If onshore wind projects are slowing down in areas such as Sardinia, it is the MASE (Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security) that is blocking the development of several GW at sea: for month...
The European Union is increasingly under attack. To the east, a new Iron Curtain takes a hybrid and permeable form, with drones, moats and mined areas prepared to stop Russian tanks. To the west, on...
The European Union has decided to delay the ratification of the long-negotiated free trade agreement with Mercosur until January, following mounting political opposition and large-scale protests by ...
On Tuesday, 16 December, the European Parliament definitively approved the Omnibus I package with 428 votes in favour, 218 against and 17 abstentions, thus confirming the agreement reached on 9 Dece...
Following months of delays and persistent political uncertainty, the European Commission is expected to present its proposal to revise the EU CO₂ standards for cars and vans on 16 December. The re...
Three billion euros towards diversifying the supply of critical materials such as rare earths, cobalt and lithium: this is what the European Commission will be putting on the table over the next 12 ...
For the first time, Europe will bury its carbon not beneath the sea, but under its own soil, heralding a new chapter in the continent’s fight against climate change. On 30 April 2025, the EU i...
The European Sustainable Energy Week 2026 will take place from 9 to 11 June, marking the 20th edition of the largest EU event dedicated to renewable energy and efficient energy use. Under the theme ...
From Belém - At COP30 in Belém, global trade was for the first time explicitly included in climate negotiations. It was inevitable: the transition is no longer just a matter of climate...
The 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference is taking place in a location that is at once symbol and battleground of the ongoing crisis: the Amazon. The forest, a treasure trove of biodiversit...
The pot is large. In fact, huge: 524 billion dollars. Roughly equivalent to the GDP of the United Arab Emirates. According to the World Bank, this is the cost of rebuilding Ukraine over the next dec...
A total of 382,000 fish have been used in completed, ongoing and pending tests required under the European REACH regulation (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) to ...
From Brussels - On Thursday 13 November, the European Parliament green-lit Omnibus I, the legislative package pushed by the European Commission with the avowed purpose of “simplifying” t...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Gruppo CAP have signed a €100 million finance agreement to support the company’s 2025–2030 investment plan. The announcement was made by EIB D...
When world leaders meet this November in Belém, deep in the heart of the Amazon, for the 30th UN Climate Conference (COP30), they will stand at a crossroads. Ten years after the Paris Agreeme...
Extended producer responsibility (EPR), a cornerstone of the circular economy, places the onus on producers to financially support waste treatment and recovery systems, aimed at promoting product re...
It was back in 2013 that Xi Jinping first announced his vision of an “economic belt along the Silk Road” during a visit to Kazakhstan. What later became known as the Belt and Road Initia...
Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, better known as EUDR (European Union Deforestation Regulation), is the tool developed by the European Union to counter global forest degradation and, in particular, the so...
Industrial transition is accelerating in Europe, but not all engines are running at the same speed. During the Competitiveness Council meeting in Brussels in early October, Italy forged an alliance ...
The Net Zero Framework (NZF) is the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) plan for decarbonising the maritime transport sector, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20-30% by 2020 and...
