This briefing provides background on energy and climate provisions in the UKEU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), developments in UK-EU cooperation on energy and climate since the UK left the EU, and the main outcomes of the May 2025 UK-EU summit. Then covers energy and lays down requirements on competitive energy markets and arrangements for the trading of energy through gas and electricity interconnectors.
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The New Roadmap for Australia’s Economic Engagement with India, launched earlier this year, outlines four “superhighways” of growth: tourism, agribusiness, education and skills, and clean energy. Within clean energy, we have launched the Renewable Energy Partnership, committed to supporting India’s solar ambitions, including the goal of installing 10 million solar panels by 2027. Australia’s clean energy push is also backed by the Future Made in Australia Act, which allocates AUD 22 billion toward a net-zero future through tax incentives and funding support.
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The report combines the global industry data from the Hydrogen Council with a bespoke advanced-analytics optimization model, specifically developed for the study, that balances supply and demand across all regions, multiple carriers, end products and scenarios. Out of 1.5 million potential trade routes, the report identifies more than 40 prospective trade routes of hydrogen, with the capacity to transport more than one million tons per annum by ship or pipeline.
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Recently, the Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings has published a policy brief titled “Greening the AfCFTA: It is not too late.” Environmental sustainability is a key component of Africa’s Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want. Yet, the recently launched African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) contains only minimal references to the environment. The policy brief, thus, highlights various ways in which State Parties can strengthen the linkages between the AfCFTA and the environment, with a focus on concrete approaches and strategies.
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Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan are rich in fossil fuels, while the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan have extensive hydropower. Yet in winter, the hydro-rich countries suffer from power shortages due to a combination of reduced water flow and higher demand for heating. The solution is for these countries to share energy.
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The World Bank group has approved a USD300 million grant to help Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, and Sierra Leone promote electricity trade within West Africa. The program supports trade in cleaner low cost electricity generated from gas, hydro power and other renewable energy technologies.
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