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bneGREEN: EU MEPs back binding methane targets
In a resolution on the EU’s strategy for cutting methane emissions, MEPs voted 563 to 122 in favour of introducing binding measures and targets on methane abatement, in order to significantly reduce emissions by 2030, in line with Paris goals.
Erdogan orders 10 western ambassadors declared persona non grata after ‘impudent’ Kavala release call
Move may prove to be nothing more than rhetoric. An election is not far off and Erdogan, under pressure on many fronts, is floundering in the opinion polls.
Erdogan goes high-voltage with another rate cut
Wayward monetary policy dives deeper into uncharted territory. Turkey may be in for a “hardcore” crisis. The Erdogan succession talk is growing louder.
bneGREEN: G7 could set green example for rest of world
G7 countries have the potential to reach net zero in the power generation sector by 2035 and spur decarbonisation in other economies and sectors.
Balkan Stream countries hope to avoid worst of international gas crisis
While the debate rages over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, a separate pipeline system carrying Russian gas to Southeast Europe has been quietly opened over the last few years, which enables the countries on its route to avoid the worst of the gas crisis
wiiw hikes 2021 CEE growth forecast to 5.4%
Growth is predicted to fall to 3.7% in 2022 and 3.5% in 2023 because of base effects, monetary tightening and more significant external headwinds.
UK ‘tells trapped Afghan interpreters to escape on their own’
Advice reportedly seen in emails tells former employees who served British armed forces to “actively consider evacuating to a third country”. Former UK government aid programme manager calls situation “morally indefensible”.
Ecosphere says Turkey’s net zero emissions by 2053 target looks entirely unrealistic
"We do not know based on what study or report the target has been set," says group, adding that it may simply turn into a “net dream”.
ISTANBUL BLOG: Erdogan takes down three more MPC members
Yet another late-night decree from the presidential palace.
bneGREEN: Governments still woefully short of IEA’s net-zero requirements
Governments need to smash the stubborn dominance of fossil fuels if the world is to reach net zero by 2050, despite the rapid development of green technologies, the IEA warns.
Turkish lira drops through 9
Sinking currency partly reflective of president Erdogan’s “failure to accept economic gravity” says one analyst.
Russia proposes “3+3” format to unlock economic and transport communications in Caucasus
Moscow’s move comes amid high tensions as Iran, Azerbaijan and Turkey flex muscles with military exercises.
Azerbaijan shuts office of Iranian supreme leader’s Baku representative as war game tensions mount
Azerbaijan and close ally Turkey set to hold “Indestructible Brotherhood” military drills in Azerbaijani exclave Nakhchivan in seeming response to Iranian manoeuvres.
ISTANBUL BLOG: Why for the world’s most expensive iPhone 13s it's Erdogan’s Turkey and Bolsonaro’s Brazil
Both are dab hands at bagging indirect taxes.
Turkey records September inflation at 19.6% while Istanbul academics calculate 44.7%
Using “core” inflation, central bank seems set to plot its way to further rate cuts.
Turkish manufacturing clocks more growth but slows in September PMI data shows
IHS Markit notes some reports of safety-stock building to guard against ongoing supply chain disruption.
bneGREEN: SEB puts $4 trillion annual price tag on net zero
SEB’s latest Green Bonds Report has placed a price of $4 trillion per year on the energy transition if the world is to reach net zero by 2050.
Erdogan says Turkey looking at fighter jet, submarine and more nuclear cooperation with Russia
Turkish president may be trying to force Washington to cut his regime some slack. Biden ambassador nominee for Ankara has said he will push Turkey to “live up to its status as a Nato ally”.
bneGREEN: Hydro capacity needs to double to meet green goals
Global hydro capacity needs to double by 2050 if water-based power is to make a meaningful contribution in the race to net zero, IRENA director-general Francesco La Camera has warned
Iran alludes to Baku’s relations with Israel as it defends war games by Azerbaijan border
Tehran, peeved at military exercises involving Azerbaijani, Turkish and Pakistani forces, appears to have resorted to sabre-rattling.
