Sustainability
Latest news, analysis and comment on sustainability policy in Europe and beyond.
Carbon trading for farmers is back on the table
EU policymakers are coming back to the idea of a cap-and-trade system for the farm sector, where curbing emissions has lagged behind.
Bikeless in Berlin: Europe’s cycle backlash has begun
It’s the EU and US against the rest of the world in new steel club
Europe wants to get better at planning for the worst
Regulating AI through shared, secure and sustainable approaches
PTFE ban: The hidden consumer costs and employment losses
Labour wants to decarbonize UK power by 2030. Mission impossible?
EU climate chiefs back radical new 90 percent emissions target
Two new climate commissioners pledged to ‘defend’ the goal of 90 percent emission cuts by 2040 this week.
Meet the farmers who control one-third of the EU’s budget
The European Parliament’s farmer-packed agriculture committee is hindering a push for environmental sustainability and consumer interests.
MEPs confirm EU’s new climate chiefs
Maroš Šefčovič and Wopke Hoekstra pass plenary vote to take up European Commission posts.
How Germany’s far right weaponized heat pumps
Alternative for Germany has woven climate change policy alongside migration and Euroskepticism into its grand narrative of decay, elitism and rage.
Political theatrics dominate climate commissioner hearings
With the Green Deal on the line, lawmakers from all sides focused on signaling over substance.
EU’s new climate leadership duo gets nod from MEPs
Maroš Šefčovič and Wopke Hoekstra get committee approval, setting scene for formal confirmation vote on Thursday.
The smart route to net zero
EU’s wannabe climate chiefs made to sweat as MEPs play tug-of-war
Wopke Hoekstra and Maroš Šefčovič will have to answer more questions to win the Parliament’s approval.
Climate commissioners’ confirmation delayed as MEPs ask more questions
Wopke Hoekstra and Maroš Šefčovič to submit answers by Wednesday morning.
New EU packaging rules can only work if they are fair for all
The planned EU rules on packaging have the right aims but the wrong solution. If unchanged, they could lead to more waste, not less.
Unpacking EU packaging regulations
The PPWR debate has evolved, but we’re still concerned about the mandating of reusable packaging over recyclable, fiber-based solutions, says cross-sector EU business alliance.
PepsiCo Positive: Faster, better and stronger for the EU Green Deal
Making a difference in more than 200 markets, with 30-plus crops sourced from over 2.8 million hectares in 60 countries, and more than 1 billion interactions with consumers every day.
Germany backs China’s aid bank despite Canada’s concerns
Beijing secures Berlin’s backing for the AIIB during Frankfurt visit by Xi Jinping’s top economic aide.
Europe takes climate fight global as carbon border tax goes live
The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism enters a trial phase on Sunday.
Russian gas supplies ensured German growth: Merkel adviser
‘It was the consensus in society’ to get Russian gas, Lars-Hendrik Röller tells the FT.
Germany’s Scholz warns against protectionism in China electric car probe
German chancellor says he’s against clean car trade barriers.
The F-gas ban consequences we haven’t considered
Thoughtless bans of HFCs and ultralow-GWP HFOs and their blends fail to consider the energy efficiency and safe performance of equipment and products that are part of Europeans’ everyday lives.
No silver bullet: Packaging waste plans wrong to prioritize reuse over recycling, finds report
McDonald’s EVP and global chief impact officer on EU’s PPWR proposals… and the Kearney report that reveals their anticipated impact on environment, economy, food safety and consumers.
Big critical raw materials meeting has no space for indigenous groups
Indigenous leaders say they should be taking part in the International Energy Agency’s summit on critical raw materials and the energy transition.
EU and US leaders set for October 20 summit
Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel will travel to Washington.
France isolated on post-Brexit electric vehicle tariffs
London has found an ally in Germany in its push for a stay of execution on tariffs due to kick in next January.
UK greenlights Rosebank oil field amid climate scrutiny
Country’s biggest untapped oil field will move ahead as ministers talk up ‘huge untapped resource.’
European leaders’ dilemma: Keeping voters sweet while still tackling climate change
The rise of far-right parties is persuading many national leaders to pump the brakes on ambitious climate change policies.
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