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...Only about a fifth of the country is used for agricultural production, according to the World Bank....
...” that would unlock more financing from commercial banks....
...Brussels is working with the European Investment Bank and the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity on ways to de-risk grid financing and create longer-term debt instruments that...
...One Belgian protesting in Brussels tells the FT that the bank was likely to reclaim his farm next year if he did not meet a loan repayment that he was unlikely to afford because recent nitrogen emissions...
...The European Investment Bank, the world’s largest lender that labelled itself the “climate bank” in 2019, is also under pressure to fund more projects in the arms industry....
...Banks will be exempt from reporting on their clients’ activities under new EU rules to make companies responsible for environmental impacts in their supply chain....
...“What we’re asking is for the same rules for all companies and banks,” one of the officials said....
...European Commission last October announced a “wind power package’” that set out accelerated permitting procedures and financial guarantees for wind turbine manufacturers through the European Investment Bank...
...The new normal The sun is out, gas prices are down and the EU’s energy commissioner has said that the bloc no longer needs its emergency energy regulations, writes Alice Hancock....
...Richard Gardiner, head of EU policy at the World Benchmarking Alliance, said that “the significant upside” of the law was the obligation for banks to adopt and implement a “meaningful transition plan”, overriding...
...France and other member states have already sought looser criteria for banks. Many in Brussels fear that if Germany pulls out of the agreement, other member states will follow....
...But some EU countries are not living up to commitments made in 2022 to phase out subsidies for oil and gas, writes Alice Hancock....
...“It is not a good idea to insult people who work for you,” Stefan Gerlach, former deputy governor of the Irish central bank who is now chief economist at EFG Bank, wrote on X....
...Green tightrope Brussels plans to make “surgical” changes to its agricultural policies and environmental standards as part of a campaign to placate farmers while defending its Green Deal, writes Alice Hancock...
...About half of funding should come from both banks and state agencies such as Export Finance Australia....
...The final COP28 deal underlined the importance of overhauling multilateral developing banks, such as the World Bank, and called on shareholder countries to “significantly scale up the provision of climate...
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...farm under construction at Dogger Bank off the English coast in the North Sea....
...There is no such thing as ‘carbon neutral’ or ‘CO₂ neutral’ cheese, plastic bottles, flights or bank accounts,” said Ursula Pachl, deputy director of the European consumer organisation BEUC....
...Officials are pushing to agree a structure for the fund before the COP28 summit in December, but divisions over whether it should be overseen by one of the multilateral development banks or exist as a standalone...
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