Crunch talks on the EU’s 2030 greenhouse gas emissions cuts are approaching – and the horse-trading is going to be “hellishly complicated”, according to one seasoned observer of Polish politics.... Read more
In Brussels this week: the EU stands accused of hastening the demise of an endangered whale, the battle over ‘clean hydrogen’ rages on, and Hungary makes western Europe a climate action offer it can only refuse.
What does a sunken Ice Age island have to do with the EU’s renewable energy targets? And has the European Commission finally managed to put an end to its beef with member states over the CAP? Robert Hodgson investigates.
With Joe Biden on the verge of victory in the US presidential election, a new era could be dawning for climate diplomacy.
With Europe entering a new period of covid restrictions, will we see a return to the clear skies of Lockdown 1.0? And what will it mean for the EU’s packed legislative schedule?
Environment commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius tells ENDS about his efforts to keep the European Green Deal on track as the EU grapples with the coronavirus pandemic.
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The EU will need a lot more windmills and solar farms as it ramps up its renewable power production – and that means more metals, says Guy Thiran, director general of trade association Eurometaux.
The EU’s first climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard talks to ENDS about her return to the Brussels bubble, why COP15 was not the failure many think it was and why the EU should hurry up and agree on a 55% emissions cut.
Pekka Pesonen, head of the EU’s powerful agriculture lobby group COPA-COGECA, talks to ENDS about the Common Agricultural Policy, Brexit and the prospect of Biden in the White House.
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Lithuanian, 28 years old, minister for economy and innovation since 2017, Virginijus Sinkevicius has been appointed European Commissioner for Environment and Oceans
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