December 15, 2020 Climate change, European Union, Fossil fuels, Gas, TEN-E TEN-E Draft Regulation misses the ‘smart’ mark on climate and is not ‘EU Green Deal’ ready The much-anticipated draft TEN-E Regulation was released this afternoon. While important steps have been taken to align the TEN-E […]
December 15, 2020 Fossil fuels Fossil loopholes go dangerously unnoticed in EU Sustainable Finance Rules The EU’s new rules on sustainable finance has been a hotly debated topic throughout 2020. Changes to the criteria for climate mitigation […]
December 14, 2020 Carbon Dioxide Removal, Climate change, European Union European Council is misleading its citizens with a ‘net’ 2030 target The European Council has agreed to reduce the EU’s contribution to climate change by ‘at least 55%’ by 2030, by including carbon […]
December 11, 2020 Fisheries Novel feed sources to reduce climate emissions of Norwegian salmon farming The Bellona Foundation, the Norwegian Seafood Federation and seven major players in the fish feed industry have joined forces to improve the […]
November 25, 2020 Carbon Dioxide Removal, European Union Takeaways on defining Real and Credible Carbon Dioxide Removal Without setting basic principles, there is a risk that projects which claim to be carbon dioxide removal, will actually […]
October 28, 2020 Climate change, Industrial Pollution Here’s how to navigate your way through industrial decarbonisation Can we bring industrial greenhouse gas emissions to zero and if so, how? With the “Climate Solutions for Industry” project, we aim to […]
October 23, 2020 Gas, TEN-E There’s something rotten in Brussels, and it bears the distinct smell of old eggs. In a letter dated 19th of October, 57 gas companies and associations signed a letter addressed to European Union leaders in one of the […]
October 14, 2020 Carbon Capture and Storage Microsoft and Norway join forces to pave the way for CO2 storage Microsoft has said it wants to remove all of its historical CO2 emissions. One of the few reliable methods that can be used already […]
October 7, 2020 European Union European Parliament votes to defend honest accounting within the EU Climate Law The European Parliament brings back clear emissions reduction obligations to the table and upholds the environmental integrity of the EU […]
October 6, 2020 Carbon Dioxide Removal Now is the time for an honest conversation about carbon dioxide removal The European Commission’s new climate plan for 2030 increases uncertainties and gives us a rude awakening on carbon removal.
September 22, 2020 Carbon Capture and Storage As Norway takes first step towards European CO2 transport and storage network, EU should match ambition The Norwegian government will be providing funding for full-scale low-carbon cement production with Carbon Capture and […]
September 16, 2020 European Union, Gas As Von der Leyen Boasts Climate Action, EP publishes vote to make gas eligible for funding through Just Transition Fund As Von der Leyen took the stage to hold the much anticipated State Of The European Union (SOTEU) address for 2020, the EP made public the […]
September 16, 2020 European Union SOTEU : EU Commission must pursue the sustainability of the economic recovery. Aligning the COVID-19 recovery and other EU public funding with its own Sustainable Finance Taxonomy is key. Anything else would, by its own […]
September 10, 2020 European Union The new EU Climate Law proposal gets more ambitious New climate targets: a majority of the European Parliament Environmental committee voted to cut our GHG emission by 60% in 2030. The ball is […]
September 2, 2020 European Union What’s in a target? Our savings for the future and the credibility of the EU’s net-zero by 2050 goal As we are now approaching the much-awaited moment of a decision on a EU 2050 target, a question need to be answered: What’s in this […]
August 26, 2020 European Union, Future energy system Zero Emissions Construction Sites Land in Denmark So far, only Nordic cities have made efforts to lower CO2 emissions in the construction sector by changing public procurement and standards. […]
July 14, 2020 Carbon Dioxide Removal, European Union Why we need transparency on Carbon Dioxide Removal Defining Carbon Dioxide Removal will be the watershed between climate action and greenwashing in the EU.
July 9, 2020 European Union EU Green Energy Transition should keep emission reductions at its core The development of a comprehensive terminology and sustainable standards are key elements to ensure that the two new strategies launched by […]
June 24, 2020 Carbon Dioxide Removal, European Union How much Carbon Dioxide can we actually remove from the atmosphere? The lack of knowledge around what negative emissions are and are not and how much we can actually deploy, is spurring a wave of confusion […]
June 10, 2020 European Union, TEN-E Round-up on consultations: EU Smart Sector Integration, Hydrogen Strategy and TEN-E As outlined by the European Green Deal published in December 2019, the transition towards climate neutrality requires smart infrastructure […]
