Energy & climate
Europe’s climate future calls for smart enlargement
13 October 2025
Encompass
As it prepares for another wave of enlargement, bringing in candidate countries from the Western Balkans and Eastern Europe, Brussels faces a critical challenge: how to expand while maintaining its climate ambitions.
The Jolt: Climate and energy overshadowed in State of the EU address
11 September 2025
Elisabetta Cornago from the Centre for European Reform joins The Jolt to discuss what it revealed about upcoming climate and energy policy, as well as the global trends that overshadow these.
“On one hand, I think she's trying to make the case for a European industrial grand plan that covers both clean tech...
“On one hand, I think she's trying to make the case for a European industrial grand plan that covers both clean tech...
Lessons in power from the Brexit wars
21 June 2025
Encompass
Britain’s electricity industry is congratulating itself on the outcome of the UK-EU summit last month, with good reason.
The Iberian grid meltdown imperils electricity trade
03 May 2025
EurActiv
Linking up electricity grids exposes European countries to each other's energy policy decisions. But the meltdown of Spain and Portugal's grids on Tuesday, which spread to France, will lead to renewed scrutiny on interconnectors being a potential way for troubles in one country to spread to another.
Experts: What do Trump’s tariffs mean for global climate action?
27 March 2025
Carbon Brief
The Trump administration is walking back on US climate commitments, both domestically by threatening to cut back Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) support for clean-tech industries and internationally, [by] withdrawing from the Paris Agreement.
Deutsche Welle News: Can the EU bring back "Made in Europe"?
27 February 2025
Elisabetta Cornago of the CER speaks to DW News about how the bloc can stay competitive with the US and China while holding on to its aim to lower emissions and slow down climate change.