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2050 climate neutrality law
In June 2020, the Hungarian parliament passed a law setting a climate neutrality goal for 2050. The preparation of a national clean development strategy 2050 is ongoing. Commitments include phasing out of lignite fired generation after 2025 and the rapid expansion of solar and…
Climate and nature protection action plan - PEDELEC 2020
Under the Cimate and Nature Conservation Action Plan, the Ministry of Innovation and Technology is providing support for the purchase of electric bicycles in the form of grants. The support, which aims to reduce air pollution, will be implemented by IFKA Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft.…
Fossil-fuel cars ban from 2030
Greece announced its first climate law outlining the bold energy reforms that focus on low-carbon energy including a ban on the sales of new fossil-fuel (gasoline and diesel) cars from 2030. The law would be adopted by the end of 2021
Package for the future - Research and development
Package for the future is a programme designed to help Germany prepare for future challenges such as growing digitalisation and climate change. The programme aims to support research into the development of quantum computing, artificial intelligence, hydrogen power and electric…
Package for the future – Mobility
Germany wants to strengthen mobility while ensuring greater sustainability and climate protection. To this end, the mobility part of the Package for the future will implement the following measures: - Improve the vehicle tax (Kfz-Steuer für Pkw) for passenger cars in order to…
Package for the future - Expansion of renewable energies
Package for the future is a programme designed to help Germany prepare for future challenges such as growing digitalisation and climate change. The programme aims to support research into the development of quantum computing, artificial intelligence, hydrogen power and electric…
German-Czech research collaboration for sustainable production
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and the VSB – Technical University of Ostrava signed a new research collaboration programme: “Fraunhofer Innovation Platform for Applied Artificial Intelligence for Materials & Manufacturing at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava FIP-AI@VSB-TUO”.…
Recovery and Ecological Transition Contracts
The Recovery and Ecological Transition Contracts have created objectives to ensure a clean energy transition and a more inclusive policy set across all the territories. As of June 2021, all regions will have their tailored territorial cohesion and energy transition policies.…
The Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP)
The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture announced up to USD 100 million in competitive grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for activities through the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP), which is designed to expand the availability and sale of renewable…
Decarbonisation roadmap for the chemicals sector
The French National Low Carbon Strategy sets a target for the industry sector to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 35% by 2030, compared to 2015. The chemicals sector accounts for 25% of total emissions of the industrial sector. The Ministry of Ecological Transition…
Finnish National Climate Fund
At the climate meeting in February 2020, the Government announced the establishment of a climate fund based on the State Business Development Company Vake. During the budget session in September, the Government transformed Vake into the Climate Fund and control of the company…
Renewable industry strategy - Changes in Taxation
In its Budget Review 2021, the government announced changes in taxation as part of its renewable industry strategy: - Industrial electricity tax will be lowered to the minimum rate allowed by the EU. The industrial energy tax rebate system will be abolished over a four-year…
Draft budget HE 146/2020 - Reduction of the tax subsidy for paraffinic diesel
The long term goal of this policy is to phase out paraffinic diesel entirely. The reduced tax revenue was EUR 21 million in 2021. The support was approved as part of the 2021 supplemental state budget on 21 December 2020 to incentivise energy efficiency and carbon
SCALE Act (Storing CO2 and Lowering Emissions Act)
In 2021, a bipartisan group in the United States introduced the SCALE Act (Storing CO2 and Lowering Emissions Act). The Act aims to support the build-out of critical CO2 transport and storage infrastructure with an aim to support CCUS and CO2 removal technologies, while…
Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)
Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) introduces new sustainability-related disclosure obligations in the financial services sector. SFDR rules set disclosure obligations for manufacturers of financial products as well as for financial advisers. The goal is to…
2022 EU budget
In order to speed up the EU green recovery, the Commission proposed a draft budget (part of the EU long-term budget adopted in 2020) of €167.8 billion for 2022, to be complemented by €143.5 billion in grants under NextGenerationEU. In accordance with the European Green Deal…
Regulation guidance to climate-proof future infrastructure projects
For the year 2021-2027, the European Commission has released new technical recommendations on climate-proofing infrastructure projects. The goal of the guidance is to include climate considerations into future infrastructure investment and development projects ranging from…
MoU with Latvia for offshore wind farm
The Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure, Taavi Aas, and Latvian Minister of Economic Affairs, Janis Vitenbergs, digitally signed a MoU aimed at developing an offshore wind farm by the two states, the first of its kind in the region. It will enable the…
Comprehensive Renovation of Residential Buildings
Renovation grants and loan guarantees for upgrading the energy efficiency of both single- and multifamily residential buildings. The objective is achieving energy efficiency and the better indoor climate of small residences, reducing their energy consumption, and facilitating…
2021-27 Strategic Plan - Audits on GHG emissions for large farms
Within the Estonian 2021-27 Strategic Plan, the government dedicated EUR 1 million for 2021 for audits on larger farms and a pilot project for a greenhouse gas recovery and greenhouse with controlled climate. The funds used come from the revenues of the EU
Greenhouse gas reductions andinvestments in the green transition - Efficient use of energy and renovations
As part of the green recovery, Denmark's government will set DKK 30 billion (EUR 4 billion) aside for green renovations in the public housing sector. The fund will come from the Rural Development Fund and will be spread over the period of 2020-2026. Within the budget, DKK 18.4…
Green Research Strategy
The Danish government laid out a comprehensive research strategy for its green transition, to reduce costs associated with the transition and make greater usage of technologies. The research also takes into account how research development may pursue in the realm of business.…
Grants for green projects optimising the energy consumption of public buildings
Denmark announced its specific plans to allocate funds for energy renovation projects and digital solutions or software that can monitor and optimise energy consumption (e.g. help financing the re-insulation of libraries or the conversion to heat pumps, etc.). Municipalities…
Bill on measures for the country's transition to low-carbon energy (Lex Dukovany)
The government presented the bill on nuclear plants on August 11, 2020. It was approved by the Chamber of Deputies on June 16, 2021, and sent to the Chamber of Senators for its approval before taking effect. The objective is to allow the construction of new nuclear plants,…
EU Cohesion policy: Energy-efficiency heating system
In January 2021, Croatia received €55 million from the European Regional Development Fund to replace more than 68 km of Zagreb's heating pipes with a more reliable and efficient networks. This major EU project for the capital of Croatia will reduce heat and water losses and will…
National Recovery and Resilience Plan / 6. Initiative: Renovation of buildings
The sixth part of the Croatian Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) is an initiative for the renovation of buildings, in light of the recent earthquake. The initiative includes: - A pilot project to establish and implement systematic energy management and the development of a new…
Tax Reform Act
The government has ended the electricity tax for photovoltaic systems when generating electricity for individual
Green Electricity Act Amendment
Reduction of the waiting list for the support of wind power plants and extension of the investment support for photovoltaic systems and electricity
Industry sector - green investments
As part of its Covid-relief package, the government introduced an investment support program to stimulate company green investments. For such investments companies could submit applications (until February 2021) for a grant covering 14 per cent of investment costs. This will…
Pan-European Master Plan for the Promotion of Cycling - Vienna Declaration
Autria presided the 5th Ministerial Conference of the UNECE/WHO Pan-European Austria presided the 5th Ministerial Conference of the UNECE / WHO Pan-European Program for Transport, Health and Environment (THE PEP, 17-18 May 2021), to which 850 participants from 41 countries were…
Energy Act of 2020 (CCUS provisions)
The United States Energy Act of 2020 contains multiple provisions related to carbon capture and carbon removal. The Act includes almost USD 7 billion in authorization for various carbon management and removal programs over 5 years, including reauthorization of Fossil Energy…
Infrastructure and Jobs act: Upgrading ports and airports
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act invests $17 billion in ports and $25 billion in airports to strengthen supply chains, drive electrification, other low-carbon technologies, and reduce
Infrastructure and Jobs act: Repairing and rebuilding roads and bridges
The Infrastructure Investment and Job Act will invest $110 billion to strengthen roads, bridges and launch major projects. The goal of this initiative is to repair and rebuild roads and bridges with an emphasis on climate change mitigation, resilience, equity, and safety for all…
Rail passenger & freight transport modernisation investments
The Argentinian Ministry for Transports is implementing a plan for modernising passenger and freight rail transport accross the territory. Investments are made directly by the Ministry, as well as by STate-owned entreprises Trenes Argentinos Cargas (TAC), Trenes Argentinos…
Law of Solidarity and Extraordinary Contribution to help mitigate the effects of the Pandemic - Natural gas exploration subsidies
A tax placed on the wealthiest tax bracket was approved by the parliament in Argentina to mitigate the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. In the text, 25% of the revenues of the tax will be dedicated to natural gas exploration, development and production programs.…
Natural gas supply and demand scheme 2020-2023
In order to foster investment in the gas sector, the government of Argentina have developed a gas scheme covering the years 2020 to 2023. Objectives include: - Foster investment in natural gas by subsidising its price - Meet the need of hydrocarbons of the country and…
Hungarian Green Champion Program
The Hungarian government supports small and medium size companies investing in low-carbon technological development and committing to retain their workforce. Calls for applications retain companies investing in energy efficiency, including through recycling and water use, as…
Estonian Recovery and Resilience Plan - Digital revolution in companies
As part of the Recovery and Resilience Plan submitted to the EU Commission, Estonia will invest 66% of the 969.3 million EUR expected from the RRP to lead the country's digital and green transitions, with 83 million EUR specifically dedicated to greater usage of digitalisation…
Investment for Green Transition
Lithuania will see investments into green energy totalling EUR 10 billion by 2030 including about EUR 3.5 billion of investment from the private sector and significant financing from the European Union funds as the country will bring forward its target for using only green power…
Financing of 42 renewable thermal energy projects
The Ministry for the Ecological Transition will financially support 42 innovative renewable energy projects for the production of thermal energy. In particular, EUR 13 million will be devoted as aid for investments in thermal energy production facilities through renewable energy…
Aid for municipal infrastructure for Just Transition
Under the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, the Ministry for the Ecological Transition launched an aid program for local entities. The aim is to finance, among other things, environmental infrastructures, sustainable mobility, biomass storage and collection. The aid…
1,2 GW renewable energies tender in Teruel
After the closing of the coal-fired Teruel Thermal Power Plant, in the municipality of Andorra, the Institute for Just Transition launched a tender for 1,202 MW for renewable plants. The energy will serve 34 municipalities affected by the closure of the thermal plant and the…
Ambitious climate protection goals by EECI
The Exemplary Energy and Climate Initiative (EECI) is an Energy Strategy 2050 measure aiming at Switzerland’s most important public service providers. The Civil Federal Administration, the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS) and 13 other participants…
EIB-JBIC joint investments in the EU infrastructure connectivity and carbon neutrality projects
The European Investment Bank (EIB), the bank of the European Union, and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) will expand cooperation on a range of global investments as follows: • In the European Union, co-financing opportunities for infrastructure connectivity…
Aviation Climate Action Plan
The United States is setting a goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from the aviation sector by 2050 in its publication of the United States Aviation Action Plan. To reach the goal, new aircraft technologies, sustainable fuel, and enhanced operations efficiency…
2050 Carbon neutrality scenarios (final)
The presidential committee on carbon neutrality announced two upgraded 2050 carbon neutrality roadmaps to achieve net-zero emissions goal by 2050. Further to the draft for three scenarios announced in August, the committee came up with upgraded two scenarios which both call…
Decommissioning fossil fuel power plants
Within the Strategy for the environmental policy of the Slovak Republic, the Slovak government decided to reduce the use of coal for electricity generation and has adopted an action plan to achieve this goal. A pilot project for the Upper Nitra region has been developed with…
AUD 7 million grants on hydrogen fuelled cremations, fuel cell buses
The Victorian government has awarded AUD 6.6 million in funding under its Renewable Hydrogen Commercialisation Pathways Fund, to support both the increased use and production of renewable hydrogen within Victoria. The government will provide additional funding support of more…
Green loan to finance innovation strategy in high-speed trains
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the high-speed train company Patentes Talgo signed a EUR 35 million green loan to finance the company's research, development and innovation (RDI) strategy on light high-speed trains. The investments are made in Spain between 2021 and 2024,…
EIB financing to Spanish Endesa on a renewable project
The European Investment Bank is providing EUR 250 million to the Spanish company Endesa, the largest electricity company in the country. The financing will be used for the construction of renewable energy generation facilities, to the end diversifying energy production,…