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At the COP28 in Dubai, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Founder of Breakthrough Energy Bill Gates, and European Investment Bank President Werner Hoyer announced the first two European projects to...
The new rules will reduce air, water and soil pollution, and steer large agro-industrial installations in the green transition. Late on Tuesday night, negotiators from the Parliament and Council reached...
The Commission launched the first auction under the European Hydrogen Bank to support the production of renewable hydrogen in Europe, with an initial €800 million of emissions trading revenues, channelled through the Innovation Fund. Producers of...
The Commission is opening the Innovation Fund‘s 2023 call for proposals with a record budget of €4 billion to support the deployment of innovative decarbonisation technologies. The call is funded by revenues from...
The Commission is proposing a Forest Monitoring Law that will plug existing gaps in the information on European forests and create a comprehensive forest knowledge base, to allow Member States, forest owners and forest...
Parliament has adopted its position on a new EU certification framework for technological and natural carbon removals to help achieve EU climate neutrality by 2050. With 448 votes to 65...
The Commission welcomes the provisional agreement reached between the European Parliament and Council on a new EU Regulation to reduce energy sector methane emissions in Europe and in our global supply...
EU Climate Commissioner and Chief COP28 Negotiator Wopke Hoekstra met with COP28 President Designate Dr Sultan Al Jaber to discuss the preparations for COP28, which will take place in Dubai, United Arab...
The Environment Committee adopted its demands for the UN Climate Change Conference COP28, which will take stock of the progress on implementing the Paris Agreement. With 56 votes in favour,...
The legislation voted on by the Industry Committee on 25 October 2023, is intended to bolster Europe’s manufacturing output in technologies needed for decarbonisation. The “Net-Zero industry act” sets a...
The Council adopted a regulation creating a European green bond standard. The regulation lays down uniform requirements for issuers of bonds that wish to use the designation ‘European green bond’...
The EU Council has reached an agreement (‘general approach’) on a proposal to update and strengthen the regulation on CO2 emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles. The aim of the proposal is...
The EU Commission is proposing for the first time measures to prevent microplastic pollution from the unintentional release of plastic pellets. Currently, between 52 and 184 thousand tonnes of pellets are...
The European Union (EU) has launched the first phase of the world’s first carbon border tariff, a landmark tool designed to put a fair price on the carbon emitted during...
EU antitrust regulators extended their deadline for a decision on Adobe’s (ADBE.O) $20 billion bid for cloud-based designer platform Figma by two weeks to Jan. 8, a regulatory filing showed. The European...
The European Commission will unveil on Wednesday a proposal to make large companies operating in the European Union check that their suppliers from around the world do not use slave...
The European Union’s markets watchdog said it will start working on a legal definition of “greenwashing” to underpin enforcement action as trillions of euros flow into funds that are advertised...
The European Commission took a major step towards including investments in gas and nuclear-based energy in the list of sustainable activities under the new EU taxonomy classification system, with the...
Greek MEP, Eva Kaili, was elected one of the European Parliament’s (EP) 14 vice-presidents on Tuesday. Kaili, who was elected for the Movement for Change (KINAL) party and sits with...
John Calian, SVP of Deutshe Telekom discusses blockchain in mobility with Matt Bird at the Blockchain for Europe (EU Parliament)
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