Decarbonization
Energy security or green revolution: Can the EU have both?
A look at the key challenges ahead for Europe.
How Europe can modernize to meet an energy-intensive future
Move over Starmer: It’s the King Charles and Macron show
The AI energy crunch: Meeting the data center surge
‘She’s pretty much alone’: The EU’s greenest leader fights the tide
Von der Leyen lends an ear to German industry (again) as climate and trade crunches loom
Brussels proposes softened 90 percent 2040 climate target
Explaining the controversy behind the EU’s 2040 climate milestone
The EU wants to start outsourcing part of its climate efforts to foreign countries, dampening its own goals — and potentially its reputation.
Q&A: Europe’s chance to shape the future of global trade
The question isn’t whether globalization will continue, but who will lead it and on what terms, says BMW’s Frank Niederländer. With geopolitical tensions and uncertainty in the world …
How the Omnibus proposal misses the mark for investors
Sustainability isn’t just about values — it’s about long-term value creation and competitiveness.
France pushes climate delay, imperiling EU Paris accord ambitions
Publicly Paris denies the allegation, but several other countries say it has raised that position in private meetings.
ORLEN strengthens CEE’s energy independence
Energy security, strategic investment and environmental responsibility are the three pillars of ORLEN Group’s 2035 strategy. To realize this ambitious plan, the group is allocating up to €90 billion.
EU frees up billions in Covid cash for defense spending
Defense projects can now apply for a chunk of the remaining €335 billion — initially earmarked for climate and digital investment.
Europe needs to go much further in slashing red tape, French minister urges
Benjamin Haddad says the EU has a window to act right now.
Q&A: Preventing biofuels sustainability fraud and unfair competition
Amid concerns over sustainability fraud, the European biodiesel industry is pushing for regulatory reform. As Europe accelerates efforts to decarbonize transportation, biofuels have emerged as an important …
How the Fuels Sector Supports Aviation’s Green Goals
Europe’s refiners are already delivering the sustainable aviation fuels needed to meet EU climate goals, and we are ready to do more. What we need now is collaboration over confrontation.
Trump officials pressure world’s top energy agency to drop climate mission
U.S. and European officials are sparring in meetings of the International Energy Agency, which helps guide global investments and policies.
Trump official rips climate policy at London energy summit
Acting Assistant Secretary Tommy Joyce also took aim at Joe Biden’s climate legacy.
City climate action is a path to economic transformation
Europe’s climate and industrial policies are inextricably linked — cities are at the heart of both
Friedrich Merz’s cabinet: Who will lead Germany’s key ministries?
Here are the politicians most likely to occupy top posts in the next government.
Innovation can help unlock the future of European agriculture
An interview with Igor Teslenko, president, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Corteva Agriscience
No industry, no tanks: EU bets on more clean steel to secure its future
Saving and greening European steel mills is now a key part of the EU’s defence strategy.
EU lays out state aid push to stoke green investments
State aid rules underpinning the Clean Industrial Deal aim to boost renewable power, decarbonization and clean tech.
Europe’s impossible choice: Which industries should survive the green transition?
One German aluminum factory decided to go green and close its smelter. The EU faces a similar choice, with Europe’s future at stake.
Looser state aid rules aim to stoke clean tech demand
A European Commission draft sets out ways for governments to subsidize and boost clean-tech investments.
Stéphane Séjourné is on a nuclear mission as EU industry chief
With Germany embroiled in political and economic difficulties, nuclear advocates see an opportunity to score points in Brussels.
New ecodesign rules freeze out Europe’s local space heaters
Proposed EU rules could see almost 100% of solid fuel local space heaters disappear from the European market, destroying European jobs, growth and competitiveness, warns CEFACD
How Vladimir Putin killed the EU’s frugal coalition
The need to counter Russia is shifting the attitudes of rich northern countries on budget discipline.
Commission’s competitiveness proposal gets bumped to Jan. 29
The EU’s Competitiveness Compass, aiming to set out the bloc’s economic strategy, has now been delayed by another week, according to a fresh agenda.
India could help save an aging Europe
As the continent tilts to the right and its politicians find it hard to explain an influx of refugees from war-torn countries, India is actively trying to present itself as a reasonable partner.