Climate Policy

Climate policy sets the rules and strategies governments use to tackle climate change. It covers everything from emission reduction targets and carbon pricing to renewable energy incentives and adaptation plans. Strong climate policy shapes how nations cut pollution, protect communities, and transition toward a cleaner, more sustainable future. 🌍⚖️

What is the just transition? The green shift that doesn’t get to throw people under the bus

Featured illustration of just transition showing workers and families crossing a bridge from a polluted fossil-fuel world to a clean energy future with wind turbines, solar panels, and electric transport.

A just transition means moving to a cleaner economy without sacrificing workers, communities, or low-income households along the way. It sounds obvious. It isn’t. Here’s what the just transition really is, why it exists, how it works, where it gets messy, and why the energy transition can go from noble to ridiculous the second people are treated like spare parts.

What is CBAM? The carbon border rule quietly rewriting European trade

Digital illustration of CBAM at the EU border, with trucks and a cargo ship emitting smoke while imports are scanned for carbon emissions before entering the European market.

CBAM is no longer some Brussels acronym floating above the real economy. Since January 1, 2026, the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism has moved into its definitive phase, putting carbon costs on certain imports and changing the math for exporters, industrial buyers, and electricity traders alike. Here’s what CBAM is, why it exists, how it works, and why the Western Balkans should be paying very close attention.