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Uniper and AM Green: long-term offtake agreement for up to 500,000 tons per year of renewable ammonia

Uniper Global Commodities, from Germany, and AM Green Ammonia India announced the signing of a long-term binding offtake agreement for renewable ammonia certified as a Renewable Fuel of Non-Biological Origin (RFNBO), on 13/01/2025. The agreement was exchanged between Michael Lewis, and CEO of…

Domain(s): ENER
• Category(ies): Producers, Production / Construction, Renewable energies
• News # 426446
• Published on 14/01/26 at 17:41

Exclusive "Climate does not care about our politics, but our politics will have to adapt to climate" (Ed Carr, SEI)

"Climate does not care about our politics, it is going to do what it does, and our politics will have to adapt to that, declares Ed Carr, U.S. Center Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute, to News Tank on 13/01/2026. It is hard to tell someone who has just seen their insurance costs…

Domain(s): ENV
• Category(ies): Essentials, Academic, Associations & NGOs, …
• Interview # 426236
• Published on 14/01/26 at 09:22

FR: "The hydrogen sector is virtually at a standstill, apart from SAFs and refineries" (A. Martinez, H2V)

"The hydrogen industry is in deep crisis, virtually at a standstill, apart from a few niche applications. There are only two sectors where things are moving: the supply of hydrogen to decarbonise refineries and sustainable synthetic fuels for aviation. As for the rest, the sector has stalled…

Domain(s): ENER
• Category(ies): Producers, Decarbonisation , Financing & funding, …
• Spotlight interview # 425992
• Published on 12/01/26 at 14:00

"The decision by the world’s second-largest emitter to retreat from UNFCCC is regrettable" (W. Hoekstra)

Donald Trump, the U.S. President, decided to withdraw his country from 66 international and intergovernmental organisations on 07/01/2026, considering them to be "contrary to the interests of the United States". He ordered the withdrawal from international organisations that fight climate change…

Domain(s): ENV
• Category(ies): European bodies, National bodies, Carbon capture & mitigation, …
• News # 425576
• Published on 08/01/26 at 15:30

Ørsted: new legal file opened against US government's halt of wind farm construction (Sunrise Wind)

Ørsted opened litigation against the US District Court regarding the suspension of the lease of its wholly owned subsidiary Sunrise Wind, announced the Danish offshore wind company on 07/01/2026. The offshore project received a lease suspension order on 22/12/2025 from the US Department of the…

Domain(s): ENER, ENV
• Category(ies): Service providers, Decarbonisation , Production / Construction, …
• News # 425446
• Published on 07/01/26 at 16:31

Green bond issuance by corporates and governments in EU Member States between 2014 and 2024

Green bond issuance delivered by corporates and governments has been aggregated by the European Environment Agency (EEA) for all EU Member States. Green bonds are financial lending instruments aimed at financing projects, activities, and sectors with environmental and climate objectives. The…

Domain(s): ENV
• Category(ies): National bodies, Financing & funding, Biodiversity
• Dashboards # 424614
• Published on 06/01/26 at 17:00

EC: Support for the plastic recycling sector, before the introduction of the Circular Economy Act in 2026

On 23/12/2025, the European Commission presented a package of measures to help the plastic industry overcome its current challenges, including the high energy costs, the unpredictable prices for virgin plastic, the competition from imports of cheap plastics, and the lack of demand for recycled…

Domain(s): ENER, ENV
• Category(ies): European bodies, Circularity, Biodiversity, …
• News # 425065
• Published on 05/01/26 at 13:39

"Blended finance is the strongest tool to accelerate the blue bond pipeline" (Alice Dellavalle)

"I believe blended finance is the most effective mechanism to de-risk blue bonds projects" said Alice Dellavalle, Digital Platform and Internationalization Manager at Fórum Oceano, to News Tank on 01/12/2025. In her paper "Financing Ocean Sustainability: Lessons and Limitations of Blue Bonds…

Domain(s): ENV
• Category(ies): Academic, Bioeconomy, Carbon capture & mitigation, …
• Interview # 421761
• Published on 02/12/25 at 16:00

EU Deforestation Regulation: Call for a ‘Stop-the-Clock’ by 20 European associations

20 European organisations representing major players of the wood industry and forestry expressed concerns about the latest amendments proposed by the European Commission to the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) in a statement released on 27/10/2025. At the Environment Council in Luxembourg on…

Domain(s): ENV
• Category(ies): Trade unions & federations, Policies & Regulation, Biodiversity
• News # 417464
• Published on 30/10/25 at 12:34

FR/GHG emissions: 190 Mt CO2e in the 1^st half of 2025, 0.6% lower than in 2024 (Citepa)

190 Mt CO2e is the volume of GHG emissions in France in the first half of 2025, as pre-estimated by Citepa (French study centre on atmospheric pollution) in its monthly emissions barometer for the period, published on 10/10/2025. The figure is 0.6% lower than for the same period in 2024, at 191 Mt…

Domain(s): ENER, MOBIL, AGRI
• Category(ies): National bodies, Decarbonisation
• Dashboards # 414915
• Published on 10/10/25 at 16:00