Climate change policy

Greece's energy communities can help battle energy poverty, said participants at a special event on Thursday to mark the launch of the Greek-Turkish Solar Energy Excellence Hub to Advance the European Green Deal, an EU-funded project known as SolarHub.

Denmark inaugurated yesterday a project to store carbon dioxide 1,800 meters beneath the North Sea, the first country in the world to bury CO2 imported from abroad.

The CO2 graveyard, where the carbon is injected to prevent further warming of the atmosphere, is on the site of an old oil field.

The trade union demonstration under the slogan "To protect the country's energy security" is taking place in front of the parliament building.

"The way the parameters are set in the current Recovery and Resilience Plan is not good for us. The previous government had committed to a 40% reduction in carbon emissions. This means closing down specific coal-fired power plants.

LAMDA DEVELOPMENT S.A. announced that its 100% subsidiary, LAMDA ENERGY INVESTMENTS S.M.S.A., signed a share transfer agreement regarding the purchase of 20% of the share capital of R Energy 1 Holding for a cash consideration of €5m.

It was also estimated that global greenhouse gas emissions will reach its peak in 2025.

The measures include a cap on electricity producers’ profits that would raise 140 billion euros

With challenges in meeting clean energy goals and new electricity demands, politicians in both parties seek to prolong and even expand reactor use

European Commission to propose incentives for households and industry who reduce demand before winter

Companies have been calculating their carbon footprints since the early 2000s and just over one in three of the world's 2,000 largest public corporations have now set goals to become carbon neutral or emissions-free by mid-century or sooner.