The United States, Canada and the United Arab Emirates are among those who account for close to half of global oil and gas production and are focusing on a slew of mitigation measures except for…
With many countries planning fossil fuel production increases and continuing subsidies, negotiators have their work cut out for them when the COP28 climate summit begins.
When this year’s United…
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil's Guntur Cahyo Prabowo argues why certified smallholders should be able to sell their produce under the European Union's new deforestation regulation, including…
Government agencies charged with devising effective policies to clean up our fossil-fuel-based economies often lack the resources and expertise to do so, underscoring the need for NGOs to provide…
Vietnam has an impressive slew of offshore wind power projects on the drawing board. But due to various technical and legal constraints, the country is unlikely to hit the 6 gigawatt target by 2030…
Leaders from all quarters must collaborate to remove the barriers to affordable clean energy, such as insufficient and expensive battery energy storage systems. Doing so could ignite demand,…
In Indonesia and in other Southeast Asian nations, multilayer sachets are at the core of the plastic crisis. If companies such as Unilever and Procter & Gambles are serious about being part of…
The European Union’s hunt for raw materials is running into new roadblocks — at home and abroad.
Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa’s recent resignation over a corruption probe in connection…
The German government's decision to fund its green transition by reallocating €60 billion in unused debt unlocked during the COVID-19 pandemic is unconstitutional, Germany's top court ruled Wednesday…
The dispute has often pitted rich, heavy-emitting countries like the U.S. and the EU against the developing countries facing the impacts of those emissions. But long-simmering differences between…
Ahead of the plenary vote on the proposed Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), a large group of European and national associations across various sectors are expressing serious concerns…
This week marks yet another busy week on the sustainability circuit here in Brussels. At Politico’s Sustainable Future Week, businesses and lawmakers exchange views and ideas for a sustainable future…
EU negotiators have finally clinched a political deal on new rules aimed at boosting nature restoration across the bloc, saving the legislation from a conservative-led campaign to kill it.
But if…
TOPPLED TREES: Madrid was just one of many cities hit by Storm Ciáran last week: Record-breaking winds toppled over 400 trees in the Spanish capital, one of which crushed a 23 year-old woman who died…
Nobody is more aware of society’s complicated relationship with plastic than our industry.
Europe’s plastics manufacturers share societal concerns about the plastics system’s contribution to climate…
Europe's conservatives are at it again.
After attempting to kill off a major pillar of the EU's Green Deal earlier this year, the center-right European People’s Party has come back to the…
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