January newsletter editorial: Europe’s sustainable energy quandary

by Sabine Frank2050 climate strategies, Decarbonising European industry, EU carbon market, The EU Green Deal and Climate LawPosted on Comments are Disabled

Dear friends, Shortly before a dinner guest around our New Year’s Eve table asked me whether it will really be possible to satisfy all our future energy needs with electricity from renewable sources, the European Commission slipped through its controversial proposal for what constitutes green investment.  In the Commission’s draft addition to the green taxonomy, …

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Member’s insight: A case of Coal Phase-In for India

by Guest1Sustainable developmentPosted on Comments are Disabled

This is a guest contribution by Chandrachur Ghosh, an expert on the coal sector. Under the Paris Agreement coal phase out commitments are a necessity if we are to meet the goal of staying below 1.5C warming. In recent years the world has witnessed increased divestment from coal and several OECD countries have already committed …

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