In brief | 20 November '24
NewClimate Institute: Climate Change Performance Index 2025
Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK take the lead in this year. Germany drops two places to 16th in this year’s CCPI.
Bloomberg: EU considers changes to carbon border levy to help exporters
Firms have complained their products may become more expensive as European Commission’s review has been brought forward to 2025.
Montel News: EU green H2 consumption to fall well short of 2030 target – Acer
EU energy regulator Acer expects the bloc’s total green hydrogen consumption to be no higher than 4m tonnes in 2030, well below its 20m tonnes goal, it said in a report published on Tuesday (19 November).
Wärtsilä: District heating: the key to affordable and flexible decarbonised energy, says new study
District heating is a multi-technology solution which is currently underutilised for Europe to meet near-term decarbonisation goals affordably, highlights a new study released by technology group Wärtsilä today.
European Commission: 2024 Carbon Market Report
The European Commission adopted the Carbon Market Report, which analyses and presents the functioning of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) in 2023 and the first half of 2024.
European Commission: 2023 among the 5 worst years for wildfires in Europe, Commission report shows
Last year, Europe, the Middle East and Africa suffered some of the worst wildfires since 2000. According to the Forest Fires 2023 report, published by the Commission's Joint Research Centre, wildfires affected over 500,000 hectares of natural lands, roughly 1/2 the size of the island of Cyprus.
International Climate Initiative: COP 29: Germany invests in global resilience and stability by contributing to international climate adaptation fund
The Federal Ministry for the Environment and the Federal Foreign Office announced today at the Climate Change Conference (COP29) that they will contribute a total of 60 million euros to the Adaptation Fund, 30 million each from both ministries.
Washington Post: German police break up an environmental activists' camp near Tesla plant in forest outside Berlin
Police cite violations of public safety and order as activists aim to prevent factory expansion due to impact on local water supply.
