March 14, 2023 Cities, Embodied Carbon, European Union, Local Impact European Parliament passes EPBD recast with historic embodied carbon text Today, the European Parliament passed its Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) recast. Seeing the EU take this decisive action…
March 14, 2023 Cities, Embodied Carbon, European Union, Local Impact Open Letter: Call to vote for an EPBD that supports a fossil fuel and gas phase-out from buildings this decade Bellona Europa signed a letter alongside 11 signatory organisations calling on members of the European Parliament to support a true…
February 28, 2023 Cities, Climate change, Local Impact Recycling fossil carbon to make transport fuels does not fit long term climate targets In the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), these fuels are recycled carbon or RCFs. However, the limitations of these fuels boil…
February 8, 2023 Cities, Climate change, Embodied Carbon, Local Impact European Parliament takes first encouraging steps toward regulating embodied carbon Today the European Parliament held two votes concerning embodied carbon: First, the ITRE committee voted on the Energy Performance of…
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…
