Anca Gurzu
@AncaGurzu
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Managing Editor EU politics @Contexte | ex @POLITICOEurope | ex @CipherClimate | ex Fellow @StiglerCenter @ChicagoBooth RTs≠endorsements
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Joined June 2009
The “climate change issue is not a one-way street," Rahman Mustafayev @rahman2609m, Azerbaijan's amb to the Netherlands, tells me. Yes, banks+donors need to give developing countries better access to 💵 but receiving countries also need to better account for how they use the 💵
.@AncaGurzu sat down with Azerbaijan's ambassador to the Netherlands @rahman2609m to discuss his country's plans for the #COP29 climate summit in the capital Baku. Key things: access to climate finance and fossil fuels. Read more:
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⭐Europe enters elections as global clean power leader⭐ As Europeans head to the polls this weekend, they can boast one of the cleanest electricity mixes in the world, outperforming the US and China, according to @EmberClimate. Read in @CipherClimate
https://t.co/WQo0LOOywx
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🏭Europe’s secret sauce to building a green industry? Be a better team player at home. Industrial strategy remains largely in the hands of the 27 members, creating fragmentation. One solution? Overcome national mentalities, experts say. But that’s easier said than done. ⬇️
Europe has some of the world’s most ambitious climate policies and speaks with one voice in intl trade. But having a coordinated industrial green strategy is proving a weak spot for the bloc, @AncaGurzu writes.
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🇪🇺📗It was the last big hurrah before the upcoming European elections and a timid first hurrah for Europe’s cleantech manufacturing ambitions --> Check out my dispatch from Strasbourg on #NZIA: Europe passes cleantech law everyone agrees is not enough
EU lawmakers last week gave the green light to a new law intended to make the Union into a #cleantech manufacturing powerhouse — except everyone agrees it won't be enough. @AncaGurzu takes us inside the @Europarl_EN in France for the details.
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⭐Europe’s wind ambitions require a makeover for the ports⭐ My story from Bilbao, Spain in today's @CipherClimate that includes some striking drone photos highlighting just how big wind turbines components have become:
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Ports are an often-overlooked yet crucial part of the wind industry. They need to expand to move around parts for increasingly bigger wind turbines.
As Europe and the rest of the world build more, and bigger, wind turbines, ports will need a makeover to keep up. “Even just the blades of [today] are longer than the Airbus," said one port official. Read @AncaGurzu's latest dispatch from northern Spain:
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⭐John Kerry nibbles on a chocolate bar as I ask him what his departure from climate diplomacy might mean at a key moment in the energy transition. Wednesday is his last day as US' top climate diplomat. Read the profile ab his legacy in @CipherClimate
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As the U.S. climate envoy prepares to leave his current post, he reflects on his career and how he plans to stay engaged in climate action.
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Over the last half century, the @IEA evolved from an energy security watchdog to an agency that also helps its members tackle the climate crisis. But with a higher profile, thanks to @fbirol, the IEA also faces scrutiny from all sides. Story from Paris:
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With higher profile, the IEA chief, Fatih Birol, faces scrutiny from all sides.
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Say what you want about the protesting farmers but at least they respect the bike lane
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⭐I'm excited to share I'm now Chief Europe Correspondent at @CipherClimate Very happy and proud to keep growing on the journey with our amazing team on both sides of the Atlantic, as we explore the solutions we need to tackle climate change through great journalism!
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A fight is brewing in the EU over how best and how fast to slash emissions in the decades ahead. It’s pitting climate science ag political dynamics, industrial competitiveness & citizens’ angst just months ahead of EU elections. My story in @CipherClimate
https://t.co/Scubtz8muy
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Publicly funded financial guarantees that help reduce the risk of investing in nascent clean energy technologies are currently the focus of a lobbying push in Brussels, reports @AncaGurzu.
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They want the European Investment Bank to offer them a safety net through so-called public guarantees, which they argue would allow for a faster scale-up of emerging technologies.
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Get ready for some metaphors as we dive into what public guarantees are and why Europe's #cleantech sector is advocating for them. Dont worry, we broke it all down for you!
Europe's cleantech sector wants the @EIB to provide public guarantees that advocates say could speed up investments & help companies ramp up their manufacturing capacities. Wait - What are public guarantees? @AncaGurzu breaks down some wonky terms:
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Climate tech trends⤵️ @CipherClimate via @AmyAHarder latest column: https://t.co/JhDPDpYJYq 2024 predicted trends: Go time for IRA, cleantech rebound, COP28 impacts, global politics Reflecting on 2023 predictions: Energy security, IRA impacts, fossil transition & adaptation
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Amy Harder shares reflections on 2023 and outlook for 2024.
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Happy New Year, everyone! 💫 At @CipherClimate we are kicking off 2024 with the launch of our interactive Cleantech Tracker which is mapping and charting the massive amounts of new clean energy projects underway in the U.S. Check it out here: https://t.co/Q6MNJrYHIJ
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Top takeaways from historic #COP28 deal on fossil fuels via @CipherClimate
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Cipher covers the latest news and provides expert analysis on the technological innovations and solutions we need to combat climate change and transform our global energy systems to reach a clean...
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You probably haven't been to a "Rainmaker party," but for many smallholder famers in Africa it can be a transformative event.
A solar panel connects to a water pump, which in turn connects to an irrigation system. These kinds of off-grid solutions are life-changing in rural #Africa. Good news, climate investments are picking up, but it’s not nearly enough, @AncaGurzu writes:
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The issue of rising cost has plagued the nuclear industry — both in the U.S. and in Europe — for years. The news (via @Reuters) that NuScale is ending its SMR project in Utah won't be reassuring to other countries keen to adopt the new technology. https://t.co/Gvd6FSySYH
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NuScale Power said on Wednesday it has agreed with a power group in Utah to terminate the company's small modular reactor project, dealing a blow to U.S. ambitions for a wave of nuclear energy to...
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.@HEDrAbouZeid, @_AfricanUnion's energy commissioner, has a message to countries ramping up their #cleantech: careful what you call “green," pointing to the energy intensity of mineral extraction + human rights abuses. She spoke to @AncaGurzu in Vienna:
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The world is failing to pay sufficient attention to the energy-intensive practice of mineral extraction, which takes place under questionable human rights and working conditions in many low- and...
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New clean energy infrastructure can sometimes lead to resistance from communities. With this in mind, @MIT is offering a first-of-its-kind course that trains students to be mediators in conflicts over clean energy projects. With @CipherClimate 🤝 https://t.co/YD9Dg8PLGF
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