Decarbonisation

The Letta report: an assessment of the energy proposals

The report has the potential to substantially impact the European Union's strategic agenda from 2024-29

Beyond the numbers of EU national energy and climate plans

The authors conduct a simple relative frequency analysis for a series of words mentioned in the NECPs to identify interesting policy insights within

Price stability is all about climate change

The European Central Bank should bring in cheaper greening funding for banks, to offset the impact of high interest rates on the energy transition

EU-China relation and de-risking global decarbonisation

European clean tech tracker

This tracker provides an overview of the main innovation, manufacturing and deployment trends in clean tech in Europe

The European Union-Russia energy divorce: state of play

EU-Russia energy trade has fallen hugely since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but the EU could still do more to reduce dependence

Four questions for Germany’s big hydrogen power plan

Germany’s hydrogen strategy will have ripples across Europe and should be discussed more widely

Two years later

The Macroeconomics of Decarbonisation: Implications and Policies

How sensitive are Europeans to income losses related to climate policies?

A unique dataset gives an insight into what Europeans might tolerate in terms of the income effects of climate policies

'Green tech partnership' offers way to de-risk while decarbonizing

Dependence on China carries supply risks beyond just geopolitics

Bypassing the German debt brake and continuing climate spending

There are ways around Germany’s debt brake, which limits government borrowing and is seen as a threat to the climate transition.

What decisions could indicate success at COP28?

COP28: key issues at stake and indicators of success

COP28 must convey the importance to governments of better integrating climate considerations into financial decision-making.