Environment policy in the European Union
Today, Member States backed the EU Budget (MFF) Performance Regulation, sending a positive signal for stronger climate and environmental spending, by defining a horizontal framework for how such spending is tracked and applying environmental safeguards across the budget.
The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) is looking for a Membership Acquisition & Development Officer to join its Brussels Secretariat.
The European Commission has unveiled a first set of pilot actions to accelerate Europe’s transition to a circular economy, with a particular focus on the plastics sector.
The EU Parliament and Council gave the final green light to amendments to the EU’s deforestation law which seeks to fight climate change and biodiversity loss by ensuring products sold in the EU are not sourced from deforested land.
“The transition to clean corporate fleets must be an opportunity for SMEs, not a constraint that limits their ability to operate, invest and grow.”
A new NGO-led evaluation finds that implementation of the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) is underway in most Member States, marking a crucial first step towards repairing Europe’s degraded ecosystems.
The Commission has proposed measures to close loopholes to prevent circumvention of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism’s (CBAM), in response to feedback received from industry.
