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Saudi Arabia eyes clean and sustainable energy, and an international energy conference in its capital warns that the "net-zero ambitions" of countries should not come at the expense of economic development and improving the livelihoods of people in the least developing and less developed economies.
The financial and economic sanctions so far imposed on Russia to force it to end its invasion of Ukraine have not yet had the desired impact. This column argues that cutting off the financing of the Russian aggression is essential and requires immediately banning imports of Russian oil and taxing imports of Russian gas, while cushioning the shock of these measures on
EU energy investments: Will 2021 be decisive?
As the EU starts to tap into its €750 billion pandemic recovery fund, climate projects will likely focus on less ambitious energy-saving projects. And few EU companies are prepared to take the lead in clean tech.
It s yet unclear whether the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will ever be completed
The European Commission is putting forward many pieces of legislation with the aim of stimulating investments in energy transition, and the measures go beyond the proposed EU climate neutrality law.
Considering the need to support the entire economy, it looks like a Herculean task. The proposals of the European Commission and the EU Parliament s stance on green issues allow for some cautious optimism. The bloc s 27 member states, which are the ultimate decision-makers when it comes to energy policy, can give rise to some skepticism, though.