Mind the Gap! New UN & OECD reports show countries must act on climate gaps ahead of COP26
Two new reports released today are showing the major climate gaps that world leaders need to address by COP26 in just 44 days’ time. The ‘UNFCCC NDC Synthesis Report’ shows that countries' climate pledges (NDCs) submitted…
Just Energy Transition Partnerships – what donors must do to drive progress
A joint blog by E3G, RIFS Potsdam and Germanwatch To uphold the ambition of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, urgent action is needed to decarbonise the energy systems of…
Securing social, economic and climate stability through the EU Strategic Agenda
European leaders will soon meet to begin re-hashing the EU’s priorities for the next five years. Amid crisis upon crisis, they will be looking to forge security – geopolitical, economic…
Assessing Labour’s Plans for green growth
With the UK’s General Election on the horizon, net zero is firmly on the ballot box. Recent weeks have seen the Labour Party flesh out their plans to deliver UK…
Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank (FMO) Paris alignment assessment
FMO, the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank, is the latest institution to be assessed in its Paris alignment progress by E3G’s Public Bank Climate Tracker Matrix. The result of this assessment…
From communication to legislation: the roadmap to the EU’s 2040 climate target
On February 6th, the European Commission released its Communication on a 2040 climate target. European member states are now called to agree on the ambition level and the required enabling…
Raising ambition on steel decarbonisation: The 2023 E3G Steel Policy Scorecard
G7 governments have a narrow window in which to future-proof their steel industries. While the real economy is moving away from carbon-intensive production, policy progress is lagging behind. Industrialised countries…
5 lessons the COP28 outcomes teach us about climate diplomacy
COP28 seemed set up for outlandish contradictions. The critical question of whether to agree to a rapid phase out of fossil fuels was to be overseen by an oil company…