international analysis and commentary
Browsing Tag

energy

The EU and the new frontiers of sustainability

The European Commission has recently chosen to defer the implementation of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) to January 1, 2023 and to change the EU taxonomy from a list of “sustainable activities” to a list of…

La Germania tra gas russo e tabĂš nucleare

L’inserimento dell’energia nucleare nella bozza della “Tassonomia per le attivitĂ  sostenibili” della Commissione UE è la prima vera frenata per chi scommetteva su una Germania che si facesse avanguardia europea della svolta ecologica.…

The geopolitical power of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan’s commodities-dependent economy has been suffering since 2014 when oil and mineral prices crashed. In just three years, gross domestic product dropped by 42%, from $235.6 billion in 2014 to $137.3 billion in 2016. A modest…