Greenhouse gas emissions

EU countries sideline experts in dash to slash green rules
Diplomats warn that leaving experts out of policy discussions on simplifying green regulations will do more harm than good.

Macron: Greenland is not up for grabs (nor is Antarctica)

EU science advisers slam Brussels’ weakened 2040 climate plans

EU roughly on track to hit 2030 emissions goal, Brussels says

The EU’s water crisis by the numbers

Wildfires push forest destruction to 20-year high just as EU delays anti-deforestation rules

Europe records warmest March ever, EU scientists say
Can Keir Starmer bring down bills before bills bring him down?
Downing Street is worried about rising energy bills. Every option for bringing them under control could bring political pain.
EU exploring weaker 2040 climate goal
The European Commission wants to keep a 90 percent emissions-cutting target but to change how countries calculate their progress.
Meet the Czech Millennial Who’s Building a Utopia in the California Hayfields
Armed with tech billions, Jan Sramek has dreams of creating a new, affordable, walkable city. If, that is, California lets him.
Europe’s impossible choice: Which industries should survive the green transition?
One German aluminum factory decided to go green and close its smelter. The EU faces a similar choice, with Europe’s future at stake.
Europe’s divided Parliament could nuke von der Leyen’s plan to slash red tape
Divisions inside Europe’s centrist coalition risk derailing the Commission’s green simplification package.
EU to force restaurants, fashion brands to slash their waste
The new rules mean clothing companies and manufacturers will have to pay a fee to cover the costs of collection and treatment of textile waste.
Billions in EU farm subsidies tied to greenwashing
EU countries are using green farm subsidies to reward status quo practices instead of driving real environmental action, NGOs say.
Von der Leyen builds bonfire of EU’s environmental red tape
Brussels hopes simplifying green compliance rules will boost Europe’s flagging economy. Green groups fear something more sinister.
Bloomberg offers climate cash to UN amid Trump cutbacks
The move by billionaire Mike Bloomberg comes in response to President Donald Trump’s move to pull funding for U.N. climate programs.
Here’s what’s new in the EU-Mercosur trade deal
POLITICO brings you the new elements of Europe’s trade deal with South America struck last week.
Top advisers say EU should ban solar geoengineering … for now
The bloc’s scientific advisers say the EU should push for an international treaty regulating the controversial technologies.
Let’s work with farmers, not against them, says new EU agri chief
Christophe Hansen says his new vision for agriculture and food will be “different” and exclude “eat it or die” targets.
Collaboration is key to fulfilling regenerative agriculture goals
By lowering emissions, reinvigorating depleted soils and advancing biodiversity, regenerative agriculture can pave the way to more resilient, climate-friendly farms
Climate conferences are dying. How to save the world now?
This year’s U.N. climate change summit wore its contradictions and failings on its sleeve, prompting existential anxiety.
Climate summit ends with a long-fought deal — and a lot of anger
Developing nations got a promise of at least $300 billion in climate finance from rich countries such as the U.S. and the EU’s members. They wanted far more.
Unlocking the ‘hidden middle’: Transforming food systems for a sustainable future
Global action on meeting the Paris Agreement is currently falling short. Focusing on this often-neglected segment of food value chains could effect significant change
Trump taps oil executive Chris Wright as Energy secretary
The oil executive and GOP fundraiser disputes the need to fight against climate change.
EU going too fast on climate, Cyprus president says
“I do not consider it possible to achieve those goals within the timeframe we have set,” Nikos Christodoulides said, according to Ekathimerini.
Trump’s power plays overshadow global climate summit
Donald Trump isn’t at COP29, but his rapid-fire personnel moves to dismantle Joe Biden’s climate legacy are being felt there.
US ‘likely’ to pledge new climate target, says White House
Donald Trump’s return raised doubts over whether the Biden administration would still produce the plan ahead of a February deadline.
Starmer warns against climate ‘inaction’ as Trump looms over COP29
U.K. leader says “lesson from history” is that countries that seize on energy transitions reap the benefits.
Want food security? Eat less meat, major report says.
Europe’s top farming university is calling for smaller livestock herds and a shift toward plant-based diets.
No leaders remain to check Trump’s climate wreckage
This will be nothing like 2016.
Climate world absorbs a reality they’d hoped to avoid: Trump is back
Green stocks wobble as officials rush to respond and activists brace for the unknown. ‘It’s going to suck,’ one said.