The European Investment Bank has agreed a frontloading facility making €3 billion available to accelerate investments in the decarbonisation of sectors covered by the new EU’s emissions trading system (ETS2).
Renewable energy sources accounted for 47.5 per cent of gross electricity consumption in the EU in 2024, a 2.1 per cent increase over 2023, according to figures from Eurostat.
Global and European temperatures in 2025 ranked as the third-highest on record, according to data from the EU’s Copernicus Global Climate Highlights report.
Since 12 January, EU Member States must monitor, in a harmonised way, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) levels in drinking water to comply with new EU limit values under the recast Drinking Water Directive.
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.
