Decarbonising the economy will involve vast technology transfers and cross-border R&D. But with Russia a pariah, and US-China relations frosty, there are worries that politics could slow the diffusion of green technology

The final tally for Tuesday’s US midterm election won’t be in for days or weeks, but polls point to Republicans gaining a narrow majority of the US House of Representatives, and they aren’t wasting any time jockeying for positions with major influence over how science – particularly climate research – is funded.

Science|Business is posting new unapproved draft work programmes, one on climate and energy, the other on food, agriculture and environment-related research. They give researchers an early view of what calls for projects to expect in 2023 and 2024

From a standing start, President Biden has set a target for offshore windfarms to be generating 30 GW of electricity by 2030. With their 30 years of experience, European wind energy companies are playing a part

€72B of spending designated as climate related did not qualify to be labelled green, according to the European Court of Auditors

Expanding the scope of the programme to include technologies ‘that may not be innovative’ is not the way to reduce EU greenhouse gas emissions

The cities now have eight years to apply a planned programme of research and investment, with the aim of reaching climate neutrality by 2030

First calls are out as Commission and industry begin €4.1B push to spur the decarbonisation of Europe’s aviation sector

Russia’s war against Ukraine is forcing the EU to rethink its climate strategy, along with the technologies needed to achieve its climate goals and the plan to use gas in the transition to net zero

At the Science|Business Annual Conference, US and EU officials say they’re planning to discuss further research agreements in climate, health, digital and other fields. After Trump, this is, ‘a real turning of the page’