France tables CCS strategy, aiming to capture up to 8 MtCO2/y by 2030
The French government put forward its carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) strategy on Friday, outlining a roadmap to catch 4-8 million tonnes of CO2 per year by 2030, targeting hard-to-abate sectors of industry across four “CCS valleys”.
Read MoreEU trade office seeks Green Deal tweaks to avoid ‘alienating partners’
The European Commission’s trade directorate is currently looking at adjustments to the EU’s CO2 border tax and anti-deforestation laws in order to avoid alienating foreign countries whose cooperation is needed to enforce the legislation, a senior EU official has said.
Read MoreBrussels pledges to do ‘whatever is necessary’ to support CCS
The European Commission will take all the necessary steps to make carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology available to large industrial emitters and remove barriers to its development, a senior EU official said on Wednesday.
Read MoreBRIEFING: EU to offer fast-track permitting for green industry frontrunners
The European Commission wants to speed up approval of emerging green and low-carbon technologies, saying it will promote faster permitting for those identified as the most promising by its new Innovation Centre for Industrial Transformation (INCITE) in Seville.
Read MoreBrussels frets as far-right arrives at gates of power in France
The European Union could end up being “paralysed” if the far-right Rassemblement National party is able to form a government in France, with potentially significant consequences also for energy and climate policy across the region, according to policymakers and analysts.
Read MoreBRIEFING: EU climate policy focus turning to trade and foreign relations, officials say
The EU’s climate agenda in the past five years has been focused chiefly on domestic action, but the next phase of policymaking will see a growing emphasis on international relations and trade, EU and national officials said on Thursday.
Read MoreBRIEFING: What climate policy agenda for von der Leyen’s second term?
Implementation of existing policies and investments in net-zero technologies to meet the EU’s 2030 decarbonisation target will be the cornerstones of the new European Commission headed by Ursula von der Leyen when it comes to climate policy, officials have said.
Read MoreEU leaders nominate von der Leyen for second term, adopt strategic agenda 2024-29
EU heads of states have nominated Ursula von der Leyen for a second term as European Commission President and adopted a roadmap for the next five years that includes the continuation of European Green Deal priorities agreed over the last mandate.
Read MoreLEAK: EU’s draft strategic agenda for 2024-29 reinstates green priorities
Climate and environmental objectives have made their way back into the EU’s draft strategic agenda for the next five years following an earlier draft, as EU leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday to decide the priorities of the next European Commission and appoint its new president.
Read MoreFEATURE: The €1 trillion question – How to bridge the EU’s climate investment gap
When the new European Commission takes office later this year, it will have a tricky question to answer – how to find €1.5 trillion per year to finance the EU’s net-zero transition. As EU governments tighten their belts, revenues from carbon trading could provide a much-needed source of income, experts say.
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