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Rowan Emslie
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From ambition to action: Assessing Europe’s climate leadership at COP28
COP28 in Dubai is a welcome opportunity to take stock, recalibrate and fortify Europe’s approach to the energy transition.
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Why the COP26 narrative is so confusing
The COP26 narrative is already splitting in two – largely as a result of what you expect from this conference.
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Profile: Why BASF cares about the EU’s TEN-E Regulation
To enable industrial decarbonization across EU Member States, full value-chain recognition for carbon capture, transport, and storage is needed in TEN-E Regulation revision What is needed to enable carbon capture, transport, and storage to play its intended role in industrial decarbonization? For the last #TenETuesday before the summer break, Frederik…
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Massive quantity of methane emissions documented across Europe at oil and gas facilities
BRUSSELS — Using a state-of-the-art infrared camera, Clean Air Task Force has documented methane emissions leaking or venting from oil & gas facilities all over Europe. So far, the organization has visited over 150 sites in seven European countries and found harmful, invisible methane pollution at the vast majority of…
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CATF Statement on EU Climate Targets
Climate targets are a helpful indicator of political will, and we’re happy that the European Union has made a positive step in the right direction. But the conversation has to shift from climate targets to climate action. Without significant measures to cut greenhouse gas emissions this decade, these 2050 climate…
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Profile: How Porthos is decarbonizing industry in the Netherlands
Decarbonizing industry is particularly vital for countries like the Netherlands where a significant proportion of emissions come from industrial hubs. With the revision of the Trans-European Networks for Energy (TEN-E) Regulation firmly on the climate agenda, Mark Driessen from Porthos spoke with us about the importance of recognizing CO2 storage…
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Profile: Fortum Oslo Varme on the role of shipping in European carbon capture projects
Fortum Oslo Varme joined us for a chat on their plans to implement the first full-scale carbon capture and storage project capturing flue gas CO2 from a waste-to-energy plant. European carbon capture projects like this are impacted by the EU regulatory framework – including TEN-E – which is why we…
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A Round-up of Carbon Capture Projects Around The World
2021 will be a year of climate commitments. On the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, the pressure is mounting for nations to raise their ambitions and set firm commitments to reach net-zero by 2050. The nature of those commitments will dictate investment for years to come, which is why…