There is little point in raising carbon taxes if the most polluting industries are propped up by direct and indirect subsidies. It’s a challenge we have not seen before...
Tag - Environment & Energy
You can read all of our coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including explainers and articles offering context and background information here...
‘We must now reduce as rapidly as possible our reliance on Russia in energy’, says European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The European...
The EU’s foreign policy chief has joined calls from the US, and Ukraine itself, to use seized Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine. The European Union’s foreign...
The Western Balkans should also not lose sight of their long-term goals to achieve energy security and resilience as part of the green reform agenda The six countries of...
A proposed new round of sanctions against Moscow – which would see the EU exit Russian oil by the end of year – could be held up by Hungarian and Slovakian...
The direct impact of Russia’s war on Ukraine on most other countries in the CEE region will remain manageable in 2022, although sharply rising energy and food...
Punitive Romanian taxes on offshore gas production, as well as an export ban, look set to be revoked within weeks. Romania’s government, spooked by Russia’s war on...
Green fiscal reforms can help protect vulnerable households and support pandemic recovery efforts in European countries on the road to climate neutrality by 2050, says a...
As the EU mulls ending imports of Russian coal, the call for more renewables in the bloc’s energy mix grows louder. When Lithuania on April 2 announced that it had...
The amount of forested areas in Poland has been rising steadily over the past few decades. So why are forestry experts sounding the alarm? Nearly 30 per cent of Poland...
Ukraine and Moldova have freed themselves from Russia’s power system, thanks to fast work by their European partners. The electricity grids of Ukraine and Moldova...
