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Russia Targets Bellona Vilnius Staffer with ‘Prosecution by Red Tape’

14/07/2025

Frederic Hauge at Heidelberg Materials in Brevik, Norway.

A Major Norwegian Climate Success

The month of June marks a time that Frederic Hauge, founder of Bellona, has worked toward and anticipated for 30 years. On June 18th, full-scale carb…

19/06/2025

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Credit: Energoatom

Moscow plans to wire seized Ukrainian nuclear plant to its own grid, says report

Moscow is building powerlines in Russian-occupied southeastern Ukraine to link the major nuclear power plant it seized as a prize of war to its own e…

05/06/2025

Bellona's photo from eastern Greenland, Scoresbysund (the world's longest fjord).

Short sea shipping must be electrified: Insights from Norway

Global shipping is responsible for around 3% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Just last month, in April 2025, the International Maritime Organizati…

28/05/2025

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The Northern Sea Route

Russia’s industrial and political expansion, its environmental costs, and Arctic shipping risks As the global climate crisis worsens, the Russian …

11/08/2025

Policy Brief – EU leverage in the Arctic: Climate leadership in a high-stakes region

The Arctic is experiencing climate change three times faster than any other region, with consequences reaching far beyond its borders. Recent project…

15/05/2025

Rosatom in the war years of 2023 and 2024

Main events, projects, decisions, facts and problems

25/04/2025

Decarbonising Plastics: A review of potential decarbonisation pathways of plastic production and end-of-life treatment

The chemicals industry is one of Europe’s largest manufacturing sectors. This industry produces petrochemicals, polymers, basic inorganics, specialti…

29/01/2025

The IAEA’s Role in Times of War

What could have prevented the seizure of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant—Europe’s largest such facility— and its continued embattlement as an effectiv…

18/12/2024

Net-Zero Pathways for European Steel

Steel plays an essential role in society. The material is heavily used in numerous applications and is a necessary component for technologies indispe…

30/01/2025

Bellona’s Resolutions for the Clean Industrial Deal

Just as the rest of us are deciding which New Year resolutions will stick for the full year, and which one were mere fads, the European Commission is…

29/01/2025