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Is the French recovery and resilience plan climate-compatible? A preliminary analysis
Nicolas Berghmans. ARI/75 - 10/9/2021.
France has climate change as a central pillar of its recovery and resilience plan, with significant additional funds devoted to key sectors where emission reductions have been lagging. However, additional sectoral policy changes will be necessary to put the country on track to achieve its 2030 and 2050 climate objectives.
Next Generation EU: Germany focuses its climate policy on hydrogen and sustainable mobility
Christoph P. Kiefer. ARI 69/2021 - 19/7/2021.
This paper discusses the key green transition elements in Germany’s Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), that amount to 42.7% of the funds and largely focus on fostering zero emissions mobility, developing hydrogen capabilities and enabling climate-friendly construction and renovation.
The climate and energy transition component of the Spanish National Recovery and Resilience Plan
Enrique Feás & Federico Steinberg. ARI 64/2021 - 6/7/2021.
The authors analyse the aspects of Spain’s National Recovery Plan related to sustainability and ‘green’ investments.
H2 Med: hydrogen’s geo-economic and geopolitical drivers and barriers in the Mediterranean
Gonzalo Escribano. Elcano Policy Paper 2/2021 (English version) - 11/6/2021.
This policy paper is a preliminary assessment of the geo-economic and geopolitical drivers and barriers for the development of a hydrogen market that integrates both European and Mediterranean neighbours’ renewable resources.
Digitalisation with decarbonisation
Gregorio Martín Quetglas & Andrés Ortega. 26/5/2021.
This Working Paper analyses the overall contribution of information and communications technology (ICT) to the fight against climate change, as well as its direct and indirect impact on the emissions of CO₂ and other greenhouse gases and the public-private policies being implemented to ensure the two transitions complement each other.
The Paris Agreement five years on: are congratulations in order?
Lara Lázaro-Touza. ARI 10/2021 - 25/1/2021.
Despite the Paris Agreement, there are significant emission and adaptation gaps, and climate finance is far from being aligned with climate goals. An orderly, just and profound transition is urgently needed. The COVID-19 recovery packages provide a one-off chance to help change course towards Paris.
The Biden-Harris Administration and climate change: good news, caveats and warnings
Lara Lázaro-Touza. ARI 9/2021 - 22/1/2021.
President-elect Joseph Biden has pledged to re-join the Paris Agreement, raise America’s climate ambition, ‘build back better’ (and greener) and reverse recent climate legislative rollbacks. The question remains as to whether the Biden-Harris Administration will be able to deliver and what this means for the global climate regime.
The EU-China climate agreement: building success at the crucial Glasgow summit
Antxon Olabe Egaña. WP 20/2020 - 28/10/2020.
The response to the climate crisis has not been of the same scale in terms of its seriousness and the mobilisation of resources. This working paper highlights the importance of an ambitious climate agreement between Europe and China as key to building a renewed response from the international community.
The design of an independent expert advisory mechanism under the European Climate Law: what are the options?
Alina Averchenkova & Lara Lázaro-Touza. 8/9/2020.
The European Parliament and Council are currently discussing the draft European Climate Law. The aim of this report is to inform the debate on the need for, and the design of, an independent expert advisory mechanism under the European Climate Law, based on experiences with the implementation of national climate change legislation.
Balancing geopolitics with Green Deal recovery: in search of a comprehensive Euro-Mediterranean energy script
Gonzalo Escribano & Lara Lázaro. ARI 95/2020 - 15/7/2020.
The EU’s new Energy Diplomacy Action Plan requires a comprehensive and appealing approach to rapidly shifting Euro-Mediterranean energy geopolitics.