Sara Stefanini
Sara Stefanini is Climate Home News' senior reporter, covering Brexit and broader stories. She is also a freelance writer, contributing to the Financial Times and other organisations. Previously she was a senior policy reporter at Politico Europe in Brussels, covering energy, climate change and environment, and has a master's degree from the Columbia University School of Journalism. She is based in London.
Miguel Arias Cañete: EU’s climate caterpillar looks to seal legacy
‘We will leave the European Union with a vision for the future,’ the commissioner tells CHN as he prepares to fight for net-zero emissions
Hungary wants end to coal power by 2030
‘Sky-rocketing’ EU carbon prices could mean Hungary is the first country in eastern Europe to set an exit date for the most polluting fossil fuel
Starmer: UK and EU green protections risk diverging under Brexit deal
Draft withdrawal agreement prompts calls for green watchdog to assume climate powers
UK called to explain no-deal Brexit impact on power prices
A House of Lords committee was unsatisfied by minister Claire Perry’s testimony last month
France aims to ban deforestation imports by 2030
New French strategy puts pressure on Brussels to set an EU-wide action plan to stop agricultural trade destroying forests
Spain, Europe’s second largest carmaker, plans combustion engine ban
Proposal put forward for country’s first climate law takes swipe at auto-industry, scraps fossil fuel subsidies and sets 2050 goal for 100% renewable power
EU finance ministers call for transparency in climate finance
At a meeting in Brussels, ministers agreed on the need to scale up public and private climate finance to the developing world
Bolsonaro in, Merkel out: the Paris climate gang is breaking up
In 2015, a group of countries banded together to shape the global climate pact, but political turmoil is pulling the alliance apart
Brexit and Germany erode EU climate resolve
The departure of a heavyweight champion of tough climate measures comes as Germany wavers and Europe faces big decisions about future
EU has ‘strong’ interest in safeguarding post-Brexit energy supply – UK minister
Preparing for a no-deal break with the EU’s energy market is tricky because it depends on other countries, Claire Perry said
Bill Gates throws new weight and cash into climate fight
In back-to-back events this week, the billionaire launched projects to slow global warming and limit the damage it causes
‘Unacceptable’: Scotland and Wales reject post-Brexit carbon tax plan
Two devolved governments attack ‘unilateral’ tax on carbon pollution proposed by UK if Brexit talks end with no deal
Brexit: Avoiding the nuclear fallout
UK government report card on replacing the EU’s atomic energy community shows progress, but no deal on March 29 still threatens power and medical supply
Brexit: What it means for UK-EU energy trade
The UK says it wants to keep ties with the EU energy market – but it’s complicated
Australia won’t give money to Green Climate Fund, says PM
The country won’t withdraw from the Paris Agreement, but it’s not obliged to follow UN recommendations either, Scott Morrison said
37 things you need to know about 1.5C global warming
The UN climate science panel has released its summary of the evidence around the tougher climate goal demanded by vulnerable countries. We break it down
Leaked US critique of climate report sets stage for political showdown in Korea
Confidential government feedback casts doubt on scientific models, pushes domestic energy priorities and questions economic basis for climate action
Post-Brexit carbon tax would set Scotland against UK
UK weighs future carbon pricing options, but Scotland will not abide a national tax it says will stomp on devolved powers
UK anti-fracking protestors jailed over blockade
The men ‘deserve our gratitude, not a prison term’, Greenpeace’s executive director said, after judge handed them 15-16 month sentences
UK offers green assurances for no-deal Brexit
London says it will carry over EU emissions rules for cars, coolants and industrial plants even if it crashes out in March with no negotiated deal