In brief | 23 August '24
Fortune:
A group of environmental and rights organisations said Thursday (22 August) that they were suing the Finnish government for violating the country’s climate legislation by not taking adequate action to hit climate targets.
Bloomberg:
BMW pulled ahead of Tesla and led Europe’s electric-vehicle market for the first time last month, extending the German carmaker’s strong run of growth as other manufacturers struggle.
Euractiv:
Talks to award credit lines and buy shares amounting to 2.8 billion euros of ailing ship maker Meyer, who also produces key offshore equipment, had progressed far, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on a visit to the firm on Thursday (22 August).
Euractiv:
The European Commission is ready to mobilise additional resources to help fight the fires on the island of Madeira, despite the difficult conditions.
Clean Air Task Force:
As Europe steps up efforts to deploy carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) to meet its climate targets, there is increasing consensus that captured CO2 will need to travel freely around the region.
PIK:
This unprecedented study provides a detailed impact analysis of the wide range of climate policy measures implemented over the last two decades. The findings reveal a sobering reality: many policy measures have failed to achieve the necessary scale of emission reductions.
