Green Deal – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Tue, 02 Aug 2022 09:51:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Europe must use its REPowerEU to REPowerAfrica https://energytransition.org/2022/08/europe-must-use-its-repowereu-to-repowerafrica/ https://energytransition.org/2022/08/europe-must-use-its-repowereu-to-repowerafrica/#respond Thu, 11 Aug 2022 10:00:07 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27079 For German chancellor Olaf Scholz to fly to West Africa and on arrival ensures he tells his host that he “ quite deliberately chose Senegal as the first stop” is strong indication that Germany, and the rest of Europe, looks to president Macky Sall among others in Africa to rescue Europe from its “burgeoning energy crisis”. Mr. Scholz ‘first stop’ wasn’t arbitrary. It was strategic because Senegal...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/08/europe-must-use-its-repowereu-to-repowerafrica/feed/ 0 A Green Spring in Germany: a bellwether for the Autumn? https://energytransition.org/2021/04/a-green-spring-in-germany-a-bellwether-for-the-autumn/ https://energytransition.org/2021/04/a-green-spring-in-germany-a-bellwether-for-the-autumn/#respond Tue, 06 Apr 2021 10:30:12 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=24127 In March’s two state elections, no party lost more ground than Angela Merkel’s ruling CDU. Tarred by deepening scandal, a slow vaccination rollout and lockdown fatigue, its popularity is plummeting. Conversely, big gains in these early contests in the nation’s super-cycle election year — culminating with September’s federal parliament and chancellery vote — show that public opinion is turning...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/04/a-green-spring-in-germany-a-bellwether-for-the-autumn/feed/ 0 Getting Greener: Renewables overtake fossil-fueled electricity throughout Europe https://energytransition.org/2021/03/getting-greener-renewables-overtake-fossil-fueled-electricity-throughout-europe/ https://energytransition.org/2021/03/getting-greener-renewables-overtake-fossil-fueled-electricity-throughout-europe/#respond Wed, 10 Mar 2021 14:00:06 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23959 Few folks are going to look back fondly on 2020, but renewable energy campaigners will mark it as the year when clean electricity finally overtook coal and gas in Europe. New reporting by think tanks Ember and Agora Energiewende detail the progress to reduce fossil generation’s share. Despite this, now that the EU has upped its net emissions reduction goals to at least 55% by 2030...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/03/getting-greener-renewables-overtake-fossil-fueled-electricity-throughout-europe/feed/ 0 A great start for EU-US climate cooperation, but obstacles lie ahead https://energytransition.org/2021/03/a-great-start-for-eu-us-climate-cooperation-but-obstacles-lie-ahead/ https://energytransition.org/2021/03/a-great-start-for-eu-us-climate-cooperation-but-obstacles-lie-ahead/#respond Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:00:49 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23911 Joe Biden’s electoral victory has renewed European hopes of putting the brakes on global climate change. But before he becomes a global climate leader the new president faces a string of obstacles not only from Republicans and the US courts but also from within his own party. Sarah Jackson and Noah J. Gordon have the story. A lot of hopes for transatlantic climate cooperation have been placed on...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/03/a-great-start-for-eu-us-climate-cooperation-but-obstacles-lie-ahead/feed/ 0 Time for a rethink: unveiling the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s European Mobility Atlas https://energytransition.org/2021/02/23885/ https://energytransition.org/2021/02/23885/#respond Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:00:25 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23885 Achieving the goals of the European Green Deal and striking climate neutrality by 2050 means transforming the entire mobility sector, which currently makes up nearly 30 percent of the bloc’s CO2 emissions. To help steer readers in the right direction, the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung’s (hbs) new 2021 European Mobility Atlas provides a host of fact-based recommendations from sector experts.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/02/23885/feed/ 0 EU Climate Law: business as usual or blueprint for climate action? https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23613/ https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23613/#respond Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:00:58 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23613 In what may seem a last ditch effort, the European Union has turned to the slow churning wheels of the law to stimulate climate action in 27 Member States (MS) towards a single goal: a carbon neutral Europe by 2050. European Commission (EC) president Ursula von der Leyen puts on a warm smile to say the text of the proposed European Union Climate Law is “actually rather short and it is rather...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23613/feed/ 0 Ukraine: The European Green Deal and the drive against corruption https://energytransition.org/2020/10/ukraine-the-european-green-deal-and-the-drive-against-corruption/ https://energytransition.org/2020/10/ukraine-the-european-green-deal-and-the-drive-against-corruption/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2020 12:00:16 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23305 Municipalities and civil society have to be involved in the process of defining NECP targets These days, the cancellation of ceremonies and handshakes between high-level officials is usually explained with the COVID-19 pandemic. However, what does it tell us when Vice President of the European Commission Josep Borrell, in his recent visit to Ukraine, meets with anti-corruption activists before...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/10/ukraine-the-european-green-deal-and-the-drive-against-corruption/feed/ 1 A Transatlantic Green Deal Can Revive the US-EU Partnership https://energytransition.org/2020/09/a-transatlantic-green-deal-could-revive-the-us-europe-partnership-and-help-hit-global-climate-targets/ https://energytransition.org/2020/09/a-transatlantic-green-deal-could-revive-the-us-europe-partnership-and-help-hit-global-climate-targets/#respond Thu, 10 Sep 2020 11:15:33 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23109 The so-called Green Deals on the table in Europe and the US present an enticing prospect to rejuvenate the greatly diminished transatlantic relationship — and help hit crucial climate targets before it is too late. The European Green Deal, proposed last year with much fanfare by EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen, overlaps significantly with the Green New Deal...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/09/a-transatlantic-green-deal-could-revive-the-us-europe-partnership-and-help-hit-global-climate-targets/feed/ 0 EU recovery plan goes green and excludes nuclear https://energytransition.org/2020/06/eu-recovery-plan-goes-green-and-excludes-nuclear/ https://energytransition.org/2020/06/eu-recovery-plan-goes-green-and-excludes-nuclear/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2020 13:00:21 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22551 On 27 May the European Commission (EC) put forward its proposal for a major post-Covid-19 recovery plan. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the European Parliament that what underpinned the programme was a determination “to hold governments more accountable for fighting climate change and saving our nature.” David Lowry explores what this means for the continent’s climate policy and...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/06/eu-recovery-plan-goes-green-and-excludes-nuclear/feed/ 4 Spain to push for net zero by 2050 as government unveils sweeping new climate law https://energytransition.org/2020/05/spain-to-push-for-net-zero-by-2050-as-government-unveils-sweeping-new-climate-law/ https://energytransition.org/2020/05/spain-to-push-for-net-zero-by-2050-as-government-unveils-sweeping-new-climate-law/#respond Thu, 28 May 2020 13:00:47 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22329 Ambitious draft climate law would immediately ban new oil, gas and coal projects and end subsidies for fossil fuels. Michael Holder reports for BusinessGreen.com ( Public Domain) Spain’s cabinet has today approved an ambitious draft climate law targeting net zero emissions “no later than” 2050, which it estimates will generate over €200bn investment, create up to 350,000 new jobs...

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