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🚀 Unlocking Ukraine's Renewable Energy Future Through Corporate PPAs: Without an effective mechanism for corporate PPAs, the development of new renewable energy capacities in Ukraine is simply not feasible. This was a unanimous conclusion from our recent online discussion. Key stakeholders, including NOTUS energy Unternehmensgruppe, Oleksandr Podprugin, GOLDBECK SOLAR Group Olga Kovalchuk, KNESS Serhii Kravchuk, EBRD, Olga Yeriomina, INTEGRITES Oleksiy Feliv, D.TRADING, Egor Zakharchenko, Ukrainian Wind Energy Association Andriy Konechenkov: emphasized the numerous benefits of corporate PPAs for market participants. 📈 Key benefits: 🔸 Price Stability. cPPA's minimizes the impact of price volatility and ensure predictable energy costs for consumers. 🔸 Stable Supply. cPPA's can guarantee a reliable electricity supply, critical for business continuity. 🔸 ESG Compliance. cPPA's aligns with ESG goals, which is increasingly important for attracting external financing and fostering sustainable business growth. 🔸 Support for Decarbonization. cPPA's contributes to the development of Ukraine's energy system in line with decarbonization targets. 🚨 Key recommendations: 1. To develop a dedicated law for corporate PPAs to regulate different types of agreements. 2. Create regulatory conditions that enable long-term PPAs with municipal and state-owned companies. 3. Establish mechanisms for insuring commercial risks in corporate PPAs. 4. Organize trainings and seminars through industrial associations to highlight the benefits of PPAs. 5. Implement incentives for renewable electricity consumers, such as ensuring continuity of supply for those entering into corporate PPAs with new generation sources. Proactive state involvement is crucial to ensuring the construction of new capacities in Ukraine's power system. Full discussion: https://lnkd.in/dKPXGxv9 Final statement: https://lnkd.in/de-zU44M #UkraineEnergyInitiative #RenewableEnergy #CorporatePPA #Sustainability #Ukraine #EnergyTransition #Decarbonization

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Sino-German Energy Partnership engages German businesses in exchange on standardization to improve market conditions in China! ⚡ 💱 On 22 October, GIZ facilitated the 9th German Local Business Advisory Council Meeting! This time, we focused on supporting German businesses in China’s energy transition through standards development 🌏🌱 Sixteen German companies joined representatives from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), the German Embassy, GIZ, DIN, DKE, and the German Chamber of Commerce in China to gain valuable insights on energy standardization in China and internationally. Why? 🌱 Standards play an important role as the country moves towards a greener and more sustainable energy system. With its engineering expertise, German industry and business are well-positioned to contribute to the development of these energy standards. By doing so, they not only help protect our climate but also gain improved market access in China and unlock valuable business opportunities. 💼🚀 🔗 What is the German Local Business Advisory Council? Launched in 2018 with support of BMWK, the Council has been providing a vital B2G platform through its annual meetings, enabling German companies in the energy sector to address sector challenges directly with government representatives. Insights are integrated into the Sino-German Energy Partnership’s activities, including political dialogues, business roundtables, and demonstration projects. 🌍🤝   Topics of the annual meetings vary depending on the focus of the political bilateral cooperation and developments in the Chinese market. Over the last six years, the topics discussed included access to green electricity, green supply chains, life cycle cost assessment, planning of integrated energy concepts, and implementation of decentralized electricity generation in urban districts and industrial parks. Learn more about the event and about the work of the Sino-German Energy Partnership at: https://lnkd.in/eNK7igFp #SinoGermanCooperation #EnergyTransition #Sustainability #StandardsDevelopment #CleanEnergy #SinoGermanEnergyPartnership #GermanBusiness #B2G

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#ClimateNews💡 Climate Home News ▶️ "Countries failed to make progress on a post-2025 climate finance goal in Bonn", that would replace the existing commitment by developed countries to mobilise USD 100 billion per year for developing countries. ▶️ "Representatives of countries on both sides expressed disappointment with the process intended to result in an agreement on a new collective quantified goal (NCQG) at COP29 in Baku in November". ▶️ "For most developing countries, the sticking point is the lack of negotiations on the size of the new goal – known as the 'quantum' in technical language". 👉 Read the full article here:  https://lnkd.in/edC8-U5M #NewCollectiveQuantifiedGoal #NCQG #COP29 #Climate #FinanceGoals

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The development of #hydrogen energy is not only about advancing business initiatives but also strengthening the scientific foundation of this emerging sector. A scientific report titled "Development of Hydrogen Energy in Ukraine" was presented to the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, offering valuable insights into the future of #HydrogenEnergy in our country. The recommendations from this report will play a significant role in shaping future investment projects, including expanding international #cooperation and securing #funding for key #HydrogenInfrastructure. It is crucial for all stakeholders—businesses, scientists, and policymakers—to collaborate and create the conditions necessary for the growth of Ukraine's #HydrogenEconomy. We are on the right path toward building a sustainable, #GreenFuture. Hydrogen Ukraine

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🌍 YES-Europe at the UN Climate Conference in Bonn (#SB60)! 🌍 Our delegation attended the annual Bonn Climate Change Conference and tracked critical discussions on, among others, climate change mitigation, new climate finance goals, just transition, adaptation, and the Global Stocktake. There was only incremental progress and significant disagreements remained between countries, highlighting the need for more public pressure and decisive political actions. These outcomes set the stage for #COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Dive into our blog post for a detailed overview of the key developments and what they mean for the future of international climate action. You can read our summary here: https://lnkd.in/gAGphMBQ #ClimateAction #Sustainability #COP29 #YESEurope #UNFCCC #SB60 #ClimateChange #JustTransition #ClimateFinance Inez Brogowska Elizabeth Chavdarska Joshua Bierschbach Siti Aziz

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🔌 #UkraineEnergySupportFund in action!  Thanks to German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate through KfW, 87 transformers and nine high-voltage inputs were procured for #Khmelnytskoblenerho, aiding in the restoration efforts of Khmelnytskyi region.  Check here to learn how they will be used  👉 https://lnkd.in/dHSEn-sm

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Have you read the second quarter newsletter of 2024! The Bonn Climate Change Conference, the halfway point between the last and next COP, showed a. shocking lack of urgency among developed countries in addressing the climate crisis. To Read: https://lnkd.in/dRDvCNzw

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🌱 Realizing the #LandRights of women is key to empowering them as the critical land stewards they are in driving action for our climate and biodiversity. 🌎 This is the point of departure for Frederike Klümper from our partner TMG Think Tank for Sustainability and our own expert Laura Rahmeier in their essay published in the new #HerLand publication on the occasion of UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) #COP16 in Riyadh. 💬 Their main call: We need to anchor women's land rights in the frameworks of all three 🇺🇳 UN Rio Conventions, following the example of the UNCCD. This will ensure that people's and especially women's rights are protected and that they have the best chance of advancing sustainable and equitable land management, as commitments on land multiply within the Conventions. Read their article ⤵️ 🔹 to understand why women's land rights and gender equality are central to sustainable land use and global climate and biodiversity goals. 🔹 to be inspired about strategic entry points and actionable pathways for implementing women's land rights at the UN level. 🔹 to learn about the commitment of the Women’s Land Rights Initiative (WLRI) to bridging global commitments with grassroots realities. ➡️ Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/etj7NjmD #HerLand #UNCCD #GenderEquality #COP16Riyadh #OurLandOurFuture #WomensLandRights

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New Report: Trade, Trump & Tractors-2024 Battlefronts in the Climate Transition. Written by Kaya Partners for IPR, each front has been chosen for its potential impact on the achievement of the current IPR forecast of global net zero CO2 emissions in the 2060s & temperatures peaking in the latter part of the century at 1.8°C above pre-industrial levels. Kaya Partners, in collaboration with the IPR selected four areas we considered potentially most material in terms of their impact on the IPR forecast, both in the short- and medium-term:  1) Minimizing Chinese supply chain dependence vs. maximizing decarbonisation 2) The incorporation of embodied carbon into global trade 3) What Trump 2.0 vs Biden 2.0 (or other Democratic candidate) means for the climate 4) Making agriculture part of the emissions solution, rather than the problem Download the full Trade, Trump & Tractors-2024 Battlefronts in the Climate Transition report: https://lnkd.in/gZHVUtZF Catch Up: Watch the 10th July IPR Webinar including report launch via Principles for Responsible Investment Webinars-on-Demand: https://lnkd.in/gr8QqH_h (1:01:11secs) Download the Webinar report Summary: https://lnkd.in/gr8QqH_h Our thanks to report Authors Brian Hensley, Valerie Fowles & Asta Lappeteläinen at Kaya Partners. #iprforcasts #transition #climate #trade #investment #risk #climateclubs #agri #sustainableagri #carbonpricing #cbam

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📺 Swiss news Tagesschau featured our three GCS-200 demining platforms which will shortly be on their way to #Ukraine to save lives and create safe environments for civilians rebuilding their livelihoods on soil currently contaminated by #landmines and other explosive remnants of war (#ERW). #Demining is - as correspondent Natascha Schwyn explains - complicated, expensive and dangerous - but with remote-controlled mechanical demining machines, operated by trained deminers from a distance of up to a kilometre, the process is not only safer, but up to a hundred times faster. Global Clearance Solutions (GCS)' technology, undertaking meticulous survey and elimination operations to the highest international standards, with service and maintenance support across the three years of this latest Swiss donation, represents significant value for money in the critical mission to #DemineUkraine. [News feature in German] #mechanicalmineclearance #eod #explosiveordnancedisposal #landmines #EOD #DemineUkraine #ProtectandBuild #wearewherethefuturebegins #MineAction #MineConferenceCH #humanitarianmineaction https://lnkd.in/eyHfyEpX

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🚨Calling all climate researchers! EXPECT partners will be hosting a session at the #EGU2025 on Attribution & Prediction of #ClimateChange. The session convened by Markus Donat, Dim Coumou, Christian Lessig, Antje Weisheimer at #EGU2025 will explore the attribution and prediction of climate change, both regionally and globally. If your work touches on these areas, you can pitch in with your abstract! Contributions are welcome on:   👉Attributing drivers of specific climate phenomena and extremes (e.g., atmospheric circulation and surface extremes during the boreal summer)  👉Evaluating climate responses to various forcings and internal variability  👉Correcting biased climate models with process-based constraints  👉Calibrating predictions and projections of future climate  👉Leveraging AI and innovative data analysis techniques  The deadline is 15 January 2025, 13:00 CET. Don’t miss out! 🔗 https://bit.ly/3CHALPa  #ClimateScience #ClimatePrediction #AIinClimate #ClimateChange

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US is imposing 25% tariffs on certain aluminium products from China, as well as other tariffs on steel products, solar panels and electric vehicles. I decided to use TINA's partial equilibrium model to see who benefits from trade diversion of the aluminium tariffs - very "quick & dirty". EU stands to benefit the most, followed by Japan, Republic of Korea and Malaysia). Attached is the step-by-step guide on what I did - feel free to use it for other affected products. Thank you Vincentius Kurniawan for adding the trade diversion export feature to #TINA (https://tina.trade)! R code for converting json to something easier to work with here: setwd("C:/Users/Alexi/Downloads") tina_dat <- read.csv("TINA-tariff-liberalization-simulation-USA-CHN-1716887314789.csv") tina_dat <- tina_dat[tina_dat$detailed.trade.diversion != "N/A",] td <- tina_dat$detailed.trade.diversion td_total <- data.frame(matrix(vector(),0,3,                dimnames = list(c(),                         c("name",                          "value",                          "hs_code")                  )),             stringsAsFactors=F)    library(tidyverse) library(rjson) # flatting out json data from td  for (i in 1:nrow(tina_dat)){  cat(i," out of ", nrow(tina_dat) ,"\n");flush.console()  td_i <- fromJSON(td[i])  td_i_df <- enframe(td_i) %>% unnest  td_i_df$hs_code <- tina_dat[i, "hs_code"]  td_total <- rbind(td_total,td_i_df) } # summarising the total by economy  td_total_summary <- td_total %>% group_by(name) %>%   summarise(value=sum(value)) %>% arrange(-value) %>% rename(economy=name, exports = value) # basic plot td_top_10 <- td_total_summary[1:10,] td_top_10[11,"economy"] <- "Others" td_top_10[11,"exports"] <- sum(td_total_summary[11:nrow(td_total_summary),"exports"]) library(ggplot2) library(scales) ggplot(data=td_top_10, aes(reorder(economy, -exports), exports)) +  geom_bar(stat="identity")+  scale_y_continuous(labels = unit_format(unit = "M", scale = 1e-6)) +   theme(axis.title.x=element_blank())

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The EC Climate Resilience Dialogue, a temporary group of a wide range of stakeholders set up by the European Commission, has concluded its work and published a Final Report (https://lnkd.in/eVQKFBrP) (Commission’s press release: https://lnkd.in/ednyYr5Y). BIPAR, via its experts and its Permanent Secretariat, was an active part of this Dialogue and welcomes the report as a useful and powerful piece of work. Over the last two years, the Climate Resilience Dialogue discussed possible solutions to narrow the climate protection gap that the Report defines as the difference between economic losses and insured losses from the materialisation of climate-related risks. The Report explains, amongst others, that insurance intermediaries together with public authorities and insurers, play a critical role in informing policyholders with regard to the risks to which they may be expose.   The Final Report presents the main climate-related risks in Europe covering floods, wildfires, heatwaves, droughts and storms, highlighting lessons, good practices, and potential solutions stemming from past events that could be implemented to increase climate resilience. Amongst the proposed actions that could be implemented by the insurance industry, some promote, for example, the development of tailored approaches to resilience, the promotion of risk awareness and financial education and the promotion of customer support. BIPAR believes that intermediaries can play an important role in the some of the above-mentioned actions. BIPAR would like to thank the committed engagement of its experts from the insurance intermediary community in the drafting of the Report.

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𝗨𝗡 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿"𝟭.𝟱°𝗖 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴" 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 At a side event during the UN climate talks in Bonn, the Conference of Parties (COP) presidencies of the UAE, Azerbaijan and Brazil emphasized the need for upcoming national climate plans (NDCs) to adhere to a 1.5°C global warming limit. These COP presidencies have committed to lead by example, pledging to publish "1.5-aligned" plans by early next year. There is ambiguity surrounding what qualifies as a "1.5-aligned" NDC, as there is no internationally agreed methodology for this determination, leaving it up to individual countries. According to the IPCC aligning with 1.5°C plan means reducing global emissions by 43% by 2030 and 60% by 2035. However, there are national breakdowns provided to support this goal. While there may be disagreements on what constitutes a 1.5-aligned NDC, such plans must exclude any expansion of fossil fuel production and exports.  No government took the opportunity in Bonn to release an early NDC. Stay informed on these critical climate discussions by following Brundtland. #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #Sustainability #COP29 #NDC #GlobalWarming #CleanEnergy #1Point5C #ClimateLeadership 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲: https://lnkd.in/dYEZwqqH 

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Great to hear from our CEO Stefan Müller at the MiningForum about financing instruments for raw materials projects in the panel together with Dr. Jan Klasen from KfW and Tetiana Dzhumurat from EBRD! The recently implemented European Critical Raw Materials Act is highlighting the importance of #financing strategic projects to secure the EU's critical raw materials supply chains! DMT GROUP #energytransition #EVbatteries #batterymetals #CriticalRawMaterials #rawmaterials #mining #exploration

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On 7th April 2024, 600 German civil servants from five German minstries penned together an open letter to their own government and ministry leaders, condemning Germany's inhumane stance on Israel's military campaign in Gaza and urged the German government to uphold international humanitarian law in its approach towards the Netanyahu government. The letter did not mince its words and pointed out that Germany's continued delivery of weapons to Israel and its official statements(also against the Internatinal Court of Justice) undermined human rights, international humanitarian law as well as the United Nations system more generally, but most crucially: Germany abdicated its responsibility to protect innocent civilian life in Gaza. Whilst during the last three weeks Germany has revised some of its assumptions and approaches, it does not go unnoticed that the letter itself and the plea by 600 German civil servants has almost received no media attention in Germany...It is thus worth reading the statement in full again and demand change in Germany's foreign policy towards the Middle East. I do not agree with all of the content of the letter, but I am encouraged by the fact that it shows also that different voices and views exist in the foreign policy machinery, but it is scandalous that such voices are so afraid of speaking out that they felt compelled to publish the letter anonymously... There will be a time when we look back at the war crimes committed in Gaza with horror and will ask why we did not "know" or "do more" to stop them...the letter will highlight that enough voices rang the alarm bells - we just chose to ignore it: with catastrophic consequences. You can read the letter here: https://lnkd.in/e35nKva6

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