China, the world’s largest coal consumer, has domestic reserves of coal to last the next 50 years.

As Brussels-based think-tank Bruegel put it, Europe needs a “grand energy bargain” – a mutual commitment by all governments to do the right thing for all European people, not just their own voters.

The video was painful to watch, but spoke volumes to Brazil’s isolation on the world stage: President Jair Bolsonaro awkwardly meandering alone around the room as other G20 leaders chatted amiably in Rome last year.

Global leaders called Tuesday for urgent efforts to address global food insecurity amid fears of disastrous harvests next year, as Ukraine’s president blamed Russia for the crisis and sought the world’s “toughest reaction” against Moscow.

A proposed EU-wide revenue cap on electricity producers may end up not applying to coal-fired power plants and renewable fuels like biomethane to avoid undermining alternatives to Russian gas.

Czechs want to protect the climate but are worried about the economy as slightly more than half of them (52%) believe the EU Green Deal will harm it.

The United States may be able to avoid European plans to slap tariffs on imports of polluting goods because it as adopted climate targets that are similar to the EU’s, the bloc’s climate policy chief said on Tuesday (20 September).

Families that cannot pay their bills will not be disconnected from energy supplies this winter, the Irish utility regulator has promised.

Soil is easy to overlook as the dirt on our shoes, the realm of gardeners and farmers and nothing much to do with anyone else.

Economy Minister and Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck, visibly exhausted, appeared on public broadcasterZDF, where he was asked whether he feared a wave of insolvencies because of the rising energy prices.