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Will the Covid-19 crisis undermine the EU Green Deal? A view from Europe's periphery
AgoraOn March 26th, the European Council issued a joint statement stressing the objective of a ‘green... of our societies and economies and to sustainable growth, integrating inter alia the green... economies) to be aligned with the vision and targets of the EU Green Deal. Unlike the post-2008
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Promises and challenges of Greece's "green new deal"
EconomyFeatureseconomic potential in green technologies and an appetite for change among the public. As the details of Greece’s “green new deal” begin to emerge, we assess the promise and the challenges of the new... Electricity Installed capacity (GW) Solid fuel (lignite) 2.70 0.00 Natural gas 5.40 6.97 Wind 6.60
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Short-term fix for electricity bills leaves open questions for green transition strategy
Societyin natural gas prices, driven by the surge in global demand created by the economic recovery from... September natural gas reached record high prices of over 50 euros per MWh, with some analysts predicting... 2021, Greece generated between a quarter and half of its electricity from natural gas, whose share
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WWF sets out road to green economic recovery in post-Covid landscape
EconomyFeaturesWWF Greece has released a blueprint for Greece’s green recovery which outlines a number of steps... their environmental impact. In its five-step plan, the WWF pointed out that green economy sectors... of the goals. “There is a significant “green investment gap” in enabling the transition of the economy
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Learning the lessons of Greece's toxic decade
Agorain the greatest refugee crisis Europe experienced since the Second World War wave was wide of the mark... the negotiations with the lenders and by selecting Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the interior minister during 2004-2009... seemed like the end of the MoU era. In the meantime, SYRIZA had parted ways with the radical side
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Podcast - Full of energy: How Greece (& Europe) is handling the green transition
AgoraThe Agora hosts a discussion on how Europe, and Greece specifically, have been handling the green transition, addressing questions like how the pivot away from natural gas is going. The basis for our... analyst and partner at The Green Tank, an Athens-based think-tank, Nikos Mantzaris. The articles
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Newsletter 190 -18/01/2018
at five-year low As Greece approaches the six-month mark after officially exiting its final bailout..., the Eurogroup on March 11 will give the green light for the ANFA and SMP profits to be released... came to 1,595, staying above the 1,000-permit mark for an eighth consecutive month. In absolute
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Deliberations over primary residence bill set to delay green light from Eurogroup
EconomyProgramme, that eurozone finance ministers would give the green light for the disbursement of the ANFA and SMP bond profits... of the DEPA natural gas firm into two branches: Retail and infrastructure. The latter will remain under
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Is the Greek green transition running out of power?
AgoraWe are pleased to share the latest briefing MacroPolis has authored on behalf of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES). It is titled ‘Is the Greek Green Transition Running Out of Power... targets. Natural gas is regaining ground. Gas covered almost 40% of electricity demand in 2025, pushing
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Greece needs to re-think natural gas policy, starting with demand
Agora, whose national energy strategy leans heavily on natural gas as a “transition fuel”. Is it time...” on Russian natural gas is theoretically possible, if somewhat complex and painful economically... that the thrust of national energy policy has been to aggressively promote the use of natural gas
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