In brief | 1 September ‘25

Politico: EU weighs outsourcing France-sized chunk of emission cuts to poorer nations

A leaked EU document reveals the scale of Brussels’ plan to offset its climate efforts.

Reuters: EU seeks proof of gas origin to enforce Russian ban, document shows

European Union countries are considering imposing stricter requirements on companies to prove where the gas they import is produced, as part of the bloc's plan to phase out Russian imports, a document seen by Reuters showed.

Bloomberg: COP30 chief calls on CEOs to come to Brazil in rebuff to Trump

The head of this year’s United Nations climate summit in Brazil urged CEOs to ignore the Trump-led green backlash and come to the Amazonian city of Belem to step up the fight against global warming.

PIK: How measures to protect the environment and reduce the rich–poor divide interact

Environmental policy measures also change people’s economic situation via prices and incomes – and usually differentially for the rich and the poor.

IEA: Global electricity demand to keep growing robustly through 2026 despite economic headwinds

Renewables, natural gas and nuclear are set to meet the additional demand as the world’s use of electricity rises for industry, appliances, air conditioning, data centres, EVs and more, according to IEA’s Mid-Year Update to electricity annual market report.