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 […]
December 5, 2018 Carbon Capture and Storage, European Union EU funding opportunities for full-scale CCS in the Nordics (Event) On the 22nd of November, Bellona organised a Breakfast Seminar, in Oslo (Norway), where representatives from the Norwegian government, the […]
November 28, 2018 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, European Union First impressions of the Long-Term Strategy: A Clean Plan(et) For All Today, the European Commission published their Long-Term Strategy for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy. In […]
November 23, 2018 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, Fossil fuels Report Launch: Industry in a Changing Climate Today, climate damaging emissions from heavy industry, such as steel, cement and chemicals, are responsible for a fifth of the EU’s total […]
November 5, 2018 Electric mobility, Transport Formula-E: Accelerating the race towards electrification Since the first days of Formula One, which dates back to 1950, there have been revolutionary changes to today’s modern passenger car. […]
October 26, 2018 Climate change, Electric mobility, European Union European Parliament promotes clean mobility, but misses opportunity to clean up construction sites The European Parliament’s plenary vote on the Clean Vehicles Directive yesterday has sent a strong signal in support of the procurement of […]
October 25, 2018 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, European Union European Parliament calls for higher ambition and rejects anti-CCS recital Today, 25th of October 2018, the European Parliament voted on its position prior to the COP24 in Katowice, Poland, later this year. Key […]
October 18, 2018 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, European Union New IPCC report calls for drastic upscaling of climate ambition The IPCC’s long-awaited Special Report ‘Global Warming of 1.5°C’ issued an alarming message to policy makers calling for ‘rapid and […]
September 19, 2018 Electric mobility, European Union, Future energy system Volvo and Skanska take electric machinery to the next level The ‘Electric Site’ project will attempt to electrify a mining quarry thereby reducing emissions by 95% and proving that it is possible […]
September 13, 2018 Climate change, Electric mobility, Transport Bellona and Oslo Taxi team up on Clean Vehicle Day On Tuesday 4th of September, Bellona and Oslo Taxi teamed up for the 4th year in a row to showcase the progress of zero-emission taxis at […]
August 27, 2018 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, Future energy system From a ‘waste disposal’ problem to a ‘CO2 industry’ opportunity Politicians, industry, academia and NGOs all gathered for the annual week of discussions and political events in Arendal, Norway earlier […]
August 10, 2018 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change Bellona applauds Norwegian government decision to support CO2 capture The Norwegian government has given the green light for the detailed engineering design of a CO2 capture project at the waste incineration […]
July 30, 2018 European Union, Fossil fuels, Industrial Pollution Bellona response to EC consultation on the fitness check of the Ambient Air Quality Directives Around 500,000 Europeans die each year due to air pollution. In response to this, the European Commission has launched a ‘Fitness Check’ […]
