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"Europe’s fully renewable energy future is within reach and with it the promise of a sustainable, competitive, and climate-neutral economy delivering millions of green jobs."

Why the European Green Deal needs a 45% renewables target by 2030

By: EBR | Thursday, July 8, 2021

Looking at EU member states’ National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) for 2030, the European Union is far from harvesting its full solar potential

"New funds for cross-border transport, energy and digital projects available from 2021."

€30 billion for infrastructure projects connecting EU regions

By: EBR | Wednesday, July 7, 2021

On Wednesday, Parliament adopted the upgraded Connecting Europe Facility programme and released new funds for transport, digital and energy projects for 2021-2027

The European Union’s sustainable finance framework, published on Tuesday, sets out detailed milestones and measures for finance, companies and households to reach its climate goal.

EU turns to finance to achieve ‘climate neutral continent’

By: EBR | Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Europe plans to funnel hundreds of billions of euros into sustainable investments each year through EU banks and markets to create the first “climate-neutral continent” by 2050

"The education sector is being transformed. At the same time, it is becoming increasingly dependent on advanced digital products and services. The pandemic response has accelerated and exemplified this dependency with education all around the world going online overnight."

New European laws must protect children’s data

By: EBR | Wednesday, July 7, 2021

As education becomes increasingly reliant on technology, the need for regulation and oversight of the EdTech industry becomes more urgent and Europe should lead in the efforts to protect children’s data and futures

“Electric heat pumps are three times more efficient than gas boilers and, will therefore be a major contributor to energy efficiency, while at the same time being an important source of renewable heating and cooling with no exhaust emissions”.

European electricity grid can handle 50 million heat pumps

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Electric heat pumps can be deployed on a large scale in Europe without jeopardising grid stability while allowing greater integration of renewable energy sources and improving energy efficiency in buildings

According to press releases, the leaders of “right-wing parties” signed simultaneously in several European capitals a document calling for deep reform of the EU, because in their words, “instead of protecting Europe and its heritage, it is itself becoming a source of problems and anxiety”.

Orban, Le Pen, Salvini, Kaczynski join forces to impact on the future of EU

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Far-right parties from 16 EU countries, including Frances’ Rassemblement National, Poland’s PiS, Hungary’s Fidesz, and Italy’s Lega, united on Friday (2 July) with the declared objective of making their voice heard in the context of the debate on the future of Europe

"The aim is to encourage airlines to start switching to sustainable fuels, such as e-kerosene, to curb greenhouse gas emissions."

EU to propose aviation fuel tax in green policy push

By: EBR | Monday, July 5, 2021

The European Commission has drafted plans to set an EU-wide minimum tax rate for polluting aviation fuels, as it seeks to meet more ambitious targets to fight climate change

"It is equally imprudent to simply urge Western Balkan governments to bolster their “political will,” which Rasmussen identified as the top challenge to the Green Agenda."

The EU’s Green Agenda for the Western Balkans Packs a Risky Geopolitical Agenda

By: EBR | Monday, July 5, 2021

EU funding mobilized for the Western Balkans’ green transformation could ultimately flow right into the coffers of Russia and China. The European Commission cannot ignore the geopolitical implications of its Green Agenda for the region

"The Commission, even before COVID-19 brutally swept the world, had identified massive renovation plans for buildings as central to delivering the European Green Deal and had announced the ‘Renovation Wave’ as a flagship initiative for its mandate to succeed on core European priorities."

Why the renovation wave matters more than the EU knows

By: EBR | Monday, July 5, 2021

The unprecedented push for renovation across Europe needs to be in line with its climate ambition and work in synergy with the rest of the EU’s climate legislation in order to fulfil its potential

"Merkel’s visit is seen in London as a chance to shore up diplomatic relations with its second-biggest sovereign trading partner after years of wrangling over Britain’s exit from the European Union."

Johnson welcomes Merkel for swansong UK trip

By: EBR | Friday, July 2, 2021

Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel will address Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s cabinet of top ministers during a visit to Britain on Friday (2 July), the first time a foreign leader has done so in nearly 25 years

"Nord Stream 2 is in the last stages of finalisation. This realisation has guided the shift in policy in Washington and opened the door to political discussion aimed at improving energy security for Ukraine."

‘Making whole’ Nord Steam-2’s opponents

By: EBR | Thursday, July 1, 2021

Poland and Ukraine have long opposed the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, and both claim that their financial and political losses should be compensated. But in fact, they were already ‘made whole’

“Consumers face many challenges, especially in the digital world which revolutionised shopping, services or financial markets..."

Consumer protection

By: EBR | Thursday, July 1, 2021

Commission revises EU rules on product safety and consumer credit

Almost 30% of the European population – 137 million people in total – live in rural areas, which stretch over 80% of the EU’s territory.

EU to fight ‘geography of discontent’ with new vision for rural areas

By: EBR | Thursday, July 1, 2021

The European Commission unveiled on Wednesday (30 June) its long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas, proposing a rural pact and a rural action plan aimed at making those regions stronger, connected, and prosperous

"Greenhouse gas emissions in France fell by 1.9% in 2019, at a faster rate than the 1.7% initially anticipated, the high council states in its third annual report submitted to the government".

France needs to ‘double’ efforts on climate, says High Climate Council

By: EBR | Thursday, July 1, 2021

While a steady decrease in greenhouse gas emissions can be observed in France over the past years, the pace of carbon cutting will need to accelerate in order to reach the country’s 2030 climate goals

"In a draft report adopted with 36 votes to 24, and 6 abstentions, MEPs highlight the need for democratic guarantees and accountability for the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in law enforcement."

Artificial Intelligence in policing: safeguards needed against mass surveillance

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 30, 2021

The use of Artificial Intelligence in law enforcement and the judiciary should be subject to strong safeguards and human oversight, says the Civil Liberties Committee

“We know that we have strong issues for certain environmental impacts of seabed mining.”

EU warned about environmental impact of deep seabed mining

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Deep seabed mining for minerals used in car batteries and other green technologies should not be permitted in Europe until there is sufficient knowledge on the environmental impact it may cause

“It is not a question of having or not having restrictions”, but of having “the same rules for each country”, following a “common agreement.”

MEPs want COVID-19 restrictions standardised across Europe

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 30, 2021

European lawmakers have called on the EU to build upon the digital vaccination certificate as a major step forward in facilitating movement within the bloc during the pandemic by harmonising criteria for the imposition of coronavirus restrictions across member states

Energy policy is a central pillar in the European Green Deal and in the decarbonisation of the European economy.

Decarbonising natural gas requires regulatory reform

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 29, 2021

The EU’s upcoming hydrogen and gas market decarbonisation package needs to address an array of key questions, including redirecting subsidies away from fossil fuels towards cleaner and renewable gases

"The EU’s emissions trading system (ETS) is the bloc’s central climate policy, forcing power plants, factories and airlines running European flights to buy permits when they emit CO2."

EU drafts plan to toughen carbon market

By: EBR | Monday, June 28, 2021

The European Union is planning to toughen its carbon market to cut emissions faster and put a price on pollution in new sectors

"As a rich economy, as well as a major historic emitter, we should therefore strive for emission reductions of at least 65% by 2030."

The EU needs to make its upcoming climate and energy legislative package ‘Fit for 1.5°C’

By: EBR | Monday, June 28, 2021

A post-COVID Europe must make far more effort when it comes to tackling climate change. Even with its recently enhanced target of at least 55% emissions reduction by 2030, the EU still fails to keep us safe from a climate catastrophe

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