Climate change

Europe needs new rules if Russia offers gas again

Russia could try to split the EU with a strategic gas offer. Brussels should therefore re-regulate Russian gas imports.

Europe’s half a million barrels per day diesel supply question

A new European Union embargo on Russian oil products should not affect EU diesel supplies and prices, but could encourage re-routing by Russia.

Climate versus trade? Reconciling international subsidy rules with industrial decarbonisation

Environmental subsidies could be justified when emissions taxation is not feasible or is insufficient due to political economy constraints.

How would the European Union fare without Russian energy?

This contribution explores how Europe can manage without the imports of Russian coal, crude oil, oil products and natural gas.

Concessional climate finance: the Bridgetown Initiative

Energy crisis: five questions that must be answered in 2023

Here’s how researchers can help overcome the threats arising from market turmoil and geopolitical realignment after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Beating the European Energy Crisis

The EU needs a grand bargain that reduces demand, increases supply, and keeps energy markets open.

A Green Fiscal Pact for the EU: increasing climate investments while consolidating budgets

Europe’s Green Investment Requirements and the Role of NextGenerationEU

The EU countries’ priorities on climate and environmental spending, as reflected in the allocations of the Recovery and Resilience funds are assessed.

Xi Jinping’s new smiles got China off the hook at climate talks

Beijing's bandwidth to deliver is shrinking as its economic performance wanes.

Reflections on COP27

A special episode of the Sound of Economics Live where we explore the key takeaways from COP27.

Success at COP27 will be defined by progress on climate finance and ‘loss and damage’

COP27 should create the basis of a global loss-and-damage fund to help vulnerable countries already suffering from climate disasters.