Industry group head Yves Desbazeille says if EU is serious about tackling climate change, it must make use of ‘all the best low-carbon tools’. Last year ended with a few very important developments...
Brussels’ green cash credentials questioned
The European Commission got a rude awakening from its green dreams as critics assailed its financial plans to tackle climate change.
Nuclear ‘excluded’ from EU’s new Just Transition Fund
The EU’s regional policy Commissioner Elisa Ferreira revealed on Tuesday (14 January) details of the €100 billion Just Transition Mechanism, a key financial component of the European Green Deal that...
Europe’s nuclear energy solution
With the EU’s Green Deal now official policy, a fierce debate has raged over how the bloc will drastically reduce carbon emissions while also having to decide which long-term solution to adopt –...
Launching the Just Transition Mechanism – for a green transition based on solidarity and fairness
On 14th January 2020, the European Commission presented the European Green Deal’s Just Transition Mechanism and the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan.
European Parliament endorses the European Green Deal
On 15 January, the European Parliament (EP) adopted its position on the European Green Deal. MEPs welcomed the EGD and supported an ambitious sustainable investment plan to help close the investment...
Just Transition Mechanism must support all low-carbon options
FORATOM welcomes the EU’s goal of providing financial support to coal-dependent regions in order to assist them in their decarbonisation efforts.
2020 will be a crucial year for nuclear energy and FORATOM
Yves Desbazeille, FORATOM Director General 2019 was an important year for nuclear energy in the European Union as it ended with a few very important developments which will impact the future of...