In this week’s ESG News Week In Review, climate and energy policy debates intensified as governments reassessed transition strategies. A senior EU official warned Europe’s nuclear phase-down may have been a strategic mistake, while China’s new 2026–2030 plan accelerates clean energy expansion even as emissions targets loosen. In the UK, a new Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard aims to define credible climate claims across the property sector, and the Climate Change Committee found the net-zero transition would cost less than a single fossil fuel price shock.
Carbon markets and energy transition investment also gained momentum. Watershed opened its 2026 carbon removal procurement round to scale demand for high-integrity credits, while major carbon capture and removal projects advanced in Europe and Canada. At the same time, global capital continued flowing into transition infrastructure and climate technology, from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ €1.3B energy transition credit fund to financing for clean iron, hydrogen fertilizer and methane monitoring technologies.
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