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bneGREEN: Energy crisis sends Western Balkans back to coal
Serbia and North Macedonia are raising coal power generation in response to the energy crisis that has seen electricity prices soar.
bneGREEN: EU MEPs back binding methane targets
In a resolution on the EU’s strategy for cutting methane emissions, MEPs voted 563 to 122 in favour of introducing binding measures and targets on methane abatement, in order to significantly reduce emissions by 2030, in line with Paris goals.
bneGREEN: G7 could set green example for rest of world
G7 countries have the potential to reach net zero in the power generation sector by 2035 and spur decarbonisation in other economies and sectors.
ING: Growing metals demand & the issue of emissions
The energy transition provides a great opportunity for the metals industry. Investment in clean energy technologies will boost metals demand. However, while the sector will play a crucial role, it will need to address its own emissions.
Russian petrochemical giant Sibur launches net-zero collaboration platform
Sibur will establish a Low Carbon Emitting Technologies pact with leading international chemical companies and the World Economic Forum to help coordinate climate change responses.
bneGREEN: Green policies set to reduce EU gas demand to baseload core
While the current gas crisis in the EU sees record-high wholesale gas prices, hurting consumers and causing the latest round of a supply disputes with Russia, the race to net zero by 2050 could have deeper long-term consequences for EU gas demand.
bneGREEN: Romanian bank BCR issues first green bond
Lender BCR joins a growing number of corporate issuers of green bonds in Romania.
bneGREEN: Russia to become carbon neutral by 2060
Russian President Vladimir Putin set the goal of carbon neutrality by 2060 during comments in his speech at the plenary session of Russia’s Energy Week on October 13.
bneGREEN: Governments still woefully short of IEA’s net-zero requirements
Governments need to smash the stubborn dominance of fossil fuels if the world is to reach net zero by 2050, despite the rapid development of green technologies, the IEA warns.
bneGREEN: Bulgaria to propose three dates for closure of coal-fired power plants
Sofia is under pressure to draw up a timeline to shut down its coal plants before the European Commission approves its recovery plan.
bneGREEN: SEB puts $4 trillion annual price tag on net zero
SEB’s latest Green Bonds Report has placed a price of $4 trillion per year on the energy transition if the world is to reach net zero by 2050.
bneGREEN: China’s promise of no overseas coal financing could free up $130bn for green investment
China’s promise to abandon financing coal projects overseas could affect a total of 44 coal plants across Asia and Africa with a combined 42,220 MW of capacity.
bneGREEN: Ljubljana suffers worst deluge in 160 years
Water surged inside homes, hospitals and other buildings, and flooded the vaults of the modern art museum. Extreme weather events in Slovenia are expected to increase as global temperatures rise.
bneGREEN: Hydro capacity needs to double to meet green goals
Global hydro capacity needs to double by 2050 if water-based power is to make a meaningful contribution in the race to net zero, IRENA director-general Francesco La Camera has warned
bneGREEN: Green Deal, CBAM poses high risks to poorer African, Eastern European countries
The EU’s Green Deal and Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism will hit the EU’s trading partners in Africa and non-EU Eastern Europe particularly hard.
bneGREEN: Greenwashing: regulators flex muscles as the market remains in flux
Defining a green investment is crucial to boosting the expansion of renewable energy and preventing the mis-selling of investments by so-called greenwashing, whereby the environmental impact of a product is misrepresented.
bneGREEN: Russia seeks measures to facilitate decarbonisation
The Russian government intends to develop a system of support measures, including fiscal ones, to facilitate the introduction of green technologies and emission reductions for businesses, announces First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov.
bneGREEN: Montenegro cancels €54mn Pljevlja TPP reconstruction plan, to focus on renewable energy
Ministry says Podgorica to scrap reconstruction of power plant at centre of conflict with Energy Community.
SCO leaders tell West to bite bullet and hand billions to Taliban
With Afghanistan on brink of humanitarian and economic hell, it might be that only access to capital frozen abroad can stop the country becoming an incurable narco-state that is a hive of terrorism.
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bneGREEN: Serbia issued debut €1bn green Eurobond
First green Eurobond from the Western Balkans to finance environmental protection and climate change mitigation projects as Serbia pursues green transition.
