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Germany’s climate efforts could boost the opposition

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GERMANY

Worth 54 billion euros (60 billion dollars) until 2023, the reforms are designed to help Germany reach its target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 55% of 1990 levels by…

Prospects for climate change in 2021

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PROSPECTS 2021

US re-entry into the Paris Agreement will signal renewed climate engagement by Washington. Prospects for climate cooperation are better than they seemed a year ago, with net-zero…

East African dam plans face reform pressures

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EAST AFRICA

Such deals allow countries to restructure existing debt to free up finance for investment in ‘green’ projects. The strategy’s success will be closely watched by Kenya’s…

Labor favoured to win close Australia election

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AUSTRALIA

Australia's upcoming general election.

Renewable energy capacity will rise with costs falling

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INTERNATIONAL

Governments are formulating their environmental policies in line with the Paris climate agreement and falling costs make renewables the cheapest option for new generating…

US states will drive green energy take-up

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UNITED STATES

US renewable energy.

EU 'circular economy' will boost resource efficiency

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INT

Circular economy in the EU.

India’s second-hand economy will grow fast

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INDIA

As the economic fallout of COVID-19 hits incomes and livelihoods, business-to-consumer (B2C) and consumer-to-consumer (C2C) transactions in the second-hand sector look set to…

EU green ambitions are strongly reflected in budget

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EU

Overall, some 30% of the budget will involve climate-related spending. One of the key reforms concerns the EU’s own resources mechanism to finance spending, with plans to…

US states consider new waste management policies

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UNITED STATES

Waste management policies at the US state and federal level lag those in both the United Kingdom and EU and the measures now under consideration will do little to close that gap.