Robert Habeck wollte 2021 Kanzlerkandidat werden und musste Annalena Baerbock den Vortritt lassen. Jetzt bekommt er seine Chance โ doch die Stimmung hat sich lรคngst gegen die Grรผnen gedreht.
Q&A with Greg Rossi, Senior VP, Head of Oncology Europe and Canada at AstraZeneca.
A conservation biologist by training, Kadis has held several ministerial posts over the past 25 years.
La prรฉsidente de la Commission promet de procรฉder rapidement ร des rรฉformes profondes. Quelle est la crรฉdibilitรฉ de son projet ?
The Commission president is promising to move quickly with far-reaching reforms. How credible is her plan?
Spainโs climate expert is poised to become the EUโs competition chief, net-zero architect and economic transformer โ all in one.
Rising temperatures causing largest glacier in Dolomites to lose 7-10cm of depth a day, according to scientistsThe Marmolada glacier, the largest and most symbolic of the Dolomites, could melt completely by 2040 owing to rising average temperatures, ex…
โMy vision is that we must have the smallest and most sustainable Olympics ever,โ a Copenhagen city official said.
The new European Commission must set a bold EU emissions reduction target for 2040 to ensure climate neutrality by 2050, a 90% reduction target is essential to keep the EU on track for a fossil-free future, write researchers at the Stockholm Environmen…
The rise of the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz ticket filled an already chaotic campaign year with โbratโ and โweirdโ and flipped the Democratic Partyโs misery into a cautious euphoria.ย Now, the pair has 11 weeks to sell voters on what a Harris-Walz administration might actually mean.ย There are areas where the duo are effectively in lockstep [โฆ]
Paris inspires Polish government.
The Minnesota governor may bring rural appeal but his policies reflect a progressive agenda.
Germanyโs bid to host the Olympics in the near future received a major boost last month when the government threw its support behind hosting the 2040 games, but concerns and controversy continue to dog the proposal.
Both Trump and Biden are pushing lucrative U.S. fossil fuel deals โย a risky bet given the EU’s plans to wean itself off the energy source.
It was a love fest today. The green fights begin tomorrow
Ursula von der Leyen presents herself as a beacon of stability to secure another five years at the head of the EU’s executive.
The former prime ministerโs suggestion is already causing a headache for the new Labour government.
European environment ministers will gather in Luxembourg this morning (17 June) for the final Environment Council meeting of Belgium’s EU Council Presidency, aiming to progress several outstanding Green Deal files.
Has the European Commission president given up on her green agenda going into a possible second term โ or is she just biding her time?
The Confรฉdรฉration des buralistes, which represents the interests of tobacco retailers in France, has come out against a Senate report that recommends raising the price of a pack of cigarettes to โฌ25 by 2040.
Peter Liese, the EPP’s top green policy MEP, told POLITICO he was “not enthusiastic” about Spanish socialist Teresa Ribera’s campaign to run the EU’s Green Deal.
The mandate of the next European Commission is a make-or-break period for the large-scale deployment of carbon capture projects in Europe. Without these technologies, the EU can forget about achieving its climate targets for 2040 and 2050.ย Joop Hazenb…
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Top political scientist John Curtice “wouldnโt be surprised if it happens before 2040.”
La source dโinformations quotidiennes sur lโรฉnergie et le climat en France. Par ARTHUR NAZARET Avec AUDE LE GENTIL et NICOLAS CAMUT Infos et tuyaux ร partager ? Ecrivez ร Nicolas Camut, Aude Le Gentil et Arthur Nazaret | Voir dans le navigateur AU MENU โ Sale temps pour la proposition de loi sur lโรฉlectrification des [โฆ]
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A new report by Guidehouse reveals that Europe (EU-27 + UK, Norway and Switzerland) could produce 111 bcm of biomethane by 2040. This amount represents over 30% of the EU gas consumption in 2022. As a renewable and domestically-produced source…
Carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) technologies are crucial for Europe to achieve its climate targets for 2040 and 2050. CCUS solutions can also enhance industrial competitiveness and bolster energy resilience.
The EUโs debate on a 90% climate target for 2040 made some progress on Monday (25 March), with 10 countries in favour, three against, and 13 asking for additional concessions at a meeting of environment ministers in Brussels.
7000 annual air pollution deaths, 10,000 km2 of acidified water and 150,000 km2 of algae blooms. These are just some of the extra impacts by 2040, if the Commission does not manage to curb agricultureโs environmental impact.
Governments and policymakers must act now to elevate chronic kidney disease (CKD) as an urgent health policy priority, to bring the best possible outcomes for patients, caregivers, health systems, the economy and our planet.
LONDON โ Claire Coutinho has promised to cut your energy bills. But she could end up hiking your neighborโs in the process. The U.K. energy secretary is mulling sweeping reforms to the electricity market which, advocates say, could reduce bills by billions of pounds over the next 15 years. But critics warn the proposals could [โฆ]
In the past five years, we’ve witnessed the Green Deal’s (r)evolution. Landmark legislation has been passed, priorities have been established, commitments agreed and ambitious emissions targets set. This month’s 2040 CO2 emission reduction goal was the…
French president says national authorities will reinforce controls and transparency on fair bargaining on food prices between farmers and retailers.
An EU Industrial Carbon Management Strategy published alongside the 2040 EU emissions target recommendation holds great promise for CCUS. Not everyone is happy about that.
Belgium aims to double cancer survival rates by 2040, relying on its current cancer plan despite pharmaceutical firms calling for a new strategy. Belgian Health Minister Vandenbroucke said he prefers implementing the existing strategy to drafting a new…
To reach the EU’s climate targets, increase industrial competitiveness, and improve its energy resilience, carbon capture and storage technologies play an important role.
As part of its decarbonisation efforts, in 2023 the European Commission releas…
The EUโs Carbon management strategy and the path to 2040
There’s a growing backlash rooted in overall desperation, compounded by many votersโ perception that their grievances are being shrugged off.
Countries’ insistence on more flexibility sparks row with Parliament.
The EU got a foretaste of climate policy debates to come last week when lawmakers in the European Parliament debated the EUโs climate target for 2040.
Vienna’s latest proposal to remedy 98 percent reliance on Russian gas faces a steep uphill battle.
Political groups in the European Parliament have offered radically opposing views on the EUโs recommended climate objective for 2040 this week, in a foretaste of debates to come after the June EU election.
In this edition, we look at the EU plan to cut carbon emissions by 2040 and a deal to protect women across Europe.
Poland is unlikely to back the European Unionโs new climate target of cutting CO2 emissions by 90% by 2040, citing the economic and social risks that come with speeding up the green transitions, Polish media reported.
Small modular reactors (SMRs) will be partly relied upon to meet the EU’s 2040 climate objectives, with an industrial alliance to be launched shortly and the first reactors deployed “by 2030”, the European Commission announced on Tuesday (6 February).
Renewablesโ advocates call for the diversification of heating technologies.
In its 2040 climate roadmap, the EU executive dropped a reference to the possibility for agriculture to reduce non-CO2 emissions by at least 30% in 25 years, amid farmersโ protests over the blocโs green policies.ย
To speed things up, the EU Commission aims to create an EU-wide “investment atlas of potential CO2 storage sites” to help investors find “bankable CO2 storage capacities”
The EU is already struggling to meet its 2030 climate and energy targets, so it needs to put farmers as well as the social and environmental benefits first in order to project itself forward to 2040, write Zsolt Lengyel and Erica Johnson.
Proposal is part of European Commissionโs aim to become worldโs first climate-neutral continentThe EU aims to slash its net greenhouse gas pollution by 90% by 2040 as part of its push to become the worldโs first climate-neutral continent, the European …
The EU executive’s recommendation comes as the bloc’s green policies are facing a growing backlash.
The European Union must slash greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040, Brussels said on Tuesday in a recommendation aimed at ensuring climate neutrality becomes a reality by mid-century.
The European Commission presented its recommendations for the EUโs 2040 climate target on Tuesday (6 February), arguing for a 90% cut in emissions compared to 1990, and paving the way for carbon capture technology to abate remaining emissions from indu…
The European Parliament already rejected the contentious text, which the Commission President described as a “worthy aim.”
The EU executive dropped specific references to agriculture emissions cuts as farmers protest across Europe.
This week, the EU commission will present a proposal to cut net emissions by 90 percent by 2040, while MEPs discuss the demands of farmers’ protests across Europe. Romanian president Klaus Iohannis will also address the EU parliament in Strasbourg.
The European Commission is expected to back a 90 percent net cut to emissions by 2040, but it likely to include what some have called an “implausibly large amounts of carbon capture” as a solution.
Despite growing discontent at the EU’s climate agenda, the Greens double down on their demand for ambitious sustainability measures.
Respiratory scientists say inaction will โwiden the inequality gapโ between eastern and western EuropeProposed delays to EU air pollution limits will mean hundreds of thousands more people die early and will โwiden the inequality gapโ between eastern a…
As EU policymakers prepare to announce the specifics of the 2040 target, there is a clear risk the EUโs climate ambition could be undermined through a poor design, write Eadbhard Pernot, Mark Preston Aragones and Fabiola De Simone.
Farmers’ ire and a right-wing surge is testing the EUโs climate goals. And the Greens that backed them are teetering.
Germanyโs upcoming carbon management strategy is being delayed by government divisions on carbon capture and storage (CCS), further exacerbated by a leaked EU climate policy draft for 2040 promoting the controversial technology.
The European Commission is due to table a 90% climate target for 2040, according to a leaked draft, while a coalition of 11 EU countries including France and Germany have issued a letter calling for ambitious targets.
The appeal comes despite a rising climate policy backlash and has backing from countries like Germany, France and the Netherlands.
Spending plans and target of 90% emissions reduction by 2040 appear in draft document
Health agency abandons target to cut obesity rates in a country where half of adults are overweight.
The new Polish government says it is ‘stepping up’ its fight against climate change โ a vow that will ripple through Brussels.
The new Polish government has announced its ambition to become a green player in Europe, backing a 90% greenhouse gas reduction target for 2040 and looking to pull forward the countryโs coal exit.
A senior official vowed Poland’s new government would no longer block EU climate action.
The European Commission is expected to table its proposed climate target for 2040 on 6 February, in what many see as the current administration’s legacy for the new team that will be appointed to lead the Brussels-based executive after the June EU elec…
The UK has grand plans for Cambridge. But the city has other ideas.
The green transition and economic security are complimentary phenomena that can create a positive feedback loop.
Innovation only matters if it reaches patients.
A wave of concerning policies around the globe that are currently being implemented or are under discussion will, if the trend continues, have a profoundly negative impact on patients.
Fossil fuel boilers will need to be completely phased out by 2040 and subsidies cut from 2025 as part of a political agreement reached by EU legislators on Thursday evening (7 December) to revamp the blocโs Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EP…
Time is running out to make progress on files before the 2024 European election.
Describing HPV (Human papillomavirus) vaccination for girls and boys as a โgame-changerโ, Irelandโs Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has revealed that Dublin is on target to eliminate cervical cancer by 2040 and is now in โa strong position to exceed t…
EU capitals are struggling to respect Europe’s air quality standards and are pushing back against setting stricter rules.
Crucial EU vote on Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation could result in a rule intended to prevent waste including a loophole that causes a mountain of it.
Legislation will set targets to restore 20% of EU land and seas by 2030, and 90% of degraded habitats by 2050EU lawmakers and member states have struck a deal on a landmark law to protect nature after watering down rules that critics argued would troub…
The European Parliamentโs Environment Committee voted Tuesday (24 October) to support Commission targets to reduce the carbon footprint of heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs), making it a near certainty that clean trucks will make up the majority of new HDVs po…
SNEAK PEEK โ Ukraine and Germany will today announce a new joint-venture defense project between Rheinmetall and Ukroboronprom. โ The U.S. plans to sell over $1.5 billion worth of missiles to European countries. โ Inside the Tonnerre: Life aboard a French amphibious helicopter carrier. Good morning, and welcomeย to Morning Defense. Tips toย jposaner@politico.eu,ย lkayali@politico.euย andย clarson@politico.euย or follow us atย @joshposaner,ย @LauKayaย andย @calebmlarson. [โฆ]
SNEAK PEEK โ The former chief of Estoniaโs defense forces, now an MEP, is working on how to help Europeโs defense industry. โ France wants its security and defense think tanks to become more influential. โ Germany wants to make its armed forces more attractive for women amid recruitment challenges. Good morning, and welcomeย to Morning [โฆ]
Without a packaging legislation that is supportive of reuse, refill and recycling as complementary solutions, industry faces major difficulties in meeting its circularity obligations, and the future of currently-effective recycling systems could be seriously compromised.
Parties are resorting to handouts, U-turns and hiding the truth in a bid to win miners’ backing.
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Two new climate commissioners pledged to ‘defend’ the goal of 90 percent emission cuts by 2040 this week.
The European Unionโs new climate commissioner, Wopke Hoekstra, made written commitments on Wednesday (4 October) to defend a 90% cut in net greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, a move that financial analysts say will send EU carbon prices above the โฌ400 m…
With the Green Deal on the line, lawmakers from all sides focused on signaling over substance.
Wopke Hoekstra and Maroลก ล efฤoviฤ will have to answer more questions to win the Parliamentโs approval.
The planned EU rules on packaging have the right aims but the wrong solution. If unchanged, they could lead to more waste, not less.
Making a difference in more than 200 markets, with 30-plus crops sourced from over 2.8 million hectares in 60 countries, and more than 1 billion interactions with consumers every day.
Defense ministers pledge to divide labor by year’s end but stay mum on technical details of the new main battle tank.
Offshore wind energy will become one of the main pillars of Polandโs energy transition and a new sector for its economy, with PGE Group leading the way.
The EU says it’s doing its bit in tackling climate change.
Berlin’s defense minister wants US air defense systems because it’s faster, Paris wants to build in Europe.
