EU – Australia opportunities for cooperation on climate & energy
Please join us for a keynote address and moderated conversation on: EU – Australia opportunities for cooperation on climate & energy (In-person only event). Keynote address by Hon Chris Bowen (MP), Australian Minister for Climate Change and Energy. The Hon Chris Bowen MP was appointed Minister for Climate Change and Energy on 1 June 1 […]
COP27 agreed compensation for loss and damage… but the fear is we’ll just end up seeing even more loss and damage
Not all COPs are made equally. After 2021’s COP26 in Glasgow – successfully hyped up by the Boris Johnson-led UK as a showcase of ‘Global Britain’s’ diplomatic mettle – COP27 in in Egypt was perhaps always fated to be a less significant one. Weak organisational and diplomatic capacity in the authoritarian state made underwhelming outcomes […]
The Green Transition in the EU and Japan during geopolitical and energy market turmoil
With Russia’s war on Ukraine, energy security has returned to the top of the political agenda. Europe and Asia are both scrambling to reduce their dependency on Russian energy while competing for scarce alternatives such as LNG. Households as well as businesses, both large and small, face the pain of high energy prices. Longer-term, the […]
Geopolitics of carbon pricing and clubs
The war in Ukraine has upended the European economy, with knock-on effects for gas and carbon prices. While it has reinforced the need to reduce the dependency on fossil fuels – thereby contributing to climate policy objectives – the social implications of climate and energy policy have also been pushed up the political agenda. There […]
From carbon pricing to climate clubs
Carbon pricing has been adopted as a key climate policy measure in an increasing number of jurisdictions. With much of the world moving towards net-zero targets since the entry into force of the Paris Agreement, carbon pricing instruments now operate in a different context for climate policy than when economists first proposed them. This report […]
Climate clubs and carbon pricing in a world aiming for net-zero
Carbon pricing has been one of the main policy instruments in Europe to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for nearly two decades now. With all the world signed up to the Paris Agreement and much of the world’s largest economies committed to net-zero and carbon/climate neutrality targets, the role of carbon pricing is evolving as part […]
COP26: Did Glasgow miss the bullseye?
As the first five-year cycle of the emission reduction targets under the Paris Agreement came to an end, the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow brought parties together to take stock on the progress achieved and to update collective commitments to combat climate change. After difficult negotiations and last-minute objections, COP26 concluded with a […]
COP26 in Glasgow
The COP26 climate summit is the most anticipated COP in years, especially as it’s the first COP since 2019 thanks to a pandemic-induced delay. Rhetoric about ‘last chances’ to save the climate – or at least the legitimacy of the 2015 Paris Agreement – is rife. The absence of political leaders in Glasgow such […]
Study on Circular Economy developments in the GCC region and opportunities for collaboration with the European Union
This report explores developments in the field of the circular economy in the Arab States of the Gulf region (notably the members of the GCC – the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf), to identify areas where the EU and the GCC countries can strengthen their collaboration. Focusing on two GCC countries […]
Exploring Ukraine’s long-term energy security on the path towards decarbonisation
For a long time, energy security in Ukraine and Central and Southeast Europe by and large referred to security of gas supplies, particularly regarding dependence, interconnections and gas transit. In light of Ukraine’s recent commitments to carbon neutrality, implications of the European Green Deal, as well as global trends towards a steady fossil-fuel phase out, […]
EU-Japan dialogues: Greening the economy through Covid-19 recovery policies
The European Green Deal is intended as a growth strategy that could drive economic modernisation in the EU, but also economic recovery in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. In Japan, a new Green Growth Strategy may likewise be a conduit for economic recovery and a driver of new industrial policies. The key question is […]
China’s carbon neutrality goal spells competition for the EU in the market for low-carbon technology
China’s announcement that it intends to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 is a game changer for international climate policy. It has considerable implications for the EU’s climate and industrial policy. China still needs to translate this political promise into concrete goals with verifiable intermediate targets. But its goal of carbon neutrality by 2060 is in […]
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