John Ainger
@johnainger.bsky.social
Journalist eating mussels in Brussels and covering climate, energy (crises) for Bloomberg. Mundus Journalism advisory board member. Opinions own etc. He/him.
Brazilian President Lula foreshadowed a potential effort to move beyond the commitment countries made two years ago to “transition away from fossil fuels.”
"We need road maps," he told world leaders at the #COP30 leaders summit.
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"We need road maps," he told world leaders at the #COP30 leaders summit.
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COP30: Trump, Xi, Modi Skip Climate Change Talks
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said overshooting 1.5C of warming, even temporarily, will result in more hunger and loss.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Brazilian President Lula foreshadowed a potential effort to move beyond the commitment countries made two years ago to “transition away from fossil fuels.”
"We need road maps," he told world leaders at the #COP30 leaders summit.
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"We need road maps," he told world leaders at the #COP30 leaders summit.
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In Dubai two years ago, countries reached a first-of-a-kind agreement to transition away from fossil fuels.
Yet none of the roughly 60 countries that have submitted an updated climate pledge since then have put in place targets to reduce oil and gas production.
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Yet none of the roughly 60 countries that have submitted an updated climate pledge since then have put in place targets to reduce oil and gas production.
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The World Is Ignoring Its Pledge to Shift Away From Fossil Fuels
At the COP28 climate summit in Dubai two years ago, countries reached a first-of-a-kind agreement to transition their economies away from fossil fuels.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
In Dubai two years ago, countries reached a first-of-a-kind agreement to transition away from fossil fuels.
Yet none of the roughly 60 countries that have submitted an updated climate pledge since then have put in place targets to reduce oil and gas production.
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Yet none of the roughly 60 countries that have submitted an updated climate pledge since then have put in place targets to reduce oil and gas production.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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EU energy ministers struck a deal on plans to ban all gas supplies from Russia by the end of 2027, as the bloc looks to definitively end its reliance on energy from Moscow.
Talks with parliament on the final outcome can now begin.
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Talks with parliament on the final outcome can now begin.
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EU Nations Close In on Deal to Ban Russian Gas by End of 2027
European Union energy ministers agreed a joint position on plans to ban all gas supplies from Russia by the end of 2027, as the bloc looks to definitively end its reliance on energy from Moscow.
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October 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
EU energy ministers struck a deal on plans to ban all gas supplies from Russia by the end of 2027, as the bloc looks to definitively end its reliance on energy from Moscow.
Talks with parliament on the final outcome can now begin.
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Talks with parliament on the final outcome can now begin.
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❗️SCOOP: EU considering strict conditions such as tech transfers, joint ventures for Chinese investments in Europe in some key sectors, we’re told, as Europe increases pressure on Beijing to rebalance economic relations
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EU Considers Forced Tech Transfers for New Chinese Investments
The European Union is considering forcing Chinese firms to hand over technology to European companies if they want to operate locally, in an aggressive new push to make the bloc’s industry more compet...
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October 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
❗️SCOOP: EU considering strict conditions such as tech transfers, joint ventures for Chinese investments in Europe in some key sectors, we’re told, as Europe increases pressure on Beijing to rebalance economic relations
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Nearly 200 countries are set to gather at the gates of the Amazon rainforest next month for #COP30
Here's how it could succeed or fail
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Here's how it could succeed or fail
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Six Ways the COP30 Climate Summit Can Succeed or Fail
When Brazil was named host of the COP30 climate summit two years ago, it was seen as the perfect celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, where nations pledged to keep climate chang...
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October 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Nearly 200 countries are set to gather at the gates of the Amazon rainforest next month for #COP30
Here's how it could succeed or fail
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Here's how it could succeed or fail
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NEW: The EIB is exploring investing in #nuclear power on the continent for the first time in four decades as political opposition to the technology fades
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EIB Weighs Ending 40-Year Nuclear Hiatus With Reactor Investment
The European Investment Bank is exploring investing in nuclear power on the continent for the first time in four decades as political opposition to the technology fades, according to people familiar w...
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September 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
NEW: The EIB is exploring investing in #nuclear power on the continent for the first time in four decades as political opposition to the technology fades
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NEW: Brazil is trying to build a coalition of countries, including the EU and China, to unify carbon markets globally as it prepares to host this year’s COP30 climate summit
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Brazil Lobbies EU, China to Join COP30 Carbon Market Coalition
Brazil is trying to build a coalition of countries, including the European Union and China, to unify carbon markets globally as it prepares to host this year’s COP30 climate summit.
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September 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
NEW: Brazil is trying to build a coalition of countries, including the EU and China, to unify carbon markets globally as it prepares to host this year’s COP30 climate summit
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The commission is yet again set to propose a one-year delay of the EU's deforestation law, blaming an IT overload as companies submit their paperwork.
It could open the door to further "simplifications" of the regulation, with EPP pushing for a zero-risk category.
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It could open the door to further "simplifications" of the regulation, with EPP pushing for a zero-risk category.
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EU Proposes Another One-Year Delay to Landmark Deforestation Law
The European Commission, the bloc’s executive branch, will seek to again delay the implementation of its landmark law to tackle deforestation, according to Jessika Roswall, the bloc’s environment comm...
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September 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The commission is yet again set to propose a one-year delay of the EU's deforestation law, blaming an IT overload as companies submit their paperwork.
It could open the door to further "simplifications" of the regulation, with EPP pushing for a zero-risk category.
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It could open the door to further "simplifications" of the regulation, with EPP pushing for a zero-risk category.
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Exxon is shelving €100 million investments in chemical recycling in Europe due to what the energy giant says are overly restrictive rules on plastics
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Exxon Halts €100 Million Recycling Investments Due to EU Rules
Exxon Mobil Corp. is shelving investments in chemical recycling in Europe due to what the energy giant says are overly restrictive rules on plastics.
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September 18, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Exxon is shelving €100 million investments in chemical recycling in Europe due to what the energy giant says are overly restrictive rules on plastics
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The US is still considering whether to attend the upcoming #COP30 climate summit in Brazil in order to have an “honest dialogue” on the feasibility of the world’s green transition, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Bloomberg.
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US Weighs COP30 Climate Summit Attendance for ‘Honest Dialogue’
“I would not be at all against going, if I had an audience and a platform to engage with the world,” said Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
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September 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The US is still considering whether to attend the upcoming #COP30 climate summit in Brazil in order to have an “honest dialogue” on the feasibility of the world’s green transition, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Bloomberg.
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The IEA's draft annual shows dreams of a peak in fossil fuel demand this decade is a mirage.
"The world isn’t performing an “energy transition” but an “energy addition,” where renewables top up oil, gas and coal."
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"The world isn’t performing an “energy transition” but an “energy addition,” where renewables top up oil, gas and coal."
Must read from @javierblas.bsky.social
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The Myth of Peak Fossil-Fuel Demand Is Crumbling
The use of oil and gas will continue to climb for decades, according to a draft of the International Energy Agency’s annual report.
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September 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The IEA's draft annual shows dreams of a peak in fossil fuel demand this decade is a mirage.
"The world isn’t performing an “energy transition” but an “energy addition,” where renewables top up oil, gas and coal."
Must read from @javierblas.bsky.social
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"The world isn’t performing an “energy transition” but an “energy addition,” where renewables top up oil, gas and coal."
Must read from @javierblas.bsky.social
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The EU was entitled to include gas and nuclear energy in its green rulebook allowing the technologies to tap subsidies and cheaper finance, the bloc’s second highest tribunal ruled in a challenge brought by Austria.
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EU’s Green Finance Label for Nuclear, Gas Is Allowed, Court Says
The European Union was entitled to include gas and nuclear energy in its green rulebook allowing the technologies to tap subsidies and cheaper finance, the bloc’s second highest tribunal ruled in a ch...
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September 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The EU was entitled to include gas and nuclear energy in its green rulebook allowing the technologies to tap subsidies and cheaper finance, the bloc’s second highest tribunal ruled in a challenge brought by Austria.
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Proposals to artificially cool the world’s polar regions to stem the impact of global warming are expensive, unfeasible and potentially dangerous, scientists say
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Scientists Warn Against Plans to Artificially Cool Polar Regions
Proposals to artificially cool the world’s polar regions — to stem the impact of global warming — are both expensive, unfeasible and potentially dangerous, according to new scientific research.
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September 9, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Proposals to artificially cool the world’s polar regions to stem the impact of global warming are expensive, unfeasible and potentially dangerous, scientists say
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The EU is struggling to find takers for subsidies to jumpstart a green hydrogen market following a number of dropouts by potential recipients, potentially stalling the rollout of the clean energy source.
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EU Struggles to Find Takers for Hydrogen Money, Curbing Rollout
The European Union is struggling to find takers for subsidies to jumpstart a green hydrogen market following a number of dropouts by potential recipients, potentially stalling the rollout of the clean...
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August 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The EU is struggling to find takers for subsidies to jumpstart a green hydrogen market following a number of dropouts by potential recipients, potentially stalling the rollout of the clean energy source.
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This year’s UN climate summit in Brazil planned to bring world leaders, diplomats and other participants into the heart of the Amazon rain forest. Now the event risks being defined by a looming logistical fiasco.
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Brazil Refuses to Move Climate Summit as Lodging Crisis Looms
This year’s United Nations climate summit, scheduled for November in Brazil, has been designed to make history by bringing world leaders, diplomats and some 50,000 other participants into the heart of...
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August 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
This year’s UN climate summit in Brazil planned to bring world leaders, diplomats and other participants into the heart of the Amazon rain forest. Now the event risks being defined by a looming logistical fiasco.
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"And the climate in Brussels resembles what parts of Croatia were like 25 years ago"
And yet, in Brussels, there's still nowhere to swim outdoors to cool off.
And yet, in Brussels, there's still nowhere to swim outdoors to cool off.
Once seen as an American excess or Mediterranean necessity, air conditioning is becoming a fixture of life in Europe
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Europe Finally Embraces Air Conditioning as Heat Waves Hit Hard
As Europe sweats through another summer of record-high temperatures, much of the continent is undergoing a rapid and often tense transformation.
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August 13, 2025 at 9:43 AM
"And the climate in Brussels resembles what parts of Croatia were like 25 years ago"
And yet, in Brussels, there's still nowhere to swim outdoors to cool off.
And yet, in Brussels, there's still nowhere to swim outdoors to cool off.
Once seen as an American excess or Mediterranean necessity, air conditioning is becoming a fixture of life in Europe
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Europe Finally Embraces Air Conditioning as Heat Waves Hit Hard
As Europe sweats through another summer of record-high temperatures, much of the continent is undergoing a rapid and often tense transformation.
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August 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Once seen as an American excess or Mediterranean necessity, air conditioning is becoming a fixture of life in Europe
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Poland’s new energy minister said he supports a moderate path to meet the country’s climate ambitions, allowing some coal-fired power plant to still be used in 2040 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Polish Energy Minister Sees Future for Coal in Climate Wind Down
Poland’s new energy minister said he supports a moderate path to meet the country’s climate ambitions, allowing some coal-fired power plant to still be used in 2040.
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August 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Poland’s new energy minister said he supports a moderate path to meet the country’s climate ambitions, allowing some coal-fired power plant to still be used in 2040 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The EU’s promise to buy $750 billion of American energy imports over three years was pivotal to securing a trade deal with President Donald Trump, but it’s a pledge it will struggle to keep.
It looks like #nuclear will hold the key. Read our take:
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It looks like #nuclear will hold the key. Read our take:
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The EU’s Monster Energy Deal With Trump Looks Hard to Achieve
The European Union’s promise to buy $750 billion of American energy imports over three years was pivotal to securing a trade deal with President Donald Trump, but it’s a pledge it will struggle to kee...
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July 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The EU’s promise to buy $750 billion of American energy imports over three years was pivotal to securing a trade deal with President Donald Trump, but it’s a pledge it will struggle to keep.
It looks like #nuclear will hold the key. Read our take:
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It looks like #nuclear will hold the key. Read our take:
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The EU and China will commit to leading the world in the fight against climate change in a symbolic show of unity as the US steps back under Donald Trump, according to a draft seen by Bloomberg
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EU and China Will Pledge Climate Leadership Role as US Retreats
The European Union and China will commit to leading the world in the fight against climate change in a symbolic show of unity as the US steps back under President Donald Trump.
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July 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
The EU and China will commit to leading the world in the fight against climate change in a symbolic show of unity as the US steps back under Donald Trump, according to a draft seen by Bloomberg
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One of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the fallout from climate change has won a landmark legal battle, giving countries new ammunition to pursue some of the planet’s biggest emitters
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Vanuatu Wins Landmark Legal Battle Over Climate Change Impact
One of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the fallout from climate change has won a landmark legal battle, giving countries new ammunition to pursue some of the planet’s biggest emitters.
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July 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
One of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the fallout from climate change has won a landmark legal battle, giving countries new ammunition to pursue some of the planet’s biggest emitters
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The EU's climate chief @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu told us he expects some of the bloc’s biggest pension funds to help modernize the region's ageing power grids on the quest to net-zero
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EU Climate Chief Expects Pension Funds to Help Revamp Grids
The European Union’s climate chief expects to attract the financial firepower of some of the bloc’s biggest pension funds to help modernize power grids that are key to the green transition.
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July 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The EU's climate chief @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu told us he expects some of the bloc’s biggest pension funds to help modernize the region's ageing power grids on the quest to net-zero
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The EU is set to define how BECCS, DACCS and biochar can be used as permanent carbon removal solutions as it looks to boost the nascent technologies in order to meet its ambitious climate goals
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EU to Outline What Tech Can Be Used for Permanent CO2 Removal
The European Union is set to define what technologies can be used to permanently remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as it pursues its goal of being climate neutral by 2050.
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July 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The EU is set to define how BECCS, DACCS and biochar can be used as permanent carbon removal solutions as it looks to boost the nascent technologies in order to meet its ambitious climate goals
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The EU is set to face an even tougher challenge in passing its ambitious goal to cut emissions 90% by 2040 after a group skeptical of climate change was nominated as the lead negotiator for the bloc’s assembly www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
EU Climate Skeptics to Oversee Divisive 2040 Goal in Parliament
The European Union is set to face an even tougher challenge in passing its ambitious goal to cut emissions 90% by 2040 after a group skeptical of climate change was nominated as the lead negotiator fo...
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July 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The EU is set to face an even tougher challenge in passing its ambitious goal to cut emissions 90% by 2040 after a group skeptical of climate change was nominated as the lead negotiator for the bloc’s assembly www.bloomberg.com/news/article...