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Hungarian government backs down from solar energy regime changes

11 September 2023

The government has faced an unusually stern criticism from the Fidesz faction for retroactively altering financial conditions for homes bound by existing contracts

UN report: two years left to reduce emissions and avoid global disaster, and we probably won't make it

11 September 2023

We have two years to fix the climate and reach the Paris accord emission targets, according to a UN global stocktake report, and we are not going to make it.

PM Dorin Recean says Moldova won’t pay Gazprom's $709mn demand

10 September 2023

Independent audit finds only $8.6mn of Gazprom's $709mn claims for historic debts are justified.

Only 11 countries are reducing emissions and all will miss Paris targets - Lancet

8 September 2023

Green growth is not yet happening in any advanced economies – and high-income countries are not on track achieve enough emissions reduction without more far profound changes in consumption.

Only 11 countries are reducing emissions and all will miss Paris targets - Lancet

8 September 2023

Green growth is not yet happening in any advanced economies – and high-income countries are not on track achieve enough emissions reduction without more far profound changes in consumption.

Global demand for uranium to rise 28% by 2030 in a business dominated by Russia

8 September 2023

The World Nuclear Association (WNA) has released a report forecasting a significant increase in the global demand for uranium in nuclear reactors through to 2030, Reuters reported on September 7.

Polish power giant PGE’s stock price falls nearly 11% after U-turn on climate ambitions

6 September 2023

The now-ditched strategy provoked political controversy, as the still-powerful Polish mining lobby saw it as laying the groundwork for accelerating the energy transformation away from coal.

Turkmenistan: Uzbek to the future

5 September 2023

Ties with Uzbekistan have never been so strong. The situation is producing tangible results. This and more in this week's Eurasianet Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

Russian companies build up $200bn secret slush fund despite the oil sanctions

4 September 2023

The unprecedented and extensive sanctions to limit Russia’s oil export income have successfully reduced Russia’s export earnings and budget revenues, but via various scams Russian companies have built up a slush fund of some $200bn abroad.

Can Europe simply ban Russia's soaring LNG imports too?

4 September 2023

Europe has cut itself off from Russian gas following the destruction of the Nord Stream 1 & 2 pipelines last year, but imports of Russian liquefied natural gas have soared as it seeks sources of fuel and has few other options. Or does it?