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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.
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:
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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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November 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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...
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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November 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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...
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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November 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
🌎 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 👇
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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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November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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...
November 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
📩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/
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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October 31, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🌍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...
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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October 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🚨 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...
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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October 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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/...
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
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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"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

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October 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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.

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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
www.thetimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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...
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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October 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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.

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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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October 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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.

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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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October 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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 👇
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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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October 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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...
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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October 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🏠 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 ⬇️🧵
October 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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/...
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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October 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
📢 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...
October 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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⚡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.
October 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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...
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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September 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
📢 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
September 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
#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/...
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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September 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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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
September 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM