EU leaders must honour their global biodiversity commitments and stop undermining nature protection at home, WWF warns ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP17), taking place in Yerevan, Armenia, from 19 to 30 October.
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.
European retailers and wholesalers note the European Commission’s Electrification Action Plan as a positive step towards electrification, which must remain realistic, cost-effective, incentive-based and system-friendly across the EU.
This Friday, the European Commission is expected to unveil its proposal to revise the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), one of the EU’s flagship climate policies.
EuroCommerce, representing Europe’s retail and wholesale sector, appreciates the European Commission’s decision to address livestock and plant proteins together, recognising that Europe’s food security, strategic autonomy and economic resilience depend on robust and diversified protein value chains.
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.
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.
