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Ukraine war threatens European climate goals

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EUROPE

The situation presents a major opportunity to accelerate Europe’s clean energy transition, if the EU can prioritise the roll-out of energy efficiency measures and low-carbon…

Russia threat exposes Europe’s infrastructure risks

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EU

Critical infrastructure is an attractive target, given the difficulty of attributing such attacks and the lack of immediate fatalities, which reduces the likelihood of escalation…

VW scandal raises global software transparency concern

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INT/US

The vehicles were fitted with illegal software to rig diesel emission measurements. The scandal raises wider concerns that similar types of software-based fraud may affect other…

Regulations could hinder private US drone use

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UNITED STATES

The FAA's proposed regulations will open up drone use in the United States to commercial exploitation. While in some respects less rigorous than they might have been, the draft…

Auction sales presage Gazprom European effort

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EUROPE

Gazprom held its first auctions, for Nord Stream gas, on September 7-10. Auctions represent a departure in Gazprom's sales strategy, and suggest that it is exploring alternatives…

Russian gas supply to EU will intertwine with politics

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RUSSIA

Worries over supply shortages persist despite President Vladimir Putin's promise to increase deliveries. Russian output is close to the limit of current capacity and domestic…

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…

Coal faces continuing challenges

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INTERNATIONAL

Cyclical and structural headwinds undermine confidence in coal.

Prospects for manufacturing in 2016

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PROSPECTS 2016

Prospects for manufacturing in 2016.

Polar Code leaves enforcement gap for Arctic shipping

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ARCTIC

The International Maritime Organisation's Polar Code.