Climate.Brussels e-News 07.12.22
Green Deal: EU agrees law to fight global deforestation and forest degradation driven by EU production and consumption
The Commission welcomes the provisional political agreement just reached between the European Parliament and the Council on an EU Regulation on deforestation-free supply chains. Once adopted and applied, the new law will ensure that a set of key goods placed on the EU market will no longer contribut…
European Commission
TEN-T General Approach risks alienating alternative fuels
The Council of European Transport Ministers adopted on Monday 5 December its common position (General Approach) on the Commission proposal for a revision of the European Union guidelines for the development of the Trans-European Network of Transport (TEN-T). While the text demonstrates a desire to…
Hydrogen Europe
Romanian policy makers exchange ideas on achieving an integrated mitigation-adaptation approach to climate action
While the current energy crisis is affecting communities across Europe and at all levels of government, more effective and enhanced adaptation to climate change is crucially needed. As two sides of the same coin, climate change mitigation and adaptation are key components of effective climate policy…
ICLEI
Chainsaws fall silent: EU agrees deforestation law
In a world first, companies will have to show that their products have not contributed to deforestation if they want to sell them in the EU, after negotiations on a new law finished in Brussels. Representatives from the European Parliament and national governments finalised the law that will require…
Greenpeace European Unit
We need a radical change in the fishing industry for our fight against the climate and biodiversity crises
On the eve of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15), the EU must prioritize the health of our ocean in its fight against the climate and biodiversity crises and accept that as part of this, a radical change of our fisheries is crucial. Humanity is in the midst of an
BirdLife Europe
Conclusion of SGI Europe’s project ‘Green Skills in VET’
SGI Europe organized on 5 December 2022 the final conference of its project ‘Green Skills in VET’, co-funded by the European Commission. On this occasion, SGI Europe discussed the main outcomes of the project, which are compiled in the final report (in English) and the political report (in English,…
SGI Europe
Plastic And Chemical Makers Hopeful Global Plastics Agreement Can Accelerate Circularity, Eliminate Waste
Members of the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) joined delegates in Punta Del Este, Uruguay this week for the first meeting of the International Negotiation Committee (INC-1) which is charged with creating a global agreement on plastics. The following statement can be attributed…
European Chemical Industry Council
