It happens thousands of times a day, on tens of thousands of vessels moving from port to port. The maritime shipping industry has been the backbone of globalisation. This brings us to the main question, what can be done to decarbonise the maritime sector.

Recently, more and more pledges on both sides of the Atlantic are vowing to not only revive EU-US cooperation but to elevate it to new heights, in many areas including in the fight against climate change. Cooperation will be necessary, as will competition.

Among its promising prospects, hydrogen could decarbonise energy-intensive industries. In this insight, we take a closer look at how it could become an alternative to gas or a solution for storing renewable energy.

The butterfly effect signals that a small change can lead to substantial differences. Recently, a wild animal in the Chinese town of Wuhan, possibly a pangolin, just reminded us of how potent the effect can be. The pandemic that resulted from the transmission of a wildlife virus to a human being has already taken 350,000 lives.

When Commission President von der Leyen presented her political agenda in September 2019, she put the European Green Deal forward as her top ambition. However, to what degree will this legislation lead to meaningful change?

The blueprint of the “European Green Deal” was pitched on 11 December. While its precise details, concrete actions, commitments and milestones remain to be ironed out, the broad thrust is relatively simple: by 2050, Europe is to become the first climate-neutral continent.

In recent years, the European Commission has faced criticism from the media and civil society for not anticipating several automotive scandals. One can cite the ‘dieselgate’ or the more recent ‘car cartel’, which led to investigations affecting a broad range of European carmakers.

When it comes to environmental concerns, transportation has always been the “Ugly Duckling”. In recent years, the European Union undertook many policy initiatives to reduce transport’s carbon footprint. Find out more in our coverage regarding CO2 emission standards for cars, vans and trucks.