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Kyrgyztan - Uzbekistan Free Trade Agreement
The Kyrgyztan - Uzbekistan Free Trade Agreement aims to foster economic and trade relations between the two countries by eliminating tariffs and other trade barriers. The Agreement offers tariff elimination for traded originating goods between the countries.
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March 2022 household electricity and heating subsidy upgrade
In the framework of its March 2022 National Response Plan to the economic and social consequences of the war in Ukraine, the Spanish government lowered eligibility criteria to the household electricity and subsidy schemes, and extended it until end June 2022. Around 1.9 million households may benefit from both subsidies. The electricity support scheme-related measure was later extended to end 2022.
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Solid biofuels consumption estimation model
The African continent accounts for about 50% of the solid biofuels consumed worldwide, with 82% of its inhabitants – or around 900 million people -- relying on it for heating and cooking. In sub-Saharan Africa alone, roughly 95% of the population depends on biomass in the form of fuelwood, charcoal and residues. Accurate data to measure solid biofuel’s share of the energy mix is key to developing policies and assessing sustainability goals. However, the continent suffers from systematic lack of data, with the reported figures often not harmonised across countries and collected from outdated surveys.The International Energy Agency (IEA) has…
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Federal Program For Energy Savings and Energy Efficiency for the Period until 2020
This Program allocates 9.5 trillion rubles to regional energy savings programs, with a goal to reduce the energy intensity of Russia GDP by 13.5% by 2020, while also establishing government guarantees for certain projects
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Joint Communication to the European Parliament, The Council, The European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the regions. EU External energy engagement in a changing world
…energy supply and boosting energy savings and efficiency;accelerate the global green and just energy transition to ensure sustainable, secure and affordable energy for the EU and the world;support Ukraine and other countries that are directly or indirectly affected by the Russian aggression; andbuild long-lasting international partnerships and promote the EU clean energy industries across the globe.Particularly concerning methane emissions, the EU will seek to:ensure that additional gas supplies from existing and new gas suppliers are coupled with targeted actions to tackle methane leaks and to address venting and flaring, creating additional liquidity on global markets…
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Law on security of critical information infrastructure
The law applies to Russian legal persons and individual entrepreneurs owning or operating information systems, networks, or automated control systems in the field of power and the fuel and energy complex. They must categorize their information systems, implement security measures as mandated by the authorized federal body for significant objects, participate in the state system for detecting and responding to cyber incidents, and potentially install and utilize specific security tools.
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IEA releases major update to tracker of government responses to energy impacts of Middle East conflict
Online tool provides comprehensive survey of policies to promote energy conservation, support consumers and improve structural resilience – and now allows users to easily search for specific countries The International Energy Agency has published a major update to its Energy Crisis Policy Response Tracker, a new interactive online tool that monitors government actions taken in response to the energy market impacts of the conflict in the Middle East.The conflict, which began on 28 February, has significantly impeded energy trade flows through the Strait of Hormuz, creating the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market and throttling natural gas exports…
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First NDC of Russian Federation
The Russian Federation aims at limiting the growth of its GHG emissions to 70% of 1990 levels by 2030.
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Import duty
Back in 2015, Russia lowered the import duty on EVs from 17% to 0% for light passenger vehicles and from 15% to 5% for trucks. These lower import duties were cancelled in September 2017 and the government has no plans to reduce them again, Russia’s Trade and Industry Ministry has confirmed, given the government’s policy to encourage localised production of such vehicles instead.
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Import duty
Back in 2015, Russia lowered the import duty on EVs from 17% to 0% for light passenger vehicles and from 15% to 5% for trucks. These lower import duties were cancelled in September 2017 and the government has no plans to reduce them again, Russia’s Trade and Industry Ministry has confirmed, given the government’s policy to encourage localised production of such vehicles instead.