Environment policy in the European Union
“The implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is creating confusion, legal uncertainty, and disproportionate burden for small businesses. Entrepreneurs ask for practical solutions now. Parliament and Member States should approve the suspension of the obligation to appoint authorised representatives in each Member State”, stated SMEunited President Davide Galli.
Water insecurity, driven by water scarcity, excess, and pollution, is rapidly becoming a threat to Europe’s economic and price stability. In a new guide, WWF urges central banks, financial regulators and supervisors to treat the global water crisis as a systemic financial risk and to enable the transition towards a water secure economy able to withstand future shocks.
The European Environmental Bureau are seeking a new Policy Officer for Chemicals to play a key role in advancing chemicals policy by bridging scientific knowledge with policy asks.
Today’s publication of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) review package ends months of uncertainty and signals a welcome shift from political scaremongering to practical implementation.
The European Commission has published a report on the simplification of the revised EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) with a set of further measures for its implementation which include exemption for leather imports.
Despite growing recognition that biodiversity loss poses a systemic risk to the economy and financial stability, France’s biggest companies remain largely unprepared to manage their impacts and risks on nature, according to a new WWF report.
E3G are looking for a Senior Policy Advisor to support their Clean Economy Programme in driving their strategy around industrial decarbonisation and the Emission Trade System (ETS) in Europe.
