Emissions
Here’s a cause Greta Thunberg and the Pentagon can agree on
The world needs a coalition of the willing to protect our oceans.
EU climate chief Wopke Hoekstra goes to war with airlines
Qatar warns it will halt gas supplies to Europe if fined under EU due diligence law
To ban or not to ban? This is not the question
EU climate strategy risks Yellow Jackets-style backlash, ex-crisis chief warns
Trump 2.0 will hurt planet, open door for America’s green rivals: EU climate chief
UK energy secretary to visit China in early 2025
Why Europe’s health policies must prioritize chronic kidney disease
Undetected Chronic Kidney Disease affects millions in Europe, but it could be preventable, manageable and tackled with the right policies.
EU’s climate chief warns of ‘geopolitical winter’
Wopke Hoekstra vows to keep EU climate targets despite Trump and populist pushback, but admits Europe can’t go it alone.
Changing green rules won’t help industry, EU climate chief says
Wopke Hoekstra’s own political family has led calls to tweak existing rules.
Here’s what’s new in the EU-Mercosur trade deal
POLITICO brings you the new elements of Europe’s trade deal with South America struck last week.
Inside the floating 80s relic that wants to be Britain’s energy future
POLITICO spent the afternoon on a soon-to-be-abandoned North Sea gas plant that’s hoping to ditch fossil fuels with government help.
Top advisers say EU should ban solar geoengineering … for now
The bloc’s scientific advisers say the EU should push for an international treaty regulating the controversial technologies.
Want to save the auto sector? Get out of retirement mode
Industry insiders say the EU has to go on the offensive to save its carmakers in the transition to electric vehicles.
Let’s work with farmers, not against them, says new EU agri chief
Christophe Hansen says his new vision for agriculture and food will be “different” and exclude “eat it or die” targets.
Collaboration is key to fulfilling regenerative agriculture goals
By lowering emissions, reinvigorating depleted soils and advancing biodiversity, regenerative agriculture can pave the way to more resilient, climate-friendly farms
Seizing Europe’s industrial and decarbonized future
Implementing the Draghi report’s recommendations can secure Europe’s competitiveness, economic security and decarbonized future
Flight risk: Europe’s squeeze on aviation threatens competitiveness
Europe’s global competitiveness faces headwinds as aviation tax plans target business flights, disrupting a catalyst for economic growth, technology advances and connectivity.
Climate conferences are dying. How to save the world now?
This year’s U.N. climate change summit wore its contradictions and failings on its sleeve, prompting existential anxiety.
Climate summit ends with a long-fought deal — and a lot of anger
Developing nations got a promise of at least $300 billion in climate finance from rich countries such as the U.S. and the EU’s members. They wanted far more.
What the ‘show me the money’ climate summit tells us about the new Trump era
Big-money pledges will be even harder to trust. Fossil fuel producers have more leverage. China is ascendant.
EU battery hopes in tatters as Northvolt CEO resigns and company files for bankruptcy
The company ran into big problems with production at a time when demand for EVs slumped.
Last year, the world pledged to move away from fossil fuels. This year, not so much.
Even getting countries to restate the 2023 deal has been a struggle at COP29.
Coalition to boost climate efforts moves ahead without US
Governments including the European Union, Canada and Mexico said they will set “ambitious” new targets for cutting their greenhouse gas pollution by 2035.
Not just China: EU wants South Korea, Singapore to help fund global climate efforts
The co-leader of the bloc’s COP29 team also suggested Brazil could chip in.
Europe’s Azerbaijan gas gambit is good news for Russia
Europe keeps striking deals with Azerbaijan, even at COP29. And while it might not be Russian gas, Moscow is still likely to benefit.
COP30 host Brazil tells EU to move up climate neutrality target
Brazilian climate chief Ana Toni told POLITICO it would display EU leadership in a tense political moment.
‘Underwhelming’: Poor countries push for way more climate funding than the EU is floating
Privately, however, some conceded they may have to settle for the lower figures for now as COP29 talks amble toward the finish line.
Unlocking the ‘hidden middle’: Transforming food systems for a sustainable future
Global action on meeting the Paris Agreement is currently falling short. Focusing on this often-neglected segment of food value chains could effect significant change
Explaining the trillion dollar question that’s disrupting COP29
Negotiators have to agree on a financial target for global climate aid. What could go wrong?
As Trump looms large, can Keir Starmer save the world?
Center-left governments across the West are turning to the U.K. PM to provide leadership following Donald Trump’s reelection.