Tag : Climate change

Tag: Climate change

2021: The year in figures and charts

2021 was the yr the coronavirus pandemic was going to get better. And it did — till it acquired worse. Again. European nations raced to vaccinate their populations with a view to scale back hospitalizations and deaths brought on by COVID-19. The...

POLITICO’s most-read stories of 2021

2021 was an odd yr, to say the least. It started with a unprecedented attack on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., brought us the long-lasting meme of Bernie Sanders and his mittens, noticed the Suez Canal blocked by the Ever Given container ship...

Austrian scheme to support electricity production from renewables gets EU nod

An Austrian help scheme to help electrical energy production from renewable sources complies with EU State help rules, the EU’s antitrust chief stated on December 20. “This scheme will allow Austria to help renewable technologies, because it has set...

MEPs reach deal with Council on EU-backed energy projects

The up to date guidelines to pick which power tasks will receive EU help have been informally agreed between Members of the European Parliament and the Slovenian Presidency of the Council on December 15, in accordance with the European ParliamentR...

Croatian scheme to support electricity production from renewables gets EU nod

A Croatian assist scheme to help electricity manufacturing from renewable sources complies with EU State assist guidelines, the European Commission’s antitrust chief stated on December 9. “This €783 million scheme will enable Croatia to help renewabl...

Israel, Greece, Cyprus seeing green energy future

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades met in Jerusalem on December 7 where they reaffirmed the robust cooperation between the three Mediterranean nations, particularl...

COP26: call for more global climate action

On November 24, Members of the European Parliament debated with Fee Government Vice-President Frans Timmermans, and the Council Presidency, the Glasgow Local weather Pact agreed on the 2021 UN Climate Change Convention (COP26). Many MEPs described CO...

Commission approves EU funding for nature, environment and climate action projects

The European Commission permitted on November 25 an investment package deal of more than €290 million for 132 new tasks underneath the LIFE programme for the surroundings and local weather action. This EU funding will mobilise a complete investment o...

Commission presents tools to curb EU-driven deforestation and forest degradation

In the framework of the European Green Deal, the EU Commission adopted on November 17 three new initiatives to curb EU-driven deforestation, as well as new guidelines to facilitate intra-EU waste shipments to advertise circular financial system and d...

EU, South East Asia launch Green Team Europe Initiative to protect the environment

Through the third ASEAN-EU Dialogue on Sustainable Improvement, European Union Commissioner for Worldwide Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen launched on November 18 a Inexperienced Group Europe Initiative in partnership with the Association of Southeast A...