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Latest news, analysis and comment on energy and climate policy in the United Kingdom and beyond.
US withdraws from UN climate damage fund

US withdraws from UN climate damage fund

Establishment of the fund in 2023 was a victory for climate change activists from developing nations.

March 8, 2025 12:38 pm CET
UK’s Just Stop Oil wins a cut in jail time — but lose the bigger battle
This newbie UK minister faces a baptism of fire on a key Labour promise
Keir Starmer preps major UK deregulation plan
UK Treasury plots bailout for stricken Thames Water
How Keir Starmer’s aid cuts threaten Britain’s  climate mission
Trump softens on Zelenskyy in speech to Congress
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US will take Greenland ‘one way or the other,’ Trump says

“We strongly support your right to determine your own future,” Trump tells Greenlanders — before vowing he’ll “try and get” the territory.

March 5, 2025 5:41 am CET

Sustainable aviation fuel boss wants more EU regulations

Finland’s Neste blames the airlines for not keeping their promise to guarantee voluntary demand for sustainable aviation fuel.

March 5, 2025 4:24 am CET

EU to propose keeping mandatory gas-filling goals despite pushback from countries

Countries like Germany have pushed for a more flexible approach, complaining the targets could raise gas prices.

March 4, 2025 4:18 am CET

Trump halts aid to Ukraine

The minerals deal is still on the table. So are deals with Russia.

March 4, 2025 1:53 am CET

Green diplomacy survives as UN strikes deal on biodiversity finance

COP16 talks in Rome yielded agreement on funding nature restoration in poorer countries — but some details remain vague.

February 28, 2025 10:35 am CET

How Keir Starmer buttered up Donald Trump

Inside the months of quiet, grinding preparation that went into the British prime minister’s all-smiles first trip to the Trump White House — and why it could all still unravel.

February 28, 2025 9:19 am CET

Ukraine and US agree to minerals deal

Donald Trump hinted Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy could travel to Washington to sign the deal on Friday.

February 25, 2025 9:39 pm CET

Putin offers to sell minerals to Trump, including from Russian-occupied Ukraine

The proposal comes as Kyiv and Washington negotiate a deal on critical minerals in Ukraine.

February 25, 2025 9:18 am CET

Macron gets platitudes but nothing concrete from Trump

The American didn’t call Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator” during Macron’s lightning visit to Washington on Monday — but he also refused to call Vladimir Putin one.

February 25, 2025 5:36 am CET

Nigel Farage is surging in Britain’s rust belt — and Labour is panicked

The U.K.’s ruling Labour Party has a 103-year winning streak in Wales, but that could end next May. POLITICO talked to officials, politicians and disillusioned steelworkers to track the rapid rise of Farage’s Reform UK.

February 25, 2025 4:26 am CET

Green diplomacy faces first big test since Trump’s return at Rome nature summit

Rich and poor countries are battling over who will fund nature conservation in the shadow of a radically anti-green U.S. administration.

February 25, 2025 4:20 am CET

EU offers its own ‘win-win’ minerals deal to Ukraine

“The added value Europe offers is that we will never demand a deal that’s not mutually beneficial,” top official Stéphane Séjourné says.

February 25, 2025 3:59 am CET
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EU hits Russia with new sanctions amid Trump uncertainty

The package includes a ban on servicing oil and gas refineries, but it does not include a full ban on Russian LNG.

February 24, 2025 10:03 am CET

‘Viciousness’ of Trump’s climate attacks stuns even his critics

President Donald Trump has attacked nearly every aspect of the U.S. effort to confront rising temperatures.

February 23, 2025 11:01 am CET

UK minister met Chinese turbine company amid security concerns

The U.K. Home Office warned last month about foreign states seeking to “gain control of supply chains through investment or monopolisation.”

February 21, 2025 2:43 pm CET

The Tories set the UK net zero target. Now they are dumping it

The 2050 goal “leaves us economically worse off,” Conservative energy chief Andrew Bowie said.

February 21, 2025 4:21 am CET

The three big roadblocks on the way to a UK-India trade deal

Britain’s trade chief travels to Delhi Monday to resurrect the long-drawn-out talks. POLITICO’s trade reporters set out the challenges ahead.

February 20, 2025 7:26 pm CET

EU pushes ‘buy European’ quotas in major plan to revive industry

A draft of the Clean Industrial Deal obtained by POLITICO reveals EU plans to drive climate-friendly manufacturing.

February 18, 2025 6:33 pm CET

UK’s Starmer to meet Trump next week

Prime minister heads to Washington to meet with US president as European capitals fret over Ukraine’s future.

February 17, 2025 3:53 pm CET

Šefčovič to visit Washington as trade war looms

The European Commission is trying to head off a transatlantic trade conflict.

February 15, 2025 1:45 pm CET

Trump suggests he might impose auto tariffs on April 2

The move would further strain trade relations with Europe and the rest of the world.

February 14, 2025 11:17 pm CET

Trump sets out process for imposing global reciprocal tariffs

The president tasked top Cabinet officials to study the matter further before deciding on specifics.

February 13, 2025 9:18 pm CET

Keir Starmer plots visit to China. He just needs a policy first

Trip would be first by a UK prime minister in more than seven years — but there is still a live debate about the Labour government’s “audit” into its China policy.

February 13, 2025 4:00 am CET

Trump demands $500B in rare earths from Ukraine for continued support

“We have to get something. We can’t continue to pay this money,” U.S. president says.

February 11, 2025 7:09 am CET
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