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European Public Opinion Poll Flights To Rail

EU climate policy and carbon pricing Paper | 29. March 2021

European public opinion poll shows support for shifting flights to rail

Many people in Europe are willing to shift from air to rail - even for international travel and often even if they have to accept significantly longer travel times. This is shown by a new representative survey conducted by the opinion research institute YouGov in Germany, Poland, France, Spain and the Netherlands. The survey, commissioned by Transport&Environment and Germanwatch, was published to mark the official start of the European Year of Rail 2021 on March 29.

Cover: Open letter to EU: European Year of Rail 2021 needs to improve rail transport

EU climate policy and carbon pricing Open Letter | 26. March 2021

Open letter to EU: European Year of Rail 2021 needs to improve rail transport!

On 29 March, the Portuguese EU Council presidency officially launches the European Year of Rail. Germanwatch and other European NGOs have send an open letter to the Commission and the Portuguese presidency to call for a European rail renaissance.

Sustainable Finance Blog post | 25.03.2021

Sustainable Finance as a transformation boost

For a year and a half, representatives from the real economy, the financial sector, academia and civil society fought hard to reach an agreement on how Germany could become a prime hub for sustainable finance . On February 25, the final report of the German government's Sustainable Finance Advisory Council (SFB) was published, with ambitious recommendations on how to make the financial market more sustainable: Shifting the Trillions - A Sustainable Financial System to facilitate the Great Transformation. It is now the government's turn to translate the recommendations into an effective strategy and initiate the first legislative changes before the end of this legislative term.

Cover: Reform of the EU Non-financial Reporting Directive: A Push Towards Future-proof Reporting Obligations

EU climate policy and carbon pricing Sustainable Finance Briefing Paper | 15. March 2021

Reform of the EU Non-financial Reporting Directive: A Push Towards Future-proof Reporting Obligations

This year will be key for future climate policy and especially for sustainable finance in Germany and Europe. Sustainable Finance plays a crucial role in improving climate protection and sustainable growth. To this end, Germanwatch joined forces with the Alliance for Corporate Transparency in order to push towards greater corporate responsibility and disclosure requirements to meet the EU and Paris climate targets. This article kicks off and introduces our briefing series "Full Disclosure: Monthly Briefing on EU Corporate Transparency Regulation", in which we aim to shed light on the need for and benefits of forward-looking reporting requirements in a changing EU regulatory environment.

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Future-proof Digitalisation Paper | 28. February 2021

Digitalizing the Energy System in a Sustainable Way

The energy transition requires a restructuring of the energy system and, as a result of decentralisation, also increasing digitalisation to integrate all actors and make them more flexible. However, digitalisation can be shaped and should happen under ecological and social premises. In this paper we present the challenges and evince possible solutions.