EU leaders failed to agree on a financing proposal for developing countries after their two-day summit this week, leaving the EU’s negotiating position on the issue open-ended. In a set of conclusions that were long on...
Read MoreThis month, the European Commission published development roadmaps for seven key low carbon technologies. Thy relate to wind, solar, bioenergy, CCS, nuclear technologies, as well as smart grids and energy efficiency, for the...
Read MoreClimatico’s entire European Union team (me) has been away on holiday recently, and on my return I find that I’ve missed an eventful couple of weeks. The credibility of both the EU’s domestic climate policy and...
Read MoreTwo key members of the Swedish government – the Prime Minister and the Environment Minister – appeared last week to adopt contrasting tones when commenting on the EU’s expectations of other parties at the forthcoming climate...
Read MoreToday sees the start of voting in the election of the European Parliament for the next five years. The Parliament is sometimes described as institutionally weak – a passive, reactive body unable to form legislative proposals of...
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