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- Court rules in favour of protecting the iconic Pirin National Park in Bulgaria
- Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court has suspended the execution of Pirin National Park's new management plan, which would have allowed construction in 66% ... — last modified 05 May 2020, 23:40 CET — filed under: Environment, Bulgaria — Relevance: 1%
- Nature restoration - helping people, biodiversity and climate
- Restoring nature on land and sea would have huge benefits for people’s health and well-being and help tackle the biodiversity and climate crises. This ... — last modified 03 February 2021, 11:55 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- EU accounts for 22% of global trade in shark meat - WWF analysis
- Between 2012 and 2019, more than 200 countries and territories imported and exported shark and ray meat, for a global trade valued at nearly €2.2 billion. — last modified 13 July 2021, 22:58 CET — filed under: Environment, Fisheries — Relevance: 1%
- European Parliament votes for a strong EU Deforestation law
- The voices of over 200,000 citizens that sent personalised messages to Members of the European Parliament asking them to protect forests have been heard. MEPs ... — last modified 13 September 2022, 22:53 CET — filed under: Environment, SMEs — Relevance: 1%
- European Parliament votes in favour of increasing LIFE Programme funding
- Today, the European Parliament voted in favour of increasing the allocation for LIFE, the EU's only funding instrument for climate change, environment and ... — last modified 11 December 2018, 23:01 CET — filed under: Environment, EU Funding — Relevance: 1%
- RePowerEU: European Parliament votes to weaken EU environmental rules
- In its vote on changes to the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) under the RePowerEU package, the European Parliament today rubber stamped the Commission's ... — last modified 14 December 2022, 23:54 CET — filed under: Environment, Energy — Relevance: 1%
- Water crisis: NGO coalition calls for new EU Climate and Water Resilience Law
- A coalition of six NGOs is asking for a new "EU Climate and Water Resilience Law" that prioritises restoring and protecting freshwater ecosystems to ensure ... — last modified 26 October 2023, 18:41 CET — filed under: Environment, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- Weber fails to derail EU Green Deal, but Parliament agrees to a weakened Nature Restoration Law
- Today, the European Parliament voted in favour of the Nature Restoration Law and the EU Green Deal, despite an unprecedented - and often outright absurd - ... — last modified 12 July 2023, 17:44 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- Vague EU industry plan leaves decarbonisation in the dark
- The European Commission’s updated industrial strategy, published today, does not provide enough clarity to help businesses move towards climate-neutral ... — last modified 06 May 2021, 00:08 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- Motorways and airports put EU climate bank plans in jeopardy
- The European Investment Bank is making a mockery of the EU's Green Deal and climate neutrality goal by preparing to lend to new motorways and potentially new ... — last modified 15 June 2020, 19:38 CET — filed under: Environment, Transport — Relevance: 1%
- NGOs walk out of expert Taxonomy group over lack of independence
- BEUC, Birdlife, ECOS, T&E and WWF leave the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance. NGOs claim the European Commission has interfered politically in the group and ... — last modified 14 September 2022, 21:06 CET — filed under: Environment, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- European Parliament finally wakes up on biomass threat
- In the middle of a roaring energy crisis, and in the teeth of a massive lobbying push by corporate interests, the European Parliament today took its first ... — last modified 14 September 2022, 21:10 CET — filed under: Environment, Energy — Relevance: 1%
- EU Member States ready to show climate leadership ahead of COP27
- The EU Environment Ministers decided today on the common position with which they will board the plane to Sharm El-Sheikh in two weeks. Overall it looks like ... — last modified 24 October 2022, 23:15 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- EU Member States adopt ambitious positions on global biodiversity negotiations
- EU Environment Ministers today agreed on their position on the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), pledging measurable and time-bound long-term 2050 ... — last modified 24 October 2022, 23:18 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- EU deforestation law proposal: Off to a strong start, but loopholes must be closed
- The European Commission presented on 17 November its proposal for an EU law to minimise the impact of EU consumption on the world’s forests. — last modified 18 November 2021, 19:05 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- 3 in 4 Europeans think EU governments should lower prices of sustainable, healthy food - new survey
- As prices go through the roof and sustainable food is increasingly out of people's reach, Europeans feel that it is time for our food systems to be changed. ... — last modified 20 October 2022, 00:29 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink — Relevance: 1%
- Second chance thrown away! European Parliament fails at delivering ambitious ETS reform
- Today the European Parliament gave up on its climate ambitions by voting for a diluted reform of the EU’s Emission Trading System (ETS). — last modified 22 June 2022, 23:54 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- Latest EU fisheries management plan threatens sustainability targets and long-term ocean health
- Today's European Parliament vote on the Multiannual Management Plan for the EU's Western Waters - covering the Atlantic Ocean between Ireland and Portugal - ... — last modified 12 February 2019, 14:11 CET — filed under: Environment, Fisheries — Relevance: 1%
- Christmas comes early for rivers and nature: European Commission concludes EU water law is "fit for purpose"
- The European Commission's final evaluation of EU water legislation has concluded the EU Water Framework Directive to be "fit for purpose", acknowledging that ... — last modified 12 December 2019, 21:44 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- Hydrogen strategy opens arms to fossil fuels
- The EU hydrogen strategy, published today, risks delaying industrial decarbonisation by keeping the door wide open for fossil fuels such as gas. — last modified 09 July 2020, 00:37 CET — filed under: Environment, Energy — Relevance: 1%
- EU bank ends fossil fuel lending in world-first for climate
- The European Investment Bank (EIB) today became the world's first public lender to commit to ending funding for coal, oil and gas. — last modified 14 November 2019, 21:53 CET — filed under: Environment, Energy, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- EU climate law: deal reflects politics not science
- Just two months before the EU's 2030 'Fit for 55%' climate and energy package is due, and with leaders gathering for US President Biden's climate summit later ... — last modified 21 April 2021, 13:05 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- Reintroduction of harmful fisheries subsidies marks definitive backslide in EU leadership for our ocean
- EU fisheries ministers have adopted a strikingly regressive position on the post-2020 funding strategy for the maritime and fisheries sector (EMFF). — last modified 18 June 2019, 18:07 CET — filed under: Environment, Fisheries — Relevance: 1%
- A disappointing COP26 closure, but keeps a narrow window open for 1.5°C
- We came to Glasgow expecting leaders to agree to a step change in the pace and scale of climate action. While we didn't get the step-change, and the text ... — last modified 14 November 2021, 10:35 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- Bioenergy mars EU Commission's attempts at a science-based Taxonomy
- Today the EU Commission published draft rules to govern which economic sectors are considered sustainable in climate terms under an EU 'Taxonomy'. — last modified 20 November 2020, 16:36 CET — filed under: Environment, Energy — Relevance: 1%
- MEPs move closer to holding companies accountable for profiting from destroying the planet
- Today, the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) cast a final vote on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). Their ... — last modified 25 April 2023, 19:00 CET — filed under: Environment, Single Market, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- 'Unholy alliance' of MEPs must not allow gas in Just Transition fund
- The European Parliament's Committee on Regional Development (REGI) is voting on the EU Just Transition Fund - which aims to support EU regions in their ... — last modified 03 July 2020, 00:11 CET — filed under: Environment, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- All financial institutions must disclose sustainability risks and impacts, say MEPs
- WWF applauds the high level of ambition demonstrated by the European Parliament in yesterday’s Committee of Economic and Monetary Affairs’ vote on disclosure ... — last modified 06 November 2018, 15:54 CET — filed under: Environment, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- WWF welcomes report on the EU's regulatory technical standards
- The report defines what information financial institutions will need to share publicly under the EU's sustainable finance disclosure rules. These standards ... — last modified 05 February 2021, 22:14 CET — filed under: Environment, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- Leaders urged to listen to science and act now to avert climate catastrophe
- After a marathon final two days of talks, countries have approved a new climate science report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). ... — last modified 20 March 2023, 18:29 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%