European Policy Overview September 2023

European Policy Overview September 2023

An important event took place in Brussels: The European Sustainable Energy Week. Against the backdrop of an ever-growing community, the 17th edition of the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) 2023 took place on 20-22 June. Under the theme of ‘Accelerating the...
European Policy Overview May 2023

European Policy Overview May 2023

Ostend Declaration Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK signed the Ostend Declaration at a North Sea Summit on the Belgian coast on 24 April, pledging to increase their offshore wind capacity to 300GW by 2050. It...
European Policy Overview May 2023

European Policy Overview January 2023

At the very end of 2022, the European Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). The objective of CBAM is to prevent that the greenhouse gas emissions reduction efforts of the EU be offset by...

Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorships in the EU!

A coalition of non-profit organisations and grass-roots groups (including Greenpeace, WWF, Oxfam, Friends of the Earth Europe) have launched a Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorships in the EU! campaign. The aim is to legally prevent the fossil fuel industry and...