Europe
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Saudi Arabia Hints at Oil as Economic Weapon, Breaking ‘Essential Market Taboo’
Saudi Arabia is setting out to calm frazzled international nerves this week after a news executive close to the Royal Court of Crown Prince ... -
Media Still Missing the Memo on Urgency in IPCC Report
Media in the United States and the United Kingdom are getting decidedly tepid reviews for their coverage of last week’s landmark IPCC report on ... -
Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & Gas
Fossil CEO Dudley Urges ‘Many Trillions’ in New Spending, Calls Climate Risk Disclosure a Danger
The oil industry will have to invest trillions of dollars in what industry newsletter Upstream calls an “aggressive Paris Climate Accord compliance scenario”, and ... -
CoalElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSolarWind
Higher Carbon Prices May Drive Off-Coal Transition in Poland
Higher carbon prices appear to be pushing Poland into the early stages of a post-carbon transition, with state power company Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) and Katowice-based Tauron ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDrive to 1.5EuropeNational Plans & Responses
Glynn: 100-Tonne Lifetime Emissions Limit Per Person Helps Define Nations’ Carbon Budgets
Last week’s debate on Ireland’s annual financial budget would have been a great opportunity for legislators to take a serious look at their “other” ... -
Fossil Execs Seek PR Strategies to Combat Growing Divestment, Risk Disclosure Movement
Public relations campaigns to “combat” the growing movement against fossil fuel divestment were a primary topic of conversation when the annual Oil and Money ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementDrive to 1.5EuropeLegal & RegulatoryNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon Transition
Appeal Court Orders Fast Emission Cuts in Landmark Decision Against Netherlands Government
An appeal court in The Netherlands put “all world governments on notice” this week, upholding a previous, historic legal order that the national government ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Higher Oil Prices Will Accelerate Electric Vehicle Adoption
While fossils celebrate a four-year high in oil prices, automakers looking at the prospect of $100-per-barrel oil and resulting higher gasoline prices as precisely ... -
Denmark Proposes 2030 Ban on New Petrol and Diesel Vehicle Sales
Denmark would set a 2030 deadline to phase out sales of new petrol and diesel cars, and pull the plug on new hybrid vehicles ... -
CoalElectricity GridEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesPost-Carbon Transition
World Bank Turns Down Financing Support for 500-MW Kosovo Coal Plant
The World Bank has turned down the Kosovo government’s request for risk guarantees that would have unlocked cheaper financing for a new €1-billion (US$1.15-billion), ...
