The EU ban on combustion car engines is in trouble

Brussels caved to the auto sector’s pleas for leniency on emissions targets, giving lobbyists and politicians an opening to push for more.

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US ‘likely’ to pledge new climate target, says White House

Donald Trump’s return raised doubts over whether the Biden administration would still produce the plan ahead of a February deadline.

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How a climate U-turn broke the Scottish government

Scotland’s governing coalition has fallen apart — and a stalled drive to cut carbon emissions played a major role.

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Green champion King Charles appears at odds with Rishi Sunak

Will the monarch be tempted to underline climate differences between himself and his prime minister ahead of COP 28?

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Mounting discontent augurs badly for EU Green Deal

Recent climate regulations are triggering an unintended backlash that risks undermining Europe’s very own climate agenda from within.

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Europe’s green deal will need broad support to succeed

EU has embarked on no less than an industrial revolution. A revolution that — unlike those of the past — is set against a tight deadline.

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EU will regret making farmers scapegoats for climate change

Brussels is well on the way to losing rural Europe — and it only has itself to blame.

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