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Energy, climate and resources

Europe’s Twin Dependencies: Building Energy and Digital Autonomy in a Fragmented World

Clean energy and digital computing share the same economic characteristics – steep learning curves, network effects and infrastructure lock-in – that reward early movers and penalise latecomers,…

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Trading Green: How the EU Can Align Climate and Trade in a Fractured World

The tension between climate ambition and trade openness poses one of the most consequential policy challenges facing the European Union. As global trade has expanded, so too have the embedded…

Green Deal Watch, No. 19

This is the 19th issue of the Green Deal Watch, a quarterly report produced by the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) with the support of Edison. This publication aims at monitoring and analysing…

Minerals and the Lobito Corridor: Between Domestic Needs and the EU’s Derisking Strategy

Minerals are essential inputs for multiple strategic sectors. Countries need to ensure and enhance their supply addressing the entire value chain, including infrastructure, such as the Lobito…

Publications

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Green Deal Watch, No. 19

Green Deal Watch, No. 19 (February-June 2026): “Uncertain Waters Ahead"
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Alessio Sangiorgio
Lorenzo Colantoni
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Rome, IAI, June 2026, 36 p.
In: Green Deal Watch 19
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Trading Green: How the EU Can Align Climate and Trade in a Fractured World

Trading Green: How the EU Can Align Climate and Trade in a Fractured World
Autori
Margherita Bianchi
Pier Paolo Raimondi
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Rome, IAI, June 2026, 15 p.
In: IAI Papers 26|08

Research

This project maps the EU’s trade approach, objectives and instruments with a view to shaping a new sustainable trade policy, using Italy as a national case study. As the international trading system…
Coffee is at the crossroads. While the impact of droughts, floods and more generally of the climate crisis is hitting hard production in most countries, this is resulting in major price increases…
The UK and Italy recognise that resilient clean energy supply chains are crucial for the energy transition and economic growth this century. The UK leads a Global Clean Power Alliance Mission on…

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IAI in the media

Decode 39: Italy’s Russian gas dilemma returns as energy shocks test Western strategy

Financial Times: Italian PM Giorgia Meloni looks for gas supplies in Algeria

360. One world, many voices: Why Europe’s Green Deal needs a social upgrade

Experts

Pietro Rinaldi

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Junior researcher
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Luca Cinciripini

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Researcher
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Pier Paolo Raimondi

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Associate fellow