ATHENS, July 7, 2024 Greece: Energy and Environment Minister Theodoros Skylakakis is on the right track with his approach to Greece’s energy transition plans, a noted regional expert says. “He’s got the…
Category: Climate
How Europe can get the Green Deal done
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…
1.5°C target for globalwarming must prevail
The world is burning, and our political leaders are failing us. With temperatures rising at an alarming rate, it seems that anyone who believes it is still possible to limit global warming…
Economic development in an age of great-power competition
Now that the United States has introduced a new set of import tariffs on Chinese goods, the world’s two largest economies appear to be on the brink of open economic warfare – and developing…
EMIR IN GREECE AND CYPRUS
Political 04.06.24 Interview by ALEXIA TASOULI DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT POLITICAL.GR NEWSPAPER Athens, Friday 31st of May 2024: Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad AlThani paid official visits to Cyprus and Greece this week,…
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…
In the dock: Pivotal climate change testimonies in US
From Mexicans left homeless by rising seas to Colombians affected by coral bleaching, hundreds of people are telling the top human rights court in the Americas what climate change means to them…
Climate Leadership from the Global South
Mar 14, 2024OMAR ANDRÉS CAMACHO and SOIPAN TUYA With vast solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal resources, Africa and Latin America have a central role to play in the clean-energy transition. But while countries like…
US gas pipeline accidents posebig, unreported climate threat
Last October, an Idaho farmer using a backhoe punched a hole into a 22-inch pipeline buried under a field, sending more than 51mn cubic feet of natural gas hissing into the air….
Greece Spearheads a Dynamic Energy Transition
Countries have different energy priorities due to factors like the availability of energy resources, geopolitics, the population size, environmental considerations and excessive use of energy, the needs of industry, and the availability…