January 6, 2023 Carbon Accounting, Carbon Dioxide Removal, Cities, Embodied Carbon, Energy Systems, European Union, Hydrogen Use, Local Impact, TEN-E, TEN-T Swedish Presidency of the EU Council: What this means for climate action With European economies severely affected by the war, the green and energy transitions take centre stage, with the ‘Fit for…
December 22, 2022 Carbon Accounting, Carbon Dioxide Removal Carbon Dioxide Removal and Certification – What is it and why is it needed? Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is the primary goal in fighting global warming. However, to achieve net zero carbon dioxide…
December 20, 2022 Carbon Capture and Storage, European Union, Industry Call for European Commission Communication to recognise the need for a carbon capture and storage strategy to reach climate neutrality in Europe We welcome the European Commission’s announcement to publish its Communication on the Strategic Vision on CCUS in early 2023. However,…
December 15, 2022 Climate change, Electrification, Energy Systems, Hydrogen Production Hydrogen’s place in an energy-efficient EU The scale of Hydrogen production proposed, a massive 10 million tons per year by 2030, poses significant problems to the…
December 15, 2022 Energy Efficiency, European Union, Future energy system Bellona signs open letter protecting the Innovation Fund to ensure real climate action and support industrial transformation A strong reform of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) is needed in order to rapidly reduce emissions from the…
December 5, 2022 Arctic, European Union, Fossil fuels Norway must accept an oil & gas-free Arctic Last week, Norwegian daily Dagens Næringsliv wrote about the looming failure of Norway and the EU to conclude a “Green…
November 30, 2022 Carbon Accounting, Carbon Dioxide Removal, European Union Certifying removals, an essential step for net-zero Bellona welcomes the EU carbon removal certification framework proposal, which could become a crucial tool for the coherent deployment of…
November 24, 2022 European Union, Local Impact NGOs urge EU Commission to set target for zero emission trucks for 2035 Open letter of environmental, health and consumer organisations to the Commission urging to put all new trucks on a path…
November 20, 2022 COP27 COP27: a historic win for vulnerable nations, a lost opportunity for the planet With hopes relatively low to start with, COP27 came to a close with an underwhelming overall result, but at least…
November 10, 2022 COP27 What’s COP got to do with it? Podcast Check out our new podcast, What's COP got to do with it? where we will be discussing all things COP!
November 9, 2022 Local Impact Joint open letter to Commissioner Breton following his comments on e-mobility The phase-out of the internal combustion engine (ICE) cars and vans in 2035 is crucial to provide certainty to investors,…
November 9, 2022 COP27 What climate action should look like Time has run out for solving problems in isolation. At the global level, leaders need to move beyond sectoral approaches,…
November 8, 2022 COP27 “The global community needs both grit and optimism” The main focus of the UN climate summit is how world leaders will meet the existential threat of the climate…
November 8, 2022 European Union Letter asking for ETS & CBAM to work for the climate and support industrial transformation Bellona co-signed an open letter by NGOs and industry asking for the Emissions Trading System (ETS) and the Carbon Border…
November 4, 2022 Carbon Accounting, Carbon Dioxide Removal, European Union NGO letter to the European Commission on the CRCF Bellona co-signed an NGO letter to the European Commission on the Carbon Removals Certification Framework, together with Carbon Market Watch,…
November 1, 2022 Carbon Capture and Storage, European Union, Industry, TEN-T Interview with Maciej Malicki from Air Liquide Group On #TenTTuesday, we talked to Maciej Malicki from Air Liquide Group about the recently recognised Poland-EU CCS Interconnector Project by…
October 14, 2022 COP27, International climate conferences Enabling solutions for the climate emergency: Bellona’s presence at COP27 Uniting colleagues from the Oslo, Berlin and Brussels Bellona offices, our presence at COP27 will be an opportunity to bring…
October 5, 2022 Energy Systems, European Union Bellona signs letter for the European Commission to decide on RFNBO delegated act to enable informed debate and vote in the European Parliament and Council On 14 September, the European Parliament voted very narrowly in favour of an amendment that takes the drastic step of…
October 1, 2022 European Union, TEN-T Just Transition Platform Conference – The implementation of a comprehensive CO2 infrastructure is a crucial component of the transition Bellona Europa Director Jonas Helseth was a speaker at the Just Transition Platform Conference, where he addressed the pressing need…
September 27, 2022 European Union, TEN-T Blog post: multiple modalities transporting CO2 to storage essential to kickstart CCS deployment in the CEE region This blogpost is written by Bellona Europa’s Policy Analyst, Hanna Biro. Hanna follows Bellona’s work on Sustainable Finance and CCS,…
