Jun 7, 2024 | EU - Current Affairs, EU - Policies, Europe
What are the seven blocs (also called groups) of the European Parliament and what are their climate policies? We have analysed them in the context of the 2024 EU Parliament election from 6th to 9th June drawing particulary on their election manifestos. The following...
Jul 3, 2023 | EU - Policies
What is it and why is it significant? Back in 2015, the European Commission adopted its first Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP). This initial CEAP was entirely completed in 2019, even though parts of its 54 actions are still being worked on, as noted by the...
Jul 3, 2023 | EU - Current Affairs, EU - Policies
Why is the EU ETS so important? Complemented by the Effort Sharing Regulation, the industries covered by the system account for 38% of the total emissions produced in the EU. In order to make the system more ambitious, the 25th of April 2023, the European...
Feb 13, 2023 | EU - Policies, Uncategorized
Note from the Editors: On the 6th of December 2022, MEPs reached a preliminary agreement with the EU governments (during what is known as a “trialogue”) on this law. Parliament and Council still need to formally approve the agreement. Once published in the...
Aug 26, 2022 | EU - Policies
We’ve put together a comprehensive glossary booklet to help you understand the jargon around EU climate policy. The first section covers general terms, the second one (from p. 21 onwards) proposal related...
Jul 18, 2022 | EU - Policies
What is methane, and what is the problem? Methane is a ‘greenhouse gas’ (GHG): meaning that it absorbs and re-emits infrared radiation from the Sun in the form of heat [1]. Whilst ‘greenhouse gasses’are integral to maintaining a suitable...
