Hungary to buy more gas from Russian in new deal
By: EBR | Thursday, September 1, 2022
Under a new deal between Moscow and Budapest, Russia’s Gazprom will deliver up to 5.8 million cubic metres (mcm) more natural gas per day via Serbia on top of the volumes agreed in the long-term contract
Mikhail Gorbachev: Last Soviet leader dies aged 91
By: EBR | Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who brought the Cold War to a peaceful end, has died aged 91
Taiwan Solemnly Protests CCP Military Aggression and Sabotage of Peace Across the Taiwan Strait
By: EBR | Friday, August 5, 2022
Taipei Representative Office in Greece expresses strong protest and solemn condemnation in response to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) using the US House Speaker’s visit to Taiwan as a pretext
G7 aim to have price cap on Russian oil in place before 5 December
By: EBR | Thursday, July 28, 2022
The Group of Seven richest economies aim to have a price-capping mechanism on Russian oil exports in place by 5 December, when European Union sanctions banning seaborne imports of Russian crude come into force
Biden seeks to revive climate agenda as heat waves slam US, Europe
By: EBR | Thursday, July 21, 2022
President Joe Biden, thwarted by lawmakers and the Supreme Court, sought to revive his ambitions to tackle climate change as heat waves batter the United States and Europe
EU, China hold trade dialogue, no mention of frozen pact
By: EBR | Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Against the backdrop of geopolitical tensions, European and Chinese senior officials held high-level trade talks, but remained silent over an investment deal frozen by disputes
How big and powerful is the West?
By: EBR | Friday, July 15, 2022
We often speak of the “collective West” as the bulwark for democracy, individual rights, a free market economy, and the rule of law. We assume that the bloc to which we belong is not only big and powerful but also influential and attractive
These are the 4 steps we need to make economic growth sustainable, resilient and inclusive
By: EBR | Thursday, July 14, 2022
Investments, innovation, policy, and finance all play a central role in defining the economic growth model of the 21st century
Ukraine cries foul as Canada sends Nord Stream 1 turbine to Germany
By: EBR | Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Ukraine’s energy and foreign ministries said on Sunday (10 July) they were “deeply disappointed” by Canada’s decision to hand back to Germany a gas turbine needed for the Nord Stream 1 pipeline
As the global population approaches 8 billion, is equal access to opportunity for all possible?
By: EBR | Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Global population growth is a testament to human progress, with an eight-fold increase in the number of humans alive since 1800
Banks are unprepared for climate risks, stress test shows
By: EBR | Monday, July 11, 2022
A climate risk stress test that the European Central Bank (ECB) conducted with more than 100 banks showed that most banks lack a climate risk stress-testing framework and do not include climate risk in their credit risk models
When the U.S. needs oil from the Saudis, all is forgiven, it seems
By: EBR | Monday, July 11, 2022
I don’t envy President Biden, who, on board of Air Force One heading toward Tel Aviv, probably will have to tell his aides to remind him whom he would meet upon landing at Ben Gurion Airport on July 13
’Reduce, remove and repair’ - the 3 Rs needed to fight climate change
By: EBR | Friday, July 8, 2022
Hurtling towards deeper climate shifts, unless we act now there is little chance of a manageable future for humanity. The possibility of maintaining an average global temperature rise below 1.5°C, and the implied manageability that brings, is increasingly difficult
Why Leaders Won’t Stop Waging Wars
By: EBR | Tuesday, July 5, 2022
War, what a glorious venture. What a terrific way to embark on heroic deeds
Human activity is disrupting the freshwater cycle, here’s how to change that
By: EBR | Monday, July 4, 2022
Green water – the rainwater available to plants in the soil – is indispensable for life on and below the land
Is China a Challenge to NATO?
By: EBR | Monday, July 4, 2022
At the 2022 Madrid Summit, NATO adopted a new Strategic Concept, claiming that NATO member states would work together to address the systemic challenges posed by China
New EU climate change deals: Banning fossil fuel cars by 2035, and what else?
By: EBR | Monday, July 4, 2022
EU countries have reached deals on a package of green policies, including requiring all new cars sold from 2035 to emit zero CO2
What is NATO and what happened at the NATO summit?
By: EBR | Monday, July 4, 2022
It took a well-timed coffee break to smooth the way for Finland and Sweden to join NATO
The war in Ukraine is triggering a re-evaluation of global systemic risk
By: EBR | Thursday, June 30, 2022
The changing global risk environment is forcing governments, businesses and international organizations to re-evaluate systemic risk in fundamentally new ways
European NATO allies harden China stance but cracks remain
By: EBR | Wednesday, June 29, 2022
European NATO members will commit to a tougher stance towards China, but scepticism over the Anglo-Saxon push to put Beijing in the alliance’s crosshairs remains
By: N. Peter Kramer
