EU plans for emissions from trucks and buses The Commission presented on 14 February its plans to tackle the greenhouse gas emissions from so-called ‘heavy-duty vehicles’ (trucks and buses). The proposed regulation aims at having zero-emission buses by 2030 and reducing the emissions of new trucks... Find out more

Electrification has simply substituted dieselisation, without any change in the business model or in the EU regulatory framework, reveals an alarming ETUI report. The ‘Fit for 55’ revision of the CO2 regulation for new cars and vans will not only keep reinforcing the trend towards heavier and more... Find out more

On 6-7 October, the international symposium ‘The Labour-Environment Nexus: Legal Perspectives and Beyond’ – co-organised by the ETUI and the University of Aix-Marseille – brought together scholars from a range of jurisdictions and disciplines to reflect on the relationship between labour law and the... Find out more

On Wednesday 2 November, Europe Calling organised the webinar ‘ECT: Reform or Exit? - What next for the climate-damaging Energy Charter Treaty?’. The webinar was promoted in cooperation with Anna Cavazzini MEP (Greens/EFA Group), with the aim of taking a closer look at the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT... Find out more

The European Commission launched its proposal to limit excessive gas prices on 22 November, which was labelled as a ‘market correction mechanism’ aiming to limit excessive prices when they are unrelated to global price spikes. The so-called ‘gas cap’ is planned to last a year and would come into... Find out more

On 10 November, the European Commission presented a proposal to reduce air pollution from new motor vehicles sold in the EU to meet the European Green Deal's zero-pollution ambition. The new Euro 7 regulation is set to come into force from July 2025 for cars and vans, and July 2027 for trucks and... Find out more

From 6 to 18 November, world leaders and their political delegations gathered in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, for the 27th United Nations climate conference. Overshadowed by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, geopolitical tensions over energy and the danger of economic recession, COP27 will go into history... Find out more

Since our last Green New Deal newsletter in September, it looks like the world has gone into ‘crisis overdrive’. Next to the pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war, rising costs of living and inflation worries, the geopolitical weaponisation of energy, and the accelerating climate emergency, it is now... Find out more

Since early 2021, global oil prices have doubled, coal prices have nearly quadrupled and European natural gas prices have increased almost seven-fold. Spiralling inflation has sparked a cost-of-living crisis across Europe, and governments are stepping in to try to shield households and businesses... Find out more

IEA World Energy Employment Report On 8 September, the International Energy Agency published its first comprehensive report on jobs in the global energy sectors. The World Energy Employment Report provides data on energy jobs ‘by sector, region, and value chain segment’ and will be published... Find out more