Rhein on Energy and Climate

Archives for C02

COP 21 should take Lessons from the International Energy Agency

June 23, 2015

Doing business as usual will be a recipe for failure at the decisive climate meeting in Paris next December. 20 previous world climate conferences have shown this; and the two-week Bonn preparatory meeting of environment ministers in in May has offered very little hope for an outcome that will prevent an unsustainable temperature rise in… » read more

Posted by Eberhard Rhein

C02, C02 emissions, Climate & Environment, Climate change, Climate Conference, Energy and Climate, Environment, EU climate policy

France is getting serious modernising its Energy Sector

June 23, 2014

With the presentation on June 18th of a comprehensive energy transition programme the French energy minister has started to fulfil promises made during the 2012 Presidential election campaign. The programme is a valuable contribution to the ongoing discussion on European energy and climate policy beyond 2020 and the preparation for the decisive international climate conference… » read more

Posted by Eberhard Rhein

C02, C02 Emission, C02 Emission Rights, Climate & Environment, Energy, Energy and Climate, Energy Efficiency, English, EU climate policy, EU Priorities 2020

Electric Cars will be slow replacing internal Combustion Engine

September 19, 2013

This year’s Frankfurt Automobile Show has been marked by an impressive presentation of electric cars. New manufacturers like BMW and Volkswagen have entered the fray, with considerable delay, to contest the dominant position of incumbents like Nissan/Renault, Daimler and GM. No major manufacturer can any longer afford not to offer a range of electric cars.… » read more

Posted by Eberhard Rhein

Automobile Industry, C02, C02 Emission, C02 emissions, Car fuel efficiency, Climate & Environment, CO2, CO2 emissions, Consumers, Electric Car, Energy, Energy and Climate, Energy Efficiency, Environment, Science & Research

The EU should work with Australia for a credible Climate Policy

September 13, 2013

The landslide victory of the Australian Conservatives in September 6th parliamentary elections risks having negative ramifications for Australian and global climate policy. One of the priorities of the new government will be the repeal of the unpopular carbon tax, which has been introduced in July 2012 by the outgoing Labour government and is credited with… » read more

Posted by Eberhard Rhein

2020, C02, C02 Emission, Carbon Capture & Storage, Climate & Environment, Climate change, Climate Diplomacy, CO2 emissions, Coal, Emissions Reduction, Energy and Climate, Environment

Australia introduces a Carbon Tax

July 6, 2012

After years of controversial political debate, China has its carbon tax! It has taken the courage of Julia Gillard, the socialist prime minister since 2010, to get there. As of July 1. 2012, 294 companies and municipal councils will be subject to a A$ 23 tax per ton of C02. That is more than twice… » read more

Posted by Eberhard Rhein

air transport, Business & Climate Change, C02, Climate & Environment, Climate change, CO2, CO2 emissions, Energy and Climate, Energy Efficiency, energy saving, English, Environment, EU Priorities and Opinion, Sustainable Dev., Taxation

C02 Emission Rights have to be auctioned

September 11, 2008

Putting a price tag on C02 emissions has been rightly hailed as a major advance in fighting climate change. The EU has been the trend setter in organising C02 emission trading. It is proud of the European Emission Trading System (ETS). Thanks to these efforts, a European Commodity Exchange fixes spot and future prices for… » read more

Posted by Eberhard Rhein

C02, C02 Emission

Rhein on Energy and Climate

Thoughts on energy and climate, the Mediterranean and whatever comes to mind.

Eberhard Rhein has devoted most of his life to European and global issues. During the 1980s and  1990s,  he served successively as chef de cabinet to the Commission VP in charge of external relations and director responsible for the Mediterrranean and Arab world.

For the past 10 years he has focused more on global environmental issues.

He also gives a course on economic  policy at the "Mediterranean Academy for Diplomatic Studies" in Malta. He is the author of many articles on EU, Mediterranean and international subjects


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