In brief | 2 April '25

IEA: Promising new technologies face market uncertainty in pivotal moment for global energy innovation

New IEA report highlights recent progress and emerging risks across the energy innovation landscape worldwide, with investment trends uneven across different regions and sectors.

Reuters: EU proposes looser rules for automakers' CO2 emissions targets

Automakers are set to get three years, rather than one, to comply with the EU's 2025 CO2 emissions targets for cars and vans under a proposal to soften the rules, published by the European Commission.

Politico: Europe thought it had a way past Trump’s tariffs. He didn’t care.

EU officials had hoped to catch Trump’s interest with offers to buy more American gas. They hit a wall of bureaucracy and disinterest.

Euractiv: German climate agency leader calls for social fairness in net zero transition

The costs of climate policy could weigh most heavily on those in the lower income brackets. The head of Germany’s UBA environmental agency urges policymakers to ease that burden.

Bloomberg: Mercedes weighs pulling US entry-level cars over tariffs

The German automaker is mulling cutting sales of more entry-level models like the small GLA sport utility vehicle as part of broader tariff contingency plans.