May 9, 2019 Air Pollution, European Union, Transport Bellona at the first “États Généraux de l’Air” of Brussels On Saturday 27th of April, Bellona Europa director Jonas Helseth contributed to a roundtable discussion on the air quality of the city of […]
May 8, 2019 Electric mobility, Fossil fuels, Transport 4 Easy Steps to Spot Greenwashing Reality Check – “Electric Vehicles emit more CO2 than diesel cars” – Part I Over the past years, we have witnessed a lot of […]
April 25, 2019 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, European Union Europe Launches CCUS Knowledge Exchange Network to Support Industry´s Climate Action A Europe-wide knowledge sharing network has received fresh funding from the European Commission to support and inspire major carbon capture, […]
April 9, 2019 Climate change, European Union Too important to ignore: 5 reasons to speak up and act on industrial emissions As the notion of ‘pre-industrial’ temperature levels already suggests, the industry plays a central role in rising emissions and […]
April 5, 2019 Electric mobility, Energy storage, European Union Market will be there for batteries, Europe can still catch up, says Frederic Hauge On Tuesday 2nd of April, Bellona co-organised an event on ‘Sustainable Battery production in Europe’, with the European Policy […]
April 4, 2019 Climate change, European Union, Plastic Pollution The Chemical Industry’s Contributions to Climate Change The chemical sector is one of the biggest industries in the world and is by far the largest industrial user of energy. Globally, it accounts […]
March 28, 2019 European Union, Plastic Pollution, Transport Tyred of microplastics On a global level 28% of primary microplastic releases to our oceans come from tyres. How are the EU and the tyre industry addressing the […]
March 25, 2019 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, European Union, Fossil fuels, Future energy system, Industrial Pollution Steel and emissions: How can we break the link? The global iron and steel industry accounts for approximately 5% of total global CO2 emissions. On average, 1.9 tonnes of CO2 are emitted […]
March 22, 2019 Climate change To the youth: Apologies from a middle-aged white man I want to apologize to the many young people for the fact that we have not fixed the climate problem. Children and youth have every right to […]
March 20, 2019 Transport A modal shift: The potential of Inland Waterways When discussing ways to make the mobility sector more clean and carbon-neutral, land transport is always the main focus. However, inland […]
March 18, 2019 Climate change, European Union, Industrial Pollution Laying the concrete foundations for Cement The production and use of cement are responsible for approximately 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with some estimations setting the […]
March 12, 2019 Climate change, Future energy system, Industrial Pollution, Renewable energy The future of electricity and its limitations Industry, agriculture and aviation are the climate outliers still lacking tangible decarbonisation technologies. Industries will become […]
March 8, 2019 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, European Union, Fossil fuels, Renewable energy Sector specific emissions and Industry’s increasing share in CO2 emissions by 2050 CO2 emissions come from many different sources. From the food we eat to the homes we live in, almost every aspect of our lives includes […]
March 4, 2019 Climate change, European Union A Reality Check VS. The Paris Agreement After several failed attempts at achieving agreement on collective global action to tackle the growing threat of climate change, the 2015 […]
February 28, 2019 Climate change, European Union, Future energy system, Renewable energy Building Smart, Green and High: What the EU can learn from Singapore As a kid everyone dreamed at some point about living in a tree house. What if this dream becomes the reality of today? Walking to the room […]
February 27, 2019 Electric mobility, European Union, Transport Clean Vehicles Directive: a welcome push for cleaner transport, held back by the Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Directive Bellona welcomes the provisional agreement on the revision of the Clean Vehicles Directive which will send a positive signal to the market […]
February 22, 2019 Climate change, European Union Children saving the Planet from Adults? 16-year-old Greta Thunberg from Sweden was once, in her own words, “invisible”, but is now the leading figure of a new climate movement […]
January 17, 2019 Climate change, Industrial Pollution Feeding the Plastic planet minute by minute: Anthropocene the plasticscene One simple question: “When you go grocery shopping why can we buy gluten-free, fat-free, dairy-free; but not plastic-free?”
January 9, 2019 European Union, Future energy system, Industrial Pollution, Organization, Transport Romania’s 1st EU Council Presidency: what are the implications for mobility and climate change? After Bulgaria and Austria in 2018, it is now the turn of Romania to take the European Council Presidency, starting 1st January till the […]
December 13, 2018 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, International climate conferences COP24 Official Side Event: CCS as an Enabler for effective Climate Action Globally Bellona, together with CCSA, the IEAGHG, the International CCS Knowledge Centre, and the University of Texas hosted the official side event […]
