Energy and green transition. Tweets, views are my own
Brussels, Belgium
Joined November 2012
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Listen to our podcast with @PascalLAMYPPF, @genevieve_pons and @BruceByiers on the need to change the conversation on carbon border adjustments #CBAM, and other EU external climate measures.
1/2 It was a pleasure speaking to @PascalLAMYPPF & @genevieve_pons of @DelorsEurope about the #greentransition in #Africa #CBAM & @EU_Commission climate diplomacy bit.ly/3PYZ0wq Is there a need for a 'trade-dev-climate triangle forum'? They explain why there is @ecdpm
Une discussion TRÈS importante sur la 'crise oubliée' de la dette publique. Des propositions concrètes pour lier dette et climat. Avec mon brillant collègue
@kar_karaki et @AdamJeanPaul 🤝 @ECDPM @IIED @ECA_OFFICIAL
Réservez votre place ici: ecdpm.org/events/lancement-d…
The big #REPowerEU package is out. While all eyes are on LNG, go-to areas, permitting and solar, a 🧵 on the long-awaited 'energy diplomacy strategy'.
What does the future of European energy security look like? (1/10)
ec.europa.eu/commission/pres…
Quick thoughts on Russian gas, #REPowerEU and African renewables
1⃣ African gas is not an easy solution
2⃣ Green energy partnerships with neighbours (incl. H2) 👉more secure interdependence
3⃣ But only if they are more than extractive
🔗 bit.ly/3CKpeKW
More soon
Some thoughts on the #EUAUSummit w/ @Hanne_Tweets Big words on just transition. Success will require more than projects --> serious action on green industrialisation and adaptation
Many saw the #EUAUSummit as a key step on the climate agenda.
Did it fulfil its promise of bridging the gap between African countries' needs and what the world’s largest emitters have to offer?
Our @AMedinil & @Hanne_Tweets analyse
👉bit.ly/3sUobn4
#ClimateCrisis
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Interesting read on hydrogen in the wake of the #EUAUSummit. Boils down to resisting the urge to replace one extractivist agenda with another. Not easy with potential exporters lining up, though...
At the EU-AU summit this week, renewable #hydrogen trade has been a central topic
Some thoughts 👇
euractiv.com/section/energy-…
@eaGreenEU
“The transition needed in energy systems in African countries is therefore less about importing new technologies than ensuring innovations in the local productive arrangements that link new and low-carbon sources of energy to industries” iddri.org/en/publications-an…
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Really looking forward to working closely with colleagues at @issafrica @AcetforAfrica and @PolicyCenterNS this year. Especially looking forward to views on green transition and low-carbon economic development
Ahead of the #AUEUSummit we partnered with @AcetforAfrica @issafrica & @PolicyCenterNS to zoom in on five critical partnership areas.
🌱Green transition
💉Health
📶Digitalisation
⚖️Trade
💰Investment
Read our joint commentary 👉bit.ly/3HO0S4z
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#EnergyPlanning to enable a clean #EnergyTransition adds a new level of complexitiy to #EnergyScenarios
With a focus on #Africa 🌍, @IRENA's LTES Network offers a new webinar series
📝Register for the kick-off on 29 Nov get-transform.eu/long-term-e…
Interesting piece on what sets India's engagement in Africa apart @philoapiko @LidetTadesse @BruceByiers
Is India the New #China in #Africa?
Prof Harsh Pant and @Mishraesque via @orfonline orfonline.org/research/is-in…
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Save the date for our @CSDS_Brussels event "A New #Diplomacy for the Emerging Global Binary". Opening plenary session is scheduled for 17 June at 13.00 CET, with Christopher Coker, @mahbubani_k, @Judy_Dempsey, @PeterWestmacott. Opening remarks by @Giu_Ter. brussels-school.be/event/new…
Insightful messages on the #CBAM leak. EU swerving between ambition and hesitation? @ChloeTvan @SanBilal1
EU #CBAM proposal was leaked today. While the main elements may not come as a surprise to those having paid close attention to this file in recent months – a few things are worth unpacking, especially as trade partners gear up to react. 👇A thread 1/n
New report finds no evidence developed countries will meet the $100B target @SanBilal1 @marielladc @PamellaEunice @Hanne_Tweets
📢BREAKING:
New @CAREclimate report Hollow Commitments reveals @G7 climate finance plans are weak, unpredictable and still fall short of what was pledged >> bit.ly/3vHvoXF #ClimateJustice #MindTheGap 💸
How does the #greendeal translate to EU regional strategies? Read our new brief on the green deal in EU Foreign and development policy. w/ @ChloeTvan @KSergejeff @ECDPM @osfEUpolicy
Three for one! @ChloeTvan @marielladc @PamellaEunice @KSergejeff and I look at the #greendeal in EU external relations:
1⃣Foreign and dev. policy bit.ly/3hRFuBa
2⃣Int. cooperation and finance bit.ly/3ffLtxY
3⃣AU-EU partnership bit.ly/3fHj8zD
How does a new geopolitical landscape with the EU, US and China affect opportunities for #sustainability transition?
Thurs 27 May: E3G's Taylor Dimsdale is speaking at #MistraGeopolitics on #decarbonization in a new #geopolitical landscape @SIPRIorg
👉 buff.ly/3uZ2HVX
ALT Mistra Geopolitics: Decarbonization in a new geopolitical landscape – The EU, US and China
@LidetTadesse @ChloeTvan
Seminar > Africa and the ‘great game’ of geopolitical influence.
Join the 13 May conversation moderated by @FontehAkum and @gb_decarvalho, in partnership with @FrenchEmbassyZA.
#AfricaFranceSummit #AfricaInTheWorld @lechevallierAS ow.ly/5LSv50EGlzo
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Ministers from Brazil, South Africa, India and China say EU planned #carbon border levy is unfair to developing nations. @byfordt comments that, despite concerns, it all rests on EU design & consultation process before the 2023 launch. @EURACTIV @joeloyo
euractiv.com/section/energy-…