The EU Council has formally adopted a directive updating the list of pollutants affecting surface water and groundwater, including pesticides, pharmaceuticals and PFAS.
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).
The EU Commission has adopted the first set of methodologies under the carbon removals and carbon farming (CRCF) Regulation to certify activities that permanently remove CO2 from the atmosphere.
The EU economy’s greenhouse gas emissions by economic activities and households totalled 3.3 bn tonnes of CO2 equivalents in 2024, representing a 20% reduction compared with 2013. Between 2013 and…
More regions across the EU are being hit by an escalating insurance crisis as extreme weather becomes more frequent and severe.
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.
