Europe
European Parliament calls for binding 2030 renewables target 
The European Parliament voted today for the first time in favour of setting a binding renewable energy target for 2030. | Japan
Towards a new energy paradigm in Japan
Last week, experts, visionaries, and authorities from Japan and around the world gathered for two days to discuss priorities for a transformation of Japan’s energy system. The high-level conference marked the one-year anniversary of the Fukushima disaster and comes at a time when Japanese policy-makers are confronting a very different vision of Japan’s energy future. | Panorama Part two of an on-going series
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