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Europe’s Energy Policy Reckoning

By Pieter Cleppe Europe’s energy strategy is no longer sustainable. What once passed as long-term planning has collided with geopolitical reality, and the consequences are now impossible to ignore. The war in Iran has merely accelerated a crisis that was already years in the making: a system built on fragile assumptions, increasing dependency, and political […]

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Emerging economies take aim at EU external climate tariff CBAM

The prospect of the external carbon tariff or “carbon border adjustment mechanism.” (CBAM) which the European Union will be introducing in October is causing ever more debate. The measure is designed to prevent polluting companies from relocating to countries with less stringent environmental regulations, but opponents point at the disproportionate cost to emerging economies. Le

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