climate

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…

12 months ago

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…

1 year ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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,…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

Latvia: Striving for a Competitive Low-carbon Economy

Reading Time: 3 minutes While lawmakers in Latvia welcome the "Fit for 55" shift towards a low carbon economy, they’re…

3 years ago

EU Commission Approves Czechia’s EUR 7 Billion Recovery Plan

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Czech Republic's EUR 7 billion plan to recover from the pandemic and transform the…

3 years ago

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,…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

Hungary Threatens to Block EU’s Fit for 55 Climate Package

Reading Time: < 1 minute A government-funded thinktank wrote in an analysis that climate-related benefits of the package are small…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

The Baltics and “Fit for 55” Green Economies: Offshore Wind, Etc.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Countries in the Baltics are capitalizing on their natural asset - the sea itself - in…

3 years ago

Banks Will Have to Chip in to Reach EU Climate Goals

Reading Time: < 1 minute EU member states have to figure out how to involve banks in financing the climate…

3 years ago

EU Bans top 10 Single-use Plastic Products

Reading Time: 2 minutes The EU has come up with a list of single-use plastics that are banned from now,…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago