Europe

Danish investment firm raises record EU12 billion for energy transition infrastructure fund

Wednesday - Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners will invest primarily in large-scale renewable energy projects, including wind, solar PV, and battery storage in low-risk OECD markets across North America, Western Europe, and Asia-Pacific.

German govt set to vote on financial package including EU$100 billion for climate protection

Tuesday - Germany's prospective next coalition government has proposed a special fund worth 500 billion euros for infrastructure projects, in combination with a major defence package.

German emissions fell 3.4% in 2024, on track for 2030 climate goals

Monday - Germany's Federal Environment Agency on Friday said greenhouse gas emissions in Europe's biggest economy fell by around 3.4% year-on-year in 2024, putting the country on track to meet its 2030 climate targets.

Switzerland told it must do more to comply with landmark climate ruling by Council of Europe

11 Mar 25 - Switzerland hasn't shown that it's meeting the requirements of a landmark climate change decision from Europe's highest human rights court, the Council of Europe announced on Friday.

EU proposes more relaxed CO2 target compliance for new cars

5 Mar 25 - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced she will propose a more relaxed three-year timeframe for the automotive industry to comply with the bloc's CO2 standards, instead of annual targets.

Tesla's plummeting sales risk lucrative emissions credit earnings

4 Mar 25 - CEO Elon Musk has angered European customers and governments, undercutting his EV brand.

Big EU countries push expanded carbon border tax to help repay Covid debt

3 Mar 25 - France, Italy and Poland support the move, but others fear it might prompt Donald Trump to retaliate in anger.

The far right just made huge gains in a country once seen as a climate champion. It's a pattern happening across the world

28 Feb 25 - Germany was once seen as a climate champion, setting ambitious targets to slash planet-heating pollution.

Europe's impossible choice: Which industries should survive the green transition?

27 Feb 25 - One German aluminum factory decided to go green and close its smelter. The EU faces a similar choice, with Europe's future at stake.

EU to make most companies exempt from carbon border levy, draft shows

26 Feb 25 - The European Commission will propose exemptions for "the vast majority" of companies covered by the European Union's carbon border levy on the grounds that they produce only 1% of emissions in the...

In Rome, talks to protect Earth's biodiversity resume with money topping the agenda

26 Feb 25 - An annual United Nations conference on biodiversity that ran out of time last year will resume its work Tuesday in Rome with money at the top of the agenda.

Conservative election victory set to narrow climate policy focus in Germany

25 Feb 25 - Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz' conservatives have won Germany's snap election, while the current government parties booked significant losses, indicating a reduced focus on climate policies in...

EU eyes funding foreign LNG projects to lower prices

21 Feb 25 - Brussels is exploring whether to back overseas fossil fuel infrastructure amid trade talks with the U.S.

Tens of thousands of climate activists protest across Germany ahead of upcoming federal election

18 Feb 25 - Thousands of activists demonstrated in Germany on Friday in a bid to raise awareness to climate issues ahead of the upcoming federal elections scheduled for 23 February.

Macron's U-turn against EU green rules triggers internal revolt

18 Feb 25 - The French president's anti-regulation push has thrown his environmental legacy into doubt and angered many in his own party.

Climate change threatens EU's survival, German security report warns

14 Feb 25 - Global warming will exacerbate conflicts, hunger and migration worldwide, with growing risks for Europe.

Hungary tells Brussels to frack off

12 Feb 25 - Budapest prefers to bet on a major gas fracking project near its border with Romania instead of following Brussels' drive to replace fossil fuels with renewables.

Germany likely to miss 2030 climate target, government advisers say

7 Feb 25 - Germany will probably fail to achieve its 2030 climate targets unless significant policy changes are implemented, government climate advisers said in a study released on Wednesday.

Swiss government approves new climate goals after court rebuke

31 Jan 25 - Switzerland's government on Wednesday approved new climate targets, proposing a cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 of at least 65% compared to 1990 levels.