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 European Commission today presented its long-awaited Livestock Strategy, intended to set out a plan to create the conditions for a resilient, competitive and sustainable livestock sector.
The EU Commission adopted Friday revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and a voluntary reporting standard for smaller companies.
Today, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee supported increased funding for nature in the next EU budget (MFF), rejecting the Commission’s proposal, which risked sidelining biodiversity.
The European Commission and European Investment Bank announced Thursday the disbursement of €2.5 billion from the Modernisation Fund to support 51 energy-related projects in 11 EU Member States.
A new legal briefing commissioned by WWF finds that potential changes to the EU carbon removal target in the EU’s post-2030 climate framework could put the bloc at odds with international law.
The European Commission has adopted new rules on recycling of single-use plastic beverage bottles made primarily of polyethylene terephthalate (PET bottles).
