Environment policy in the European Union
As catastrophic wildfires sweep across Southern Europe, WWF warns that the EU is sleepwalking into a permanent wildfire crisis while simultaneously weakening key environmental protections that help safeguard people, economies and nature from climate impacts.
The EU Council has adopted a directive amending the requirements for measuring instruments sold and placed on the single market, setting common standards for electric chargers and gas dispensers.
Wrapping and straps used to secure goods on pallets during transport will not have to meet the EU’s 100% reuse requirement under EU packaging legislation, following EU adoption of a Delegated Act.
The EU Council has given the final green light to a simplification of the sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements for companies, as part of its ‘Omnibus’ red tape cutting package.
The European Commission is proposing to suspend, for one year, most favoured nation import duties for several key nitrogen fertilisers and inputs for their production (ammonia, urea).
Fully excluding new fossil fuel projects from the revised Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is critical to achieving the EU’s climate commitments, safeguarding the integrity of the framework, and strengthening investor confidence, warn 133 organisations and experts in a new multi-stakeholder letter.
The EU Council has formally adopted a directive updating the list of pollutants affecting surface water and groundwater, including pesticides, pharmaceuticals and PFAS.
