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E3G is an independent climate change think tank with offices in London, Brussels, Berlin, and Washington DC, and a global network of associates. We tackle barriers and advance solutions for a safe climate for all.

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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ahead of #COP31, more countries must join France, the Netherlands and Germany in publishing their #TAFFRoadmap, and the COP31 and #COP32 Presidencies to keep fostering dialogue on global cooperation in the transition, picking up the baton from Brazil last year. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Germany pledges to phase out fossil fuels for first time with target of 2045
Campaigners say plan marks notable shift away from oil and gas as previously pledges were only for carbon neutrality
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"The real test starts now: whether the priorities tabled and partnerships launched here [at UNGA81] can accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels, scale up investment in climate resilience, and deliver progress on the ground as well as ahead of COP31 in Antalya this November." Kaysie Brown
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Adaptation: Earth’s hottest August on record in 2026, extreme heat, wildfires, floods and droughts causing widespread damage, and El Niño intensifies. Climate change is not a distant threat but is happening now, reshaping economies, societies and political stability: www.youtube.com/live/MbuFh0X...
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Adapting to the New Climate Reality- NYC Even 9/24/2026
YouTube video by Folkekirkens Nødhjælp / DanChurchAid
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
At the High-level Event on Climate Action - Just Transition today at UNGA81: Kaysie Brown, E3G, said: At this last Climate Summit of the Secretary-General, leaders will be assessed by what they can deliver together, and how they take forward Guterres’ formidable leadership on climate action.
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The Energy Pioneer @energypioneer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
In this Q&A, Otto Gunderson interviews Seleha Lockwood, Programme Lead - Public Banks & Development at @e3g.bsky.social on how public and national development banks can help mobilise climate finance at scale. #E3G #GreenFinance #ClimateFinance theenergypioneer.com/mobilizing-c...
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Mobilizing Climate Finance Through Multilateral Collaboration With E3G - The Energy Pioneer
Q: Could you provide an overview of the work of E3G?
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
What would disruption in the Strait of Hormuz mean for global energy markets? Our latest briefing explores short-and prolonged-disruption scenarios and their implications for energy security and the energy transition. www.e3g.org/publications...
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Iran implications for global energy security and transition
E3G briefing on current dynamics and possible implications of the US-Israel strikes and regional conflagration on Iran for global energy security and transition.
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ShareAction @shareaction.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The #SFDR is the main EU rulebook for sustainability transparency in the financial sector. Our new policy brief 👇 explains how the current review can close gaps, curb greenwashing and steer private capital toward activities that help deliver the EU’s climate goals. shareaction.org/policies/sfd...
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
New briefing from E3G and UNDP! Based on analysis from our NDC energy commitments tracker, this briefing highlights how some of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are world-leading in terms of their energy transition ambition. Have a read👇
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
🙌Clean partnerships serve climate goals AND industrial competitiveness and supply-chain resilience. That's why the EU should deepen cooperation with Egypt on #renewables, while staying alert to new actors entering the space. Read our latest briefing: buff.ly/RDdd52z
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EU–Egypt partnership: win–win for trade, industry and the clean transition
Strengthening trade cooperation with Egypt in support of its ambitious renewable energy targets offers unique benefits for EU regional influence, supply chain resilience, and industrial…
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
🌍Climate #adaptation gained momentum in 2025. The real test is delivery. The table below sums up the adaptation outcomes of #COP30 and their implications for 2026. Focus is now on political dynamics that will determine whether this progress translates into action. 👉Read our blog: buff.ly/ImJfrli
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
📣 We’re hiring an Asia Policy Advisor to join E3G’s International Transition Plan Network (ITPN). Based in #Singapore, this role leads engagement across Southeast Asia on private sector climate transition plans and transition finance. ⏰ Applications close Monday 26 Jan (23:59 SGT)
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Asia Policy Advisor, ITPN, Singapore
Asia Policy Advisor, ITPN, Singapore This Policy Advisor post is based in Singapore as part of E3G’s specialist ITPN programme which focuses on private sector transition plans. The post holder will le...
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
The North Seas could be one of Europe’s most powerful security and economic assets, but only if leaders act now. Ahead of the North Sea Summit, out new report sets out how faster delivery can unlock security, resilience, and economic benefits for #Europe. www.e3g.org/publications...
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Empowering Europe: Delivering the security and economic benefits of North Seas wind
Offshore wind in the North Seas has the potential to be a geostrategic and economic asset for Europe. Our report proposes an action plan for leaders.
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
🕒 2025 has been a year of paralysis and reactiveness to internal and external pressures for the #EU. Find out what shaped the EU’s ability to act in 2025, and four tests for 2026 in our briefing: www.e3g.org/publications... 👇 Or join in the reflections and predictions below.
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Europe's 2026 independence moment: The four tests that will define it
As 2025 draws to a close, Europe has clarity on the factors that limit its autonomy: structural dependencies, constrained finances, and outdated defence and industrial capabilities. 2026 will provide ...
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
This month, Ofgem announced its Final Determinations for gas and electricity networks for 2026–31. Headline figures suggest higher bills, but the details show electricity grid upgrades deliver a £16 net saving per household, while 65% of new spending goes to gas. Read more 👇
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Grid upgrades will lower electricity bills for UK households and businesses
London, 4th December 2025  Story  Today Ofgem announced the Final Determinations for the Electricity Transmission, Gas Distribution and Gas Transmission sectors. These determine how much money can be…
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
📢The European Commission has released its long-awaited #EuropeanGridsPackage. See our take in thread below🧵👇
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
What the headlines get wrong about Ofgem’s announcement: Ofgem’s new network plans for 2026–31 were reported as “bill rises”: but most of the cost comes from gas. Electricity grid upgrades actually save households £16 by unlocking more cheap renewable power. 👇 www.e3g.org/news/grid-up...
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Grid upgrades will lower electricity bills for UK households and businesses
London, 4th December 2025  Story  Today Ofgem announced the Final Determinations for the Electricity Transmission, Gas Distribution and Gas Transmission sectors. These determine how much money can be ...
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
📢 New E3G x @eccoclimate.bsky.social report: how credible private sector plans can help build more “investable” national transition strategies. Explore the insights: www.e3g.org/publications...
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Making national strategies in the EU investable
Achieving a sustainable transition for a competitive Europe depends on national strategies that give the private sector confidence and direction.
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
🎧 E3G’s Ana Mulio Alvarez in Climate Proof with a frank take on #COP30’s “Adaptation COP.” Listen here for the politics behind the adaptation finance headline, the GGA indicator controversy, and what’s needed to strengthen the agenda heading into next year⤵️ www.climateproof.news/p/ana-mulio-...
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Ana Mulio Alvarez on COP30’s Adaptation Highs & Lows
Hear from experts on the cutting-edge of adaptation & resilience
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
📢 The UK #AutumnBudget confirms a £150 cut to energy bills by shifting levies off electricity, but also scraps ECO, the UK’s main home insulation scheme. More on why cutting insulation support undermines the best long-term solution to fuel poverty👇 www.e3g.org/news/uk-autu...
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UK Autumn Budget 2025: E3G reaction
The Autumn Budget 2025 indicates total funding for green homes is being reduced from £20 billion to £15 billion this Parliamentary term.
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Zero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature @zero-hour.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
📈 The rise in energy prices over the past four years have cost the UK £183 billion. That’s more than the NHS’s annual £117 billion budget. 🤯 This is the cost of fossil fuel dependency. We urge the Treasury to listen to @e3g.bsky.social ahead of Wednesday's budget. www.e3g.org/publications...
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Cost of the fossil fuel crisis in the UK
Higher energy prices cost the United Kingdom £183 billion over the past four years, analysis by E3G and ECIU shows.
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Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · 14/11/2025
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Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · 14/11/2025
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IISD Economies @economies.iisd.org · 13/11/2025
👉 Reforming investment treaties is key for #climate delivery. 📆If you're at #COP30, hear IISD Vice President Anne Hammill at "Investment Treaties as a Barrier to Achieving Climate Goals", where we'll explore how #ISDS exemptions and fundamental treaty reform can accelerate #climateaction.
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
💡Launched today: IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2025 confirms that the #EnergyTransition is now structural and irreversible. Our latest blog explores clean energy's economic and political takeover: e3g.org/news/the-end...
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The End of Addition: Clean energy’s economic and political takeover
Entering COP, many commentators like to use the line that renewables are just about meeting additional energy needs, or "energy addition”. But this misses the real story.
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
It’s Day 2 of #COP30! Follow along for live updates from E3G as we cover today’s key discussions, announcements, and insights on negotiations. Stay tuned—updates on our insights tracker and in the thread below 🧵⤵️ www.e3g.org/news/e3g-cop...
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E3G's COP30 insight tracker
E3G shares essential takeaways from COP30, offering analysis on climate diplomacy, finance, and strategies to turn pledges into action
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Yesterday Brazil President Lula opened the #COP30 World Leaders Summit with a strong call for COP to deliver “roadmaps” to overcome dependence on fossil fuels. Leaders at COP30 must continue to bring urgency and acceleration to the global #EnergyTransition: www.e3g.org/news/how-ene...
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How energy outcomes at COP30 can help bridge the emissions gap
As countries gather for COP30 in Belém, leaders must strengthen political confidence in the inevitability of the shift to clean energy.
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Today leaders gather for the two-day #COP30 World Leaders Climate Action Summit. Expected among the announcements will be an ‘Integrated Forum on Climate Change and Trade’ (IFCCT). Read more about the IFCCT and how trade will impact the climate agenda at COP: www.e3g.org/news/driving...
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Driving progress on trade at COP30
The Brazilian COP30 Presidency has proposed the launch of a new ‘Integrated Forum on Climate Change and Trade’ (IFCCT) in Belém.
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Ten years on from the Paris Agreement, progress is undeniable but #ClimateAction must accelerate. Our new briefing sets out what’s needed to close the ambition gap at #COP30 across emissions, finance, resilience and governance. 🔗 Read more: www.e3g.org/publications...
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Closing the Ambition Gap at COP30
Identifying and delivering on an outcomes package for the next decade of climate action to close the ambition gap at COP30.
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🌎 As the world heads to #COP30 in Brazil, E3G and our partners will be hosting, supporting and attending key events on how to deliver real climate implementation. Explore our full list of events and speakers 👇 www.e3g.org/news/e3g-eve...
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E3G events and speakers at COP30
With significant ambition gaps visible between the climate action we need to see and the actual progress so far, COP30 must live up to its promise of being the “implementation COP”. E3G and our partne...
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Negotiators at #COP30 next week could finally agree how to track progress on the Global Goal on Adaptation, a major milestone for climate resilience. E3G’s Ana Mulio Alvarez shares insights in @carbonbrief.org's latest Q&A 👇 www.carbonbrief.org/qa-cop30-cou...
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
📩Today industry, think tanks, and civil society have published an open letter to the European Commission, calling for ambitious lead market measures in the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA). Read the letter: www.e3g.org/news/open-letter-call-for-eu-lead-markets-strategy-for-low-carbon-products/
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Open letter: call for EU lead markets strategy for low-carbon products
Today, 50 leading organisations from across Europe’s industry, think tanks, and civil society have published an open letter to the European Commission, calling for ambitious lead market measures to be...
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
🌍No New Coal is now the global norm Planned coal power has fallen by 65% since 2015, a decade of progress driven by the rapid rise of renewables. But a handful of countries still keep new coal on the table. Read our new briefing: www.e3g.org/publications...
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Closing in on No New Coal: The final push
No New Coal has become a global norm across the world. However, a small group of countries continue to keep new coal on the table and threaten progress.
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
🚨 EU clean industry is ready to scale – but $100bn of investment is stalling. Not because we lack capital or tech, but due to the absence of markets and demand for clean industrial products. Read the latest report from E3G and the Industrial Transition Accelerator: www.e3g.org/publications...
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Building Europe’s clean industrial future: Unlocking investment through lead markets
A new report by E3G and the Industrial Transition Accelerator (ITA) shows that without predictable demand, clean industrial projects cannot move forward.
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
E3G’s Steffen Menzel was quoted by @theguardian.com on the urgent need for leadership and coordination ahead of #COP30, highlighting how slow progress and weak pledges from major emitters risk undermining the Paris Agreement. Read the full piece 👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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World’s climate plans fall drastically short of action needed, analysis shows
Recent plans submitted to UN by more than 60 countries would cut carbon by only 10%, a sixth of what is needed
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Julian Wettengel @wettengel.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
"Expect an extensive and contentious revision of the EU's climate and energy policy framework in the summer" 2026, says @e3g.bsky.social's @pepeescrig.bsky.social based on leaked Commission work programme www.linkedin.com/posts/pepees...
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Delays to the #UK government’s £13bn Warm Homes Plan risk holding back investment, jobs and household savings. As E3G's @jamesdyson.bsky.social told @thetimes.com, swift action is vital to boost the economy, cut bills and deliver cleaner, more secure energy. www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
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Ed Miliband’s £13bn warm homes plan delayed after row over energy costs
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero denies that the scheme for insulating homes and replacing gas boilers is being held up by rows with the Treasury
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
As Türkiye bids to host #COP31, its climate ambitions face a credibility test. To lead globally, Türkiye must raise domestic ambition from restoring clean power targets to phasing out coal and strengthening #climate governance. Read more 👇 www.e3g.org/news/turkiye...
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What Türkiye can do to become a credible climate leader in its bid to host COP31
Turkey’s bid to host COP31 offers a chance to prove climate leadership, if it strengthens ambition, accelerates clean power, and phases out coal.
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Paul Adamson @padamson.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
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The IMF cannot afford to sideline climate
This week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank are convening in Washington, DC, for their biannual check-up on the health of the global economy.  At the Annual…
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
The 2025 IMF–World Bank Annual Meetings start today, a pivotal moment for the global economy and #climate agenda. With #COP30 just weeks away, choices made by ministers, central bankers and IFIs will shape whether climate ambition can be financed at the scale required. www.e3g.org/news/balance...
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Balance sheets and tipping points: Why the 2025 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings matter for climate
The 2025 IMF–World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington arrive at a pivotal moment for the global economy and climate agenda. With COP30 in Belém now just weeks away, the choices made by ministers, cent...
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
The Global Gateway Forum starts today in Brussels, a key moment for #Europe to align its #climate and development finance ambitions. In a new E3G blog, @franklinsteves.bsky.social sets out priorities for coherence, accountability and private finance mobilisation. www.e3g.org/news/how-the...
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How the Global Gateway Forum could help shape Europe's new development and climate finance landscape
European governments and EU institutions are grappling with budget constraints, competing domestic priorities, political volatility and geopolitical fragmentation. Meanwhile, the climate imperative in...
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
As #COP30 approaches, contributor countries must urgently step up with ambitious new climate #finance pledges. Failure to do so risks undermining global trust and slowing #ClimateAction. Read our latest blog on what credible new pledges should look like 👇 www.e3g.org/news/contrib...
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Contributor countries must urgently step forward with ambitious new climate finance pledges
In the run-up to COP30, all eyes are on the world’s most heavily emitting countries to see whether updated commitments to climate ambition in the form of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) wil...
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
E3G’s Jurei Yada notes that #EU businesses see sustainability as a source of competitiveness. An E3G–YouGov survey of 2,500 leaders shows strong support for robust sustainability rules, challenging the EU’s Omnibus proposals. More via ESG Today : www.esgtoday.com/most-eu-busi...
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Most EU Businesses Favor Tougher Sustainability Reporting, Due Diligence Rules than Omnibus Proposals: Survey - ESG Today
The majority of EU-based businesses support retaining more substantial and broadly applied sustainability reporting and due diligence rules than envisioned under the European Commission’s Omnibus simp...
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
🏠 Europe’s #housing crisis is also a #climate crisis. Our Head of EU Energy Policy, Luke O’Callaghan-White, has just returned from the High-Level Conference on Affordable & Sustainable Housing in Copenhagen. Here are our takeaways ⬇️🧵
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
In response to today's announcement from Kemi Badenoch, E3G CEO, Nick Mabey, comments, "Repealing the Climate Change Act would make British citizens poorer, less secure and more vulnerable to energy price shocks." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act
Tory leader says she would replace it with ‘cheap energy’ strategy, ending decades-long consensus on climate
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
📢 NEW SURVEY: A majority of European companies support robust #sustainability rules and see them as essential for #competitiveness and investment. 📊 See the survey visuals below & read the full findings here: www.e3g.org/publications...
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What European business leaders think about the EU's corporate sustainability and due diligence rules
E3G commissioned a YouGov survey of 2,500 business leaders across Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Poland in August 2025. The results reveal strong support for robust corporate sustainability and du...
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ECCO think tank @eccoclimate.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
⚡Last week, at the #HeatPumpForum 2025, we moderated a panel discussion on how to make clean energy more accessible. ➡️We were joined by Marcos González Álvarez @ec.europa.eu, Daniele Agostini @enelgroupit.bsky.social, Peter Liese @europarl.europa.eu and Rheanna Johnston @e3g.bsky.social.
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
New E3G survey of 2,500 #EU business leaders shows strong support for corporate sustainability rules. A majority back #climate transition plans, see sustainability as key to competitiveness, and want the EU to set global standards. Read more 👇 www.e3g.org/publications...
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What European business leaders think about the EU's corporate sustainability and due diligence rules
E3G commissioned a YouGov survey of 2,500 business leaders across Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Poland in August 2025. The results reveal strong support for robust corporate sustainability and du...
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
📢 On Monday, we mark 10 years since Mark Carney’s landmark “Tragedy of the Horizon” speech warning that climate change poses an existential threat to the financial system. Join this webinar with leading experts to reflect on progress & the reforms still needed. 👉 www.tragedyofthehorizon.org
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
#China’s new 2035 emissions target is facing criticism for falling short of global climate needs. @theguardian.com an.com explores the implications, including concerns raised by E3G’s Kaysie Brown on China’s clean economy leadership. Read the full article: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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China’s plans to cut emissions too weak to stave off global catastrophe, say experts
Xi suggested US not rising to the climate challenge in his UN speech, but critics say new cuts fall ‘far short’ of what is necessary
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NewClimate Institute @newclimate.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
In March 2025, the EU launched talks on its first Clean Trade and Investment Partnership ( #CTIPs) with South Africa. 💡CTIPs aim to align EU external action with industrial policy, support clean energy cooperation and offer a flexible tool to complement trade deals. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3IAHeyt
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