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.
In today’s annual State of the Union address, President Ursula von der Leyen emphasised the need for the EU to step up its efforts on climate action – for scientific, economic and security reasons -by continuing the progress made by the European Green Deal, setting ambitious intermediate climate targets, and channelling investment into climate adaptation, resilience and nature based solutions.
The EU Parliament has given its final green light to measures to prevent and reduce waste from food and textiles across the EU, confirming 2030 targets on food waste and making producers cover costs of collecting, sorting and recycling waste textiles.
The European Union has announced a significant investment of EUR 116 million in 13 new projects aimed at restoring the health of the ocean and waters.
As Southern Europe faces increasingly destructive wildfires, a new paper by WWF and BirdLife Europe calls on European governments to shift from reactive firefighting to a proactive and integrated approach to wildfire prevention.
In an effort to address climate-related financial risks, the European Central Bank (ECB) is introducing a climate factor in its collateral framework, starting in the second half of 2026.
The EU Commission has activated a customs surveillance system to monitor the import and export of metal waste and scrap into and out of the EU, covering ferrous waste and scrap (including steel), aluminium and copper.
