Budapest holds fourth climate summit
The fourth Budapest Climate Summit on December 4, brought together over 40 speakers from 25 countries to discuss climate change challenges...
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EU needs EUR 700bn/year to meet climate goals
Europe will require annual investments of more than EUR 700bn (USD 762.44bn) to meet its energy transition goals to combat climate...
EU states see green goals, Russian energy cuts as win-win
A coalition of 11 European Union states led by Denmark wants to accelerate the continent’s green transformation, in order to end...
Hydrogen: a clean energy for the transition
In Europe and in Hungary, initiatives to expand use of hydrogen as an energy source have been given the green light,...
Czechia commits to 2033 coal phase-out
Czechia will stop burning coal by 2033, five years earlier than previously planned, the country's incoming governing coalition revealed in its...
Nuclear firms vie for CEE’s last virgin market
A look at the inventory of world’s nuclear power plants reveals a surprisingly large gap in central Europe: Poland. The country...
Poland u-turns on COP26 pledge to phase out coal
Polish Climate and Environment minister Anna Moskwa appeared to reverse Poland's commitment to cutting coal power by 2030 on Thursday, just...
Hungarian Government Opposes Single EU Carbon Price Tax
The Hungarian government is opposed to the introduction of a single EU carbon price and extension of the EU's Emissions Trading...
UN Climate Report Predicts Extreme Weather for Europe
Lots of extreme weather - including an increasing number of heatwaves, floods, etc. - is being forecast for Europe in the...
Latvia: Striving for a Competitive Low-carbon Economy
Latvia, a country with less than 2 million people, already has low CO2 emissions (half the OECD average), but they still...
EU Commission Approves Czechia’s EUR 7 Billion Recovery Plan
The European Commission has approved the Czech Republic's EUR 7 billion plan to recover from the pandemic and transform the country's...
Russia Prepares to Supply Europe with Hydrogen
Russia is ready to supply Europe with what it considers the energy of the future: hydrogen. According to media reports, Russia...
Estonia Pursues Homegrown Technologies on Green Energy
On a global scale, Estonia does not emit high levels of greenhouse gasses, but on a per capita basis, it is...
Hungary Threatens to Block EU’s Fit for 55 Climate Package
Hungary’s Minister Heading the Prime Minister’s Office, Gergely Gulyás said that the Hungarian government finds the EU’s Fit for 55 package...
Road Ending for Fossil Fuel Cars in EU
It's looking like the end of the road for fossil fuel-burning cars (even hybrids) in Europe, according to the European Union's...
The Baltics and “Fit for 55” Green Economies: Offshore Wind, Etc.
With populations of only 2.79m (Lithuania), 1.92m (Latvia) and 1.32m (Estonia), the Baltic countries are not huge contributors to global emissions....
Banks Will Have to Chip in to Reach EU Climate Goals
The leaders of the EU are planning to funnel hundreds of billons of euros into sustainable investments each year through banks...
EU Bans top 10 Single-use Plastic Products
As of 3 July, the European Union has banned the 10 most-found in waterways single-use plastic products (SUPs). The 10 most...
Visegrad Countries Discuss Recovery Plans in Warsaw
Meeting in Warsaw, finance ministers from the "Visegrad 4" (V4) country grouping - Poland, Czechia, Hungary, and Slovakia - discussed post...
Will the Czech Republic be “Fit for 55”?
The October elections in the Czech Republic could change the Czech government's approach towards the EU’s climate objectives, which is currently...