Policy and Affairs

Environmental policies

Rinnovabili • Climate Risk Insurance: Toward a Unified European System?
Environmental policies
Towards a European Climate Risk Insurance System: The BCE-EIOPA Proposal

Discover how the European Central Bank (ECB) and EIOPA are paving the way for a robust climate risk insurance system in the EU, addressing natural disaster costs…

Rinnovabili • EU Deforestation Regulation: Postponed to December 30, 2025
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The EU deforestation law has been…

An informal political agreement has been reached between the EU Council and…

Rinnovabili • EU-Mercosur Agreement: Green Light After 25 Years
Environmental policies
After 25 years, yes to the…

The final text includes guarantees on sustainability, deforestation, and climate commitments. However,…


Rinnovabili • climate crisis
Policy and Affairs
The climate crisis is an “existential” threat: the World Bank’s new mandate

The establishment of Bretton Woods during last week’s annual plenary formally extended its mandate to include…

Rinnovabili • Fit for 55
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EU has approved of all the provisions of the package Fit for…

Von der Leyen: "The European Green Deal is bringing the change we need to reduce CO2…

Rinnovabili • farewell to coal
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Uncertain winter freezes Germany’s farewell to coal again

The German government has extended the standby of some lignite plants until March 2024 to maintain…

Rinnovabili • European electricity market
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Nuclear power puts in difficulty the reform of the European electricity market

Tensions between France and Germany on State aid to the national electricity park increase, and reaching…

Rinnovabili • Europe’s largest gas field
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Holland closes Groningen, the Europe’s largest gas field

The total stop will be in 2024, only 11 wells remain operational (sustainabilityenvironment.com) - Europe’s largest…

Rinnovabili • disposable plastic
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England introduces ban on disposable plastic

Announced in January, comes into force the ban on disposable plastic was put by the government.…

Rinnovabili • Working in photovoltaics
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Working in photovoltaics: 800,000 employed in 2023, 1mln in 2025

The latest solar employment report from solarpower Europe reveals that the photovoltaic workforce has grown by…

Rinnovabili • Reducing emissions
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Reducing emissions, India will put a roof on petrochemical, steel, cement and…

This is informally announced by government officials at the Reuters Agency. The targets should be unveiled…

Rinnovabili • Stop Endothermic cars 2035
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Stop Endothermic cars 2035: e-fuel will only be 100% carbon neutral

In the draft new measure, rewritten on pressure from Germany to make room for electric fuels,…

Rinnovabili • biggest climate process in history
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At the start of the biggest climate process in history

Six young Portuguese have turned to the European Court of Human Rights accusing the policies in…

Rinnovabili • Energy Efficiency Directive
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Energy Efficiency Directive 2023, in force in 20 days: the news

The measure establishing the common framework of measures to promote energy efficiency in the Union has…

Rinnovabili • greenwashing
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The EU takes a decisive step towards the anti-greenwashing directive

It will be forbidden to promote products with planned obsolescence and lie about sustainability. Here are…