EU power association calls for anticipatory investments in grids
More investment is needed to ready Europe’s power infrastructure for net zero emissions by 2050, the power sector association said in a position paper on Thursday.
Read More“No peace” for EU nature law as environment ministers prepare to meet next week
Further struggles await a law aiming to enshrine the target to restore at least 20% of the EU land and sea areas by 2030, with some of the bloc’s 27 environmental ministers announcing their intention to halt the process next week.
Read MoreEU lawmakers divided over new agri policy proposals
Members of the European Parliament appeared divided as they discussed a set of potential new rules for the agri sector in a double meeting with the Commission on Tuesday.
Read MoreEU ministers rubber-stamp energy and raw materials bills
The EU’s 27 foreign affairs ministers rubber-stamped two bills on Monday to protect energy markets from manipulation and ensure strategic autonomy to access critical raw materials.
Read MoreUPDATE – EU waters down green farming policies in bid to appease farmers
The European Commission finalised a series of legislative proposals that would cut back on green requirements for farmers, announcing the amendments late on Friday afternoon.
Read MoreEU countries reach long-awaited but diluted deal on corporate due diligence bill
Ambassadors from the 27 EU member states reached agreement Friday on a bill setting due diligence rules for large companies, including an obligation to adopt Paris-aligned climate plans, with a weakened text ending a cycle of meetings to resolve the EU’s internal divisions.
Read MoreEU bank to invest millions in climate resilience of Rwanda’s farming sector
The international arm of the European Investment Bank, EIB Global, will help farmers in Rwanda face climate change under a financing agreement announced on Thursday as part of the EU Global Gateway initiative.
Read MoreAgri SMEs in five EU nations get millions of euros to decarbonise
Small and medium-sized agricultural businesses in five European countries will receive new funds from HeavyFinance, a Lithuania-based financial technology company, to remove 0.376 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year for every €1,000 invested.
Read More2030 climate targets ‘within reach’, spotlight now turning to carbon removals, EU says
The EU is still on track to cut its net greenhouse gas emissions 55% below 1990 levels by 2030 and reach climate neutrality by mid-century – with the help of carbon removals among other emerging technologies, according to a European Commission review of the bloc’s progress towards the objectives.
Read MoreEU investment bank to invest millions in Mongolian forests
The international arm of the European Investment Bank, EIB Global, will support projects for urban development and sustainable forestry in Mongolia, under the largest-ever financing agreement signed on Tuesday within the EU Global Gateway initiative.
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