tech exports, World Bank says
Poland, Romania, Croatia, and Bulgaria have the potential to at least triple clean technology exports, strengthening the EU’s economy at a time of mounting worries over the bloc’s deteriorating competitiveness, the World Bank said on Thursday.
Read More‘Not blackmail’: France puts prerequisites on support for 90% EU climate goal
Agreement on a 2040 climate target at EU level must be preceded by an “action plan” outlining the means of achieving the objective, including the principle of technology neutrality to make room for nuclear power alongside renewables, French energy minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher said on Tuesday.
Read MoreRenewable or low-carbon? France, Sweden clash with EU over 2040 energy target
Pro-nuclear countries say it is “premature” to consider a renewable energy target as part of talks over the EU’s climate goal for 2040, with Paris and Stockholm instead pushing for a low-carbon objective that also brings nuclear power into the picture.
Read MoreEU climate chief outlines four key aspects of upcoming Clean Industrial Deal
The EU’s Clean Industrial Deal initiative, due at the end of February, will seek to rebalance climate action and economic growth, with four key areas of action to accelerate decarbonisation, said EU climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra last week.
Read MoreEU conservatives pushing to cancel CO2 fines for carmakers
Lawmakers from the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) have called on the EU to find ways of avoiding fines for carmakers that fail to meet their CO2 reduction targets in 2025, saying “a realistic approach” is needed on EU climate goals.
Read MoreIEA pitches ‘new industrial masterplan for Europe’ focused on clean tech
Europe still has a chance to compete with China and the US on clean technologies like offshore wind, power grids, heat pumps, and electrolysers, provided it can make the right decisions and act swiftly, according to the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Read MoreCross-party MEP group calls on EU to prioritise ‘Industrial Carbon Management’
A cross-party group of 30 EU Parliament lawmakers has called on the European Commission to prioritise Industrial Carbon Management (ICM) technologies in the coming five-year mandate.
Read MoreCarbon savings from clean tech “vastly outweigh” mining impact -study
The total carbon footprint of mining and refining critical raw materials (CRMs) is set to skyrocket 155% by 2035 if no action is taken to reduce environmental impact – but the carbon savings enabled by CRMs outweigh those emissions by a factor of 80, according to a new study.
Read MorePoland puts energy security on top of EU presidency agenda, sidelining climate
Poland is preparing to take over the EU’s six-month rotating presidency at a time of war, the country’s minister of state assets told an EU audience on Monday, saying “immediate security considerations” should take precedence over climate in these troubled times.
Read More‘Lead markets’ for low-carbon cement gain momentum
Demand for pricier low-carbon industrial products can be encouraged with a reform of public procurement rules and the creation of ‘lead markets’ for green cement, the industry has argued ahead of new EU policy proposals due in the coming mandate.
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