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JPMorgan: Germany would generate 50% less electricity from fossil fuels without shutting down nuclear power
According to JPMorgan estimates, Germany would produce 50% less electricity from fossil fuels and 84% less electricity from natural gas in 2024 if it did not shut down its nuclear power plants. Electricity prices would be about 25% lower and the country would import half as much electricity....
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EFDA warns: CBAM could increase the price of screws and nuts by 30–50%
The European Fastening Materials Distributors Association (EFDA) warns that CBAM could increase the price of screws and nuts by 30–50%. According to EFDA, importers cannot use actual emission data and must pay based on the Commission's unrealistic default values....
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Study of the Thai central bank: CBAM reduced Thai exports to the EU
The Thai central bank study identified five impacts of CBAM on Thai exporters:...
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A new study published in Geophysical Research Letters (Foster & Rahmstorf, 2026) presents alarming figures: the rate of gl...
Scientists removed the influence of natural factors (El Niño, volcanic activity, solar cycles) from temperature data to isolate the purely human contribution to warming. The result shows a statistically significant …
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China, as part of a new five-year plan, introduced climate targets for 2030. The goal is to reduce CO₂ emission intensity n...
With the planned GDP growth of 4.5–5%, this however means that absolute emissions could continue to rise....
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The pace of global warming has almost doubled since 2015.
A new study published in Geophysical Research Letters (Foster & Rahmstorf, 2026) presents alarming figures: the pace of global warming has almost doubled since 2015. In the period 1970–2015, the average temperature rose at a rate of 0.2 °C per decade, but over the past ten years this rate has increased to roughly 0.35 °C per decade....
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China presented cautious climate targets for 2030
China, as part of a new five-year plan, introduced climate targets for 2030. The goal is to reduce CO₂ emission intensity per unit of GDP by 3.8% in 2026 and by 17% by 2030....
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EU member states approved a 90% emissions reduction by 2040
EU member states definitively approved an amendment to the Climate Act — a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040 compared to 1990....
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Greenhouse gas emissions in Britain fell in 2025 by 2.4 % to the lowest level since 1872. Coal consumption has pl...
Key factors: the end of coal‑fired power plants, a slowdown in steelmaking, record renewable energy generation and a drop in gas consumption to a 34‑year low. Emissions are now 54 …
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The European Commission presented the draft Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) — new “made in EU” rules and low‑carbon requirements...
In practice this means greater protection for European manufacturers, higher entry barriers for Chinese manufacturers. If low‑carbon requirements for materials become a condition of public procurement, companies will need to …
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California set August 10, 2026 as the first deadline for mandatory corporate climate reports. The new regulation will affect ...
Companies with revenue over $1 billion USD that operate in California must report direct emissions (Scope 1 and 2), and from 2027 also emissions in the value chain (Scope 3)....
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Emissions in Britain fell to the lowest level since 1872
Greenhouse gas emissions in Britain fell in 2025 by 2.4 % to the lowest level since 1872. Coal consumption dropped to values last seen around 1600 — that is, when Queen Elizabeth I reigned and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet....
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