Shortly before the decisive trilogue in Brussels, the German government is attempting to further weaken the climate ambitions in the Buildings Directive. One day before the decisive negotiations, many permanent representatives also spoke out in favor of weaker energy-saving targets.
By Manuel Berkel
According to the Danish Climate and Energy Minister Lars Aagard at COP28 in Dubai, Denmark is the first EU country to call for a 90 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2040.
By Lukas Knigge
The second draft text for the Global Stocktake is here. Much remains unclear, but in some places, it is already clear where things might be heading.
By Lukas Knigge
Chancellor Olaf Scholz, along with 34 other countries and the EU, has officially founded the Climate Club. Originally planned as an exclusive group for particularly ambitious decarbonizers, it has now become a discussion forum without much impact.
By Lukas Knigge
COP28 has begun and the EU will be strongly represented. Fortunately, because if there's one thing Europeans are good at, it's negotiating. That is a valuable trump card in Dubai.
By Claire Stam
The energy think tank Ember has analyzed the EU member states' national energy and climate plans (NECPs). Overall, they fail to fulfill one of the EU's key plans to move away from Russian gas.
By Lukas Knigge
An agreement has been reached in the trilogue negotiations on the regulation on industrial emissions and the establishment of an Industrial Emissions Portal (IEP). The Council and Parliament must now confirm the result.
By Kira Huth
Purchase incentives, tax benefits, and above all fewer new regulations from the EU. This is what the car manufacturers' association ACEA is calling for.
By Alina Leimbach
This week marks the start of the 28th UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai. EU Climate Commissioner Hoekstra has been traveling the world for weeks to prepare a negotiation result in Europe's interests at COP28. There are groundbreaking issues on the agenda.
By Lukas Knigge
Every legislative committee in the European Parliament has a central task: it must develop compromises that are also capable of gaining a majority in plenary. However, the Environment Committee fails to meet this requirement remarkably often. The EPP now wants to curtail its powers.
By Markus Grabitz
