Since the European Green Deal was introduced in 2019, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has touted it as the European Union’s new economic-growth agenda. After all, while the strategy’s core…
Category: decarbonization
Only public-private co-operation can accelerate decarbonisation
As countries around the world experienced record temperatures last year, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres declared: “We must turn a year of burning heat into a year of burning ambition.” But to move…
Developing Countries Need Debt Relief to Act on Climate Change
While developed economies have pledged to increase climate financing sharply by 2030, developing-economy policymakers are struggling to cover the costs of action. With medium-term strategies being used to address a short-term threat,…
UN climate chief calls for $2.4tn inclimate finance
The world needs to mobilise at least $2.4tn to keep global climate change goalswithin reach, the United Nations climate chief said in a speech yesterday. Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the UN…
Climate change march: From Paris to Glasgow
The latest IPCC report shows that we are dangerously close to 1.5C already. Every fraction of a degree matters The COP26 climate conference will be a clarifying moment, poised between global co-operation…
Qatar suggests three-pointagenda for equitable, secureand sustainable energytransition
Qatar has suggested three point-agenda, which includes greater investment in energy efficiency and low carbon innovation and coordinated policies and incentives, for equitable, secure and sustainable energy transition, which not only protects…
Cheap imports threaten US solar panel production boom
US companies have announced plans to build dozens of solar panel factories across the country since last year when President Joe Biden’s signature climate law unleashed billions of dollars of subsidies, raising…
Regional Energy Expert Roudi Baroudi Earns Award from Washington Think Tank
Transatlantic Leadership Network Recognizes Author for Contributions to Peaceful Development in Eastern Mediterranean WASHINGTON, DC November 9, 2023: Doha-based Lebanese author Roudi Baroudi was one of two people presented with the 2023…
The Climate Elephants in the Room
May 19, 2023PINELOPI KOUJIANOU GOLDBERG As tempting as it is to rely on multilateralism to solve a shared global problem like climate change, the world simply does not have the time for…