LAMY’S MERCOSUR CHEAT SHEET: With the EU-Mercosur trade deal facing its moment of truth, Morning Trade talked with commerce guru Pascal Lamy, a former trade commissioner and WTO chief. Lamy said the Commission should be bolder and ask capitals to endorse the deal in a vote. Time’s up: “The Commission should ask the Council for a vote, […]

‘We all expect a shift in Paris but this has not been tested politically yet,’ says one EU diplomat. by Giorgio Leali, Camille Gijs, Sarah Anne Aarup·MAR 6·6 MINUTES READ Actions PARIS — The planets now seem aligned to finally push a trade deal between the EU and Latin American countries over the finish line. Well, all planets […]

‘We all expect a shift in Paris but this has not been tested politically yet,’ says one EU diplomat. by Giorgio Leali, Camille Gijs, Sarah Anne Aarup·2 HOURS AGO·6 MINUTES READ Actions PARIS — The planets now seem aligned to finally push a trade deal between the EU and Latin American countries over the finish line. Well, all […]

Marine & Océans vient de publier un nouveau numéro dans lequel figure un dossier spécial Mercator Ocean International. 2022 est à nouveau une année clé pour Mercator Ocean International, pourquoi ? Madame von der Leyen a annoncé la création du jumeau numérique européen au One Ocean Summit. Mais qu’est-ce qu’un jumeau numérique de l’Océan, à […]

Le président américain a défendu mardi dans son discours sur l’état de l’Union son grand plan climat voté l’été dernier et qui prévoit plus de 430 milliards de dollars d’investissements, dont 370 milliards pour subventionner l’industrie des énergies vertes et des véhicules électriques fabriqués dans le pays. Mais ces subventions massives en faveur de la transition […]

OSLO, Feb 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Stepping into a “minefield” about how to slow global warming, scientists in developing nations have won new funds to study whether dimming sunshine by mimicking volcanic eruptions can be a sufficiently safe way to temporarily cool a hotter planet. Research into “solar geoengineering”, perhaps using planes or balloons […]