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Make sure #EverybodyCounts by demanding climate action everywhere

Improvements to public transport, the roll-out of cleaner vehicles and the provision of more efficient homes will be put at risk if Europe scraps a la...

Opinion

2020 will go down in history as the year of the electric car in Europe

Blissfully unaware of things to come, January 2020 started with an unprecedented drop in new car CO2 emissions across Europe and booming electric car ...

Opinion

Four positives for sustainable aviation in this annus horribilis

By Matteo Mirolo and Andrew MurphyThe Covid-19 pandemic inflicted a public health catastrophe on the world together with an unprecedented economic cri...

Opinion

The beginning of the end of the oil era?

Was 2019 the year when oil demand peaked? This existential question still dominates the energy debate and reflects the unprecedented changes our socie...

Opinion

2020 brought cleaner skies. Can it stay that way?

Perhaps it takes an extraordinary moment in history to finally radically rethink how we all move around.

Opinion

Spain goes from declaring climate emergency to plotting green recovery

After a 2019 defined by political instability and Spaniards being called to vote in two general elections, 2020 began with optimism. The newly formed ...

Charles Michel Finance Europe
Opinion

2020 in finance: what a difference a virus makes

“Fortitude under duress” may well be the very short summary of this never-ending year in European finance.Back in April, the EU found itself on its kn...

Opinion

France can no longer do EVs and combustion engines en même temps

France likes to think of itself as a leader in electric vehicles. Sadly, the reality doesn’t quite live up to this perception. Apart from the Renault ...

Illustration of dirty and clean city
Opinion

What we learned in 2020: the year of the great acceleration

2020 is one for the history books. At no time in recent memory have we had to change our behaviour so much so fast. Personal mobility was curbed in wa...

Hydrogen ship
Opinion

Technological progress provides hope for shipping sector to get off fossil fuels

This roller-coaster year started with a pandemic threatening to bring global seaborne trade to a standstill and resulted in many ships, especially pas...

Opinion

The return of the Climate Chancellor?

Angela Merkel has long been known as the Climate Chancellor for her leading role in the fight against climate change. But in recent years German clima...

Opinion

Poland is decarbonising but challenges remain

Poland is not known as a climate champion but it does hold ambitions to decarbonise its economy. Electric mobility will be one of the pillars of this ...