Climate Brussels e-News 05.04.22

United Nations’ science panel issues starkest warning yet to urgently cut global emissions
United Nations’ science panel issues starkest warning yet to urgently cut global emissions The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has today published its latest report, setting out the action we need to take to put a brake on global warming, avoid irreversible impacts on our plane…
The Dawn of the New Energy Age: Apply now for the European Solar Prize 2023
Each year EUROSOLAR awards the most innovative renewable energy projects of Europe-wide and even global importance. Nominations and applications for the prestigious European Solar Prize (ESP) can now be submitted online. “The European Solar Prize celebrates living, resilience and prosperity building…
Latest climate science demands clean break from fossil fuels
Only a very small window remains to limit global average temperate rise to 1.5ºC – the target set in the Paris climate agreement – and this requires an end to new fossil fuel infrastructure and the urgent decommissioning of existing fossil fuel facilities, the latest climate science shows. The Inter…
Activists call on EU to stop promoting fossil gas dependence in the Western Balkans
36 civil society organisations have today sent a joint letter (1) to the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, calling on the EU to stop promoting the use of fossil gas in the Western Balkans.The region is currently much less gas-dependent than the EU, which is struggling to

Events

Save Soil - Conscious Planet
The Europe India Business Council (EIBC), in association with the Embassy of India in Brussels, is pleased to invite you to a special session on climate action from 16.00 pm to 17.30 pm at the Press Club Brussels Europe, Rue Froissart 95, 1000 Bruxelles on 11th April. While