The European Commission’s Green Deal chief, Frans Timmermans, assured EU lawmakers on Tuesday (21 April) that “every euro” spent on economic recovery measures after the COVID-19 crisis would be...
Green Deal facing delays due to coronavirus, EU admits
The European Commission is having to re-order its priorities in the face of the coronavirus crisis, with “non-essential” initiatives like the biodiversity strategy and the farm-to-fork strategy...
Why Europe Needs To Include Nuclear In Low-Carbon Energy Planning
Industry group head Yves Desbazeille says if EU is serious about tackling climate change, it must make use of ‘all the best low-carbon tools’. Last year ended with a few very important developments...
Brussels’ green cash credentials questioned
The European Commission got a rude awakening from its green dreams as critics assailed its financial plans to tackle climate change.
Nuclear ‘excluded’ from EU’s new Just Transition Fund
The EU’s regional policy Commissioner Elisa Ferreira revealed on Tuesday (14 January) details of the €100 billion Just Transition Mechanism, a key financial component of the European Green Deal that...
Europe’s nuclear energy solution
With the EU’s Green Deal now official policy, a fierce debate has raged over how the bloc will drastically reduce carbon emissions while also having to decide which long-term solution to adopt –...
Launching the Just Transition Mechanism – for a green transition based on solidarity and fairness
On 14th January 2020, the European Commission presented the European Green Deal’s Just Transition Mechanism and the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan.
European Parliament endorses the European Green Deal
On 15 January, the European Parliament (EP) adopted its position on the European Green Deal. MEPs welcomed the EGD and supported an ambitious sustainable investment plan to help close the investment...