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Europe – EU drafts plan to toughen carbon market (Euractiv)

The European Union is planning to toughen its carbon market to cut emissions faster and put a price on pollution in new sectors, Bloomberg...

Europe – The EU must tell the world it will power past coal by 2030 (Pieter de Pous, Euractiv)

The G7’s failure to agree a concrete exit date for coal leaves the EU as the only global heavyweight able to provide leadership, argues...

Europe – Draft EU renewables law falls short on geothermal (Kira Taylor, Euractiv)

A leaked version of the EU’s revised renewable energy directive is falling short of the geothermal industry’s expectations when it comes to boosting renewables...

Spain – PM Sanchez to meet Catalan regional president, open dialogue (Euractiv)

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is set to meet Catalonia’s regional president and pro-independence leader Pere Aragonès in a bid to open a new...

Europe – EU negotiators still far apart on environmental justice rights (Kira Taylor, Euractiv)

EU countries and the European Parliament are at loggerheads over the revision of the Aarhus regulation, which allows individuals and civil society to challenge...

Europe – Buildings fit for Europe (Roland Gladushenko, Euractiv)

Europe was right to suggest a fitness regime when it dubbed new proposals to tackle climate change “Fit for 55.” Like any plan to...

TechInnovation – Slice raises $20 million to go after the credit card industry in India (Manish Singh, Tech Crunch)

Slice, an Indian fintech startup that has built a “super card” for millennials in India, said on Monday it has raised $20 million in a...

TechInnovation – Egypt’s Minly raises $3.6M to connect celebrities and fans through personalized experiences (Tage Kene-Okafor, TechCrunch)

In the past couple of years, we’ve seen a growing trend of creators adopting digital and social media, not just as a supplement to their media...

Australia/Indonesia – Building stronger Australia-Indonesia ties (Ben Bland, The Interpreter)

When then Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono addressed the Australian parliament in 2010, he argued that the bilateral relationship faced four major challenges: improving mutual public...

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