Press Releases

26 March 2021

Making the building sector climate fit: The all-inclusive rent system

Temperature-based rents can provide targeted incentives for both landlords and tenants. Sweden has been successfully using an exception clause in the Energy...

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25 March 2021

What EU leaders fail to discuss: bold choices on Europe’s higher 2030 climate ambition

Which role should CO₂ pricing play in future climate policy? Should Member States or EU wide policies be responsible to deliver the 2030 target? To whom should...

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10 March 2021

Renewable pathways to climate-neutral Japan

Japan has pledged climate-neutrality by 2050. Now, on the tenth anniversary of the Fukushima accident, a new report by Renewable Energy Institute (REI), Agora...

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4 March 2021

10 years after Fukushima: 10 frequently asked questions about Germany's nuclear phase-out

Has the nuclear phase-out turned Germany into an electricity-importing country? How has security of supply changed since 2011? How has the nuclear power that...

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11 February 2021

No-regret hydrogen infrastructure for Europe

How Europe can start investing now in future-proof climate neutrality

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25 January 2021

Renewables overtake gas and coal in EU electricity generation

In 2020, wind, solar, hydropower and biomass supplied 38 percent of the EU's electricity, according to an analysis by Ember and Agora Energiewende. Germany has...

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5 January 2021

Corona year 2020: record declines in carbon emissions and coal power

Lower demand for electricity, more renewables and cheaper electricity production from gas heralded the beginning of the end of coal – which, for the first time,...

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18 November 2020

How the European steel, cement and chemicals industry can become carbon-free

By using climate-neutral technology, the steel, cement and chemical industries could achieve the necessary greenhouse gas reductions for all industrial sectors...

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22 October 2020

How Germany can become climate-neutral by 2050

A comprehensive study commissioned by Agora Energiewende, Agora Verkehrswende and Stiftung Klimaneutralität finds that Germany's greenhouse gas emissions can be...

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