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A Green-Blue Alliance in Motion: Pacific Island Countries and Europe Fighting Climate Change

Date de publication
17 October 2022
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The Pacific Islands Countries (PICs) were the first to ratify the Paris climate agreement in 2015. Indeed, for them, climate change has had very concrete implications for years. Islanders have seen the sea level rising, endangering the very existence of atolls. They have also experienced increasingly violent cyclones and other natural disasters, and must deal with multiple impacts of a changing climate on their everyday lives

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Redefining the Netherlands' Energy Future : Societal Implications of the Nearing End of Dutch Natural Gas

Date de publication
20 September 2022
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For decades, the large Groningen gas field has been a central pillar of the Dutch welfare state. The availability of gas was so self-evident that many generations still identify with the slogan “Nederland gasland” (“The Netherlands, a gas country”). The nearing end of Dutch gas now requires a mentality shift.

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A Guide to Solve EU’s Hydrogen Dilemmas

Date de publication
19 September 2022
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Facing multiple crises, the European Commission (EC), backed by European Union (EU) Member States, has embarked on a pathway to accelerate the decarbonization of the EU energy system, while fostering its resilience and accelerating the roll out of hydrogen and derivative by-products.

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Reindustrializing France: Challenges of the Digital and Environmental Transformation

Date de publication
14 September 2022
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To succeed in the challenge of reindustrializing France, French and European companies must undertake a dual process of digital and environmental transformation, in a context of international competition.

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Five Years after China’s Plastic Import Ban: Have Europeans Taken Responsibility?

Date de publication
04 July 2022
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After the 2017 Chinese waste import ban, the international and European Union (EU) legislative framework on waste exports has been revised. 

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The EU’s Renewables Expansion Challenge Towards 2030: Mobilizing for a Mission Almost Impossible

Date de publication
16 May 2022
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Only eight years are left to expand by almost three times the current total installed wind and solar energy capacity in the European Union (EU) in adding around 600 gigawatts (GW), and so reach the highly-ambitious 2030 targets. This requires a mobilization whose scale is immense – amidst times of unprecedented crises and uncertainties.

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Saving Energy in a Hurry: Reducing Dependence on Russian Hydrocarbons Requires Resolute Demand and Supply Sides Action

Date de publication
17 March 2022
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Facing Russia’s aggression on Ukraine, European countries have enacted economic and financial sanctions against Russia. 

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Sino-American Climate Diplomacy

Date de publication
17 March 2022
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During COP26, Beijing and the Biden administration committed to reviving Sino-American cooperation on climate issues, in the name of their common interest in climate stability. 

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What Progress on the Paris Agreement on Climate Change?

Date de publication
17 March 2022
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At COP26, a long-term target to keep global warming below 1.5°C was set. This goal is inconsistent with the commitments that the signatory countries have made in terms of reducing their greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

Climate: Which Way Forward?

Date de publication
17 March 2022
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Thirty years after Rio, the case file “Climate: Which way forward?” assesses current climate commitments, which are undoubtedly less impressive and less certain than the political pronouncements and media fanfare make them seem. A number of fundamental problems remain. 

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