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More national climate policies expected, but how effective are the existing ones?
In 2019, EU Member States reported that they had already adopted or were planning to adopt 1925 national policies and corresponding measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Many of these measures also help achieve energy efficiency and renewable energy targets. While climate action is clearly taking place across Europe, European Member States still provide insufficient evidence of the effectiveness and costs of their policies. This briefing presents an overview of the information on national policies for climate change mitigation, reported in 2019 by Member States to the European Environment Agency (EEA) under the EU Monitoring Mechanism Regulation. The number of new reported policies and measures increased by around 27 % between But quantitative information on the emission savings actually achieved by implemented measures (ex ante) remains insufficiently reported. It also reflects the preparation of National Energy and Climate Plans, designed to achieve the EUs 2030 climate and energy targets, designed by the EU's 2030 climate change targets, but not necessarily related to its level of ambition. However, however, the number of national policies is still insufficiently.
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Best Practices to tackle an investor raise
Joule Assets Europe is working with project developers and investors. The upcoming LAUNCH lighting raise session offers project developers the opportunity to pitch to each other and provide feedback in front of a live audience. An opportunity to interact with the investors point of view.
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Blockchain will be the next GDPR
Internet of Things (IIoT), big data, blockchain, digital twin technology are all the building blocks of the evolving ecosystem. Potential applications of blockchain technologies could be: markets for certificates of origin, network management and security, electric vehicle charging and coordination.
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) revises energy lending criteria
The European Investment Bank will phase out support to energy projects reliant on fossil fuels. These projects will not be presented for approval to the EIB Board beyond the end of 2020. All the Banks activities in the energy sector will be fully aligned with the Paris.
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Hungary, Portugal and Poland sign up to EU quantum communication infrastructure initiative
QCI will help Europe to secure its critical infrastructure and encryption systems against cyber threats. It will also enable data centres to store and exchange information safely. Long-term plan is for the QCI infrastructure to become the backbone for Europes Quantum Internet.
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Sustainable finance: Simplicity liberates action!
Energy efficiency financing is one of the foundations of sustainable financing in the EU. TEG identified 67 activities for sustainable finance and emphasised the urgencies for investments that need speedy energy transition. The key objective is categorisation and simplification of financing and investment.
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EIC Accelerator Fund Investment Guidelines available!
The EIC Accelerator Fund is a breakthrough initiative of the European Commission. It is the first of its kind EU intervention in direct equity-type investments in combination with grants (blended finance) Investment Guidelines for Applicants detail the main guiding principles.
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What the energy efficiency community can learn from the Club of Rome
Eceee has been focusing on sufficiency and we are making some inroads there. After the first oil crisis, energy efficiency became a policy option for governments and societies. But improving our efficiency does not necessarily lead to lowering energy demand or reducing GH.
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ICP partners made it!
ICP Europe is tackling two of the main drivers for energy efficiency markets. Investor Ready Energy EfficiencyTM (IREE) certification scheme in local countries. ICP has trained more than 450 Project Developers and Quality Assurance Assessors across Europe on its.
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More than Ronaldo - How 5 innovative Portuguese companies drive energy efficiency
The ICP framework is a set of Protocols that define a clear roadmap for developing projects. Members of the ICP Project Developer and Quality Assurance network can apply the framework and receive an ICPs Investor Ready Energy Efficiency™ (IREE™).
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