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In today’s 15 minutes, Kira looks at plans to use state aid to boost the European Union’s decarbonisation efforts, plus what will happen to the Ukraine-United States minerals deal? Listen now: foresightmedia.com/story/sL7rVC... @kirataylor.bsky.social @smorgan.bsky.social

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Here are the European Commission's proposals for the Omnibus packages on sustainability and investment simplification, which it says will deliver over €6 billion in administrative relief ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

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And, finally, the third instalment of the European Commission's press conferences today: the Omnibus packages on sustainability and investment simplification audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/ebs/1/202...

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Here's the text for the European Commission's proposal to lower energy prices in Europe - the Action Plan for Affordable Energy ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

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The press conference on the Action Plan for Affordable Energy is now starting: audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/ebs/1/202...

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The Clean Industrial Deal is out! Here's the link to more information and the document: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

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Today the European Commission will propose the Clean Industrial Deal, the Action Plan for Affordable Energy and the Omnibus packages on sustainability and investment simplification, starting with the Clean Industrial Deal soon. You can follow it here: audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/ebs/1/202...

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What should we expect from the EU's Action Plan for Affordable Energy, due next week? On today's episode of The Jolt, I dived into the leaked draft with guests from Eurelectric and @foeeurope.bsky.social. Listen here: foresightmedia.com/story/sHL2hR...

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Leak: We've just seen a draft of the European Commission's Action Plan for Affordable Energy, due next week. Here's my take: www.linkedin.com/posts/kira-t...

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LEAK: My takeaways from a first glance at the Clean Industrial Deal and the Clean Industry State Aid Framework – CISAF: www.linkedin.com/posts/kira-t...

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In today’s 15 minutes, Kira looks at Indonesia’s transition to renewables, plus United States President Donald Trump continues his fight against green policy Listen now: foresightmedia.com/story/s9nIWi... @kirataylor.bsky.social @smorgan.bsky.social

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Indonesia plans to phase out coal by 2040 and reach net zero emissions by 2060, but that means a big ramp up of renewables. Katherine Hasan talked me through the country's plans to move away from coal and the US' recent impact on climate policy in Indonesia: foresightmedia.com/story/s9nIWi...

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In today’s 15 minutes, Kira explores why Switzerland’s new climate target for 2035 has been criticised, plus the world could be about to breach a critical warming limit Listen now: foresightmedia.com/story/sjy1ZH... @kirataylor.bsky.social @smorgan.bsky.social

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Tariffs, energy policy in the United States, and climate pledges under the Paris Agreement - @smorgan.bsky.social and I explored this week's top climate and energy stories for this episode of @foresight-ce.bsky.social's The Jolt Rundown. Listen here: foresightmedia.com/story/svmpPX...

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Looking forward to moderating this discussion on 18 February about clean heating solutions and how they can help reduce reliance on wood burning and fossil fuels. Details 👇

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How can a recently agreed article of the Paris Agreement help decarbonise developing countries? For today's episode of The Jolt, I looked at how Bangladesh could cash in on carbon markets under article 6 of the Paris Agreement to help drive its energy transition.

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On today’s episode of The Jolt Rundown, @smorgan.bsky.social and I took a closer look at the European Union’s Competitiveness Compass, discussing the core elements and the policy announcements in it. Listen here: foresightmedia.com/story/sWGdxl...

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What was in the Competitiveness Compass and will it help the energy transition? For today's episode of The Jolt, I analysed the initiative and reactions to the publication. foresightmedia.com/story/suiaWG...

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I've been in the Brussels bubble too long - I just googled "compass" and was confused when I got results for actual compasses, not the EU Competitiveness Compass I was looking for

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UPDATE on 2040 target in the Competitiveness Compass: The final text now mentions the 90% emissions reduction target for 2040 - the "90%" wasn't mentioned in the leak

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The Competitiveness Compass is out! Here's the link to it: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

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Key climate and energy dates from the Competitiveness Compass presented today

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Gearing up to follow the Competitiveness Compass announcement. You can follow it here at 13:30: audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/

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In today’s 15 minutes, Kira looks at what will happen to the United States’ carbon removals under the Trump Administration, plus climate leaders respond to the new president’s first day in office Listen now: foresightmedia.com/story/saL1nF... @kirataylor.bsky.social @smorgan.bsky.social

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What does Donald Trump's return to power in the United States mean for carbon removals? Sebastian Manhart from Carbonfuture joins me for today's episode of The Jolt to look at what could happen to the US carbon removal market and why it's so important. foresightmedia.com/story/saL1nF...

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❗ Key EU climate and energy dates from the European Commission's tentative agenda: 29.01 - Competitiveness Compass 26.02 - Clean Industrial Deal - Omnibus package: Chapeau communication and omnibus proposal - Action Plan on Affordable energy - Roadmap towards ending Russian energy imports

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How will escalating geopolitical tensions and leadership shifts impact international climate politics in 2025? Our Executive Director @lindakalcher.bsky.social shares her insights with @kirataylor.bsky.social on The Jolt podcast. Don’t miss the conversation 👇 foresightmedia.com/story/sb7zK1...

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Germans will head to the polls on 23rd February to vote in a new government after the previous coalition collapsed in November. @cleanenergywire.bsky.social's @egenter.bsky.social joins me on today's episode of The Jolt to explain foresightmedia.com/story/szxQB8...

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What better way to start the year than discussing what 2025 will bring with the most wonderful @kirataylor.bsky.social ?! Yes, we got you all covered on Trump administration, European #competitiveness and the road to #COP30.

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With leadership changes and growing geopolitical tensions, 2025 promises to be a rocky year politically. I spoke to @lindakalcher.bsky.social from @strategiceu.bsky.social for The Jolt to find out how international climate politics will fare foresightmedia.com/story/sb7zK1...

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The Jolt Rundown is back, bringing you @smorgan.bsky.social and my take on the week's top energy and climate news. On today's episode, we look ahead to 2025 and the trends we expect to see. foresightmedia.com/story/so9un4...

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Offshore energy security is in the spotlight again after the suspected sabotage of a power cable between Finland and Estonia. For more on threats to infrastructure and solutions, here's my recent article for @foresight-ce.bsky.social 👇https://foresightmedia.com/story/sNVfDtjf-meRpzvR6-cc9e3

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From wars to cost of living crises, 2025 brings a challenging context for the energy transition. Clean technologies could help, but the focus risks moving to other topics. @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social joins me on The Jolt to discuss energy trends in 2025 👇 foresightmedia.com/story/sHbD7u...

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2025 is a key year for climate and energy as the world works towards its 2030 targets. How far have we come and what regions are leading? I spoke to @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social from @ember-energy.org to find out. Tune in on Wednesday for the second part👇 foresightmedia.com/story/s0yyHR...

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ICYMI. On today's episode of The Jolt, I summarised the key climate and energy stories that happened over the winter break, including preparations for the handover of power in the US, the end of Russian gas flows through Ukraine and Japan's renewables target👇 foresightmedia.com/story/s0yyHR...

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❗️Key dates for people following competitiveness, climate and energy from the Commission's indicative agenda: - 15.01.25 Competitiveness Compass - 26.02.25 Clean Industrial Deal and Omnibus simplification package

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What vulnerabilities exist in Europe's energy system and how can we address them? My article for @foresight-ce.bsky.social, drawing on 3 years of work on energy security to assess the weaknesses in the system and how to address these 👇 foresightmedia.com/story/sNVfDt...

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Climate litigation, energy security and how conversations about competitiveness could be undermined by renewable energy's struggles in the EU. Here's Sam Morgan and my Rundown of the world's climate and energy news: foresightmedia.com/story/sTdDGw...

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Austria witnessed a drop in gas supplies coming from Russia in November and further decreases are expected as a transit deal through Ukraine finishes at the end of the year. I looked into what this means for the EU for an episode of The Jolt. Listen here: foresightmedia.com/story/s87ma7...

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The EU finally has its new Commission and its buzzword is competitiveness! I looked at how this links to the EU's energy and climate goals and some areas that could be overlooked for @foresight-ce.bsky.social's daily news podcast The Jolt . Listen here 👇 foresightmedia.com/story/sxUM6e...

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What should we expect from the EU's upcoming Clean Industrial Deal? I took a look at what we know so far, when it might be published, and what people want from it for Clean Energy Wire www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/q...

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