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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…
Editorial Team•19 December 2024
Policy and Affairs
The EU deforestation law has been…
An informal political agreement has been reached between the EU Council and…
Editorial Team•16 December 2024
Environmental policies
After 25 years, yes to the…
The final text includes guarantees on sustainability, deforestation, and climate commitments. However,…
Editorial Team•10 December 2024
Pollution
Alaska drills compromise: only new projects stop
The White House has announced that no more permits will be issued for new mining projects…
24 April 2024
Policy and Affairs
Interior heating, new standards on consumption and repairability of appliances
The European Commission has adopted a Regulation laying down ecodesign specifications for the placing on the…
23 April 2024
Policy and Affairs
Climate crisis, not cloud seeding, behind Dubai flood
For days, a narrative has been growing according to which the record rains that flooded Dubai…
18 April 2024
Policy and Affairs
Born the European Solar Charter to support the photovoltaic made in EU
The act, drawn up by the European Commission, was signed on 15 April 2024 in Brussels…
17 April 2024
Policy and Affairs
Next 5 September falls on Plastic Overshoot Day 2024
The calculation of the Plastic overshoot day is the day when the world production of plastic…
13 April 2024
Policy and Affairs
200 NGOs call on EU to cancel CO2 removal certification scheme
The appeal to the European Parliament of the Real Zero Europe campaign: on 10 April vote…
10 April 2024
Policy and Affairs
Record CO2, CH4 and NOx in 2023: never so high the concentration…
There is no sign that efforts to contain emissions are slowing the accumulation of greenhouse gases…
9 April 2024
Policy and Affairs
Photovoltaic roofs in Europe, which country is more committed?
CAN Europe and eco-union publish an update of the Rooftop Solar PV Comparison launched in 2022
5 April 2024
Policy and Affairs
IPCC is wrong about global warming because it doesn’t understand aerosols
In a white paper, climate scientist James Hansen argues that the climate data of the last…
4 April 2024
Policy and Affairs
Ammonia to “clean up” coal-fired power plant: the first test in Japan
Jera started on 1 April co-combustion of a coal mix and 20% ammonia at Unit 4…
2 April 2024
Policy and Affairs
Methane emission limits: stricter rules in the US
Flaring and venting emissions in the United States have quadrupled in 30 years. In 2021, oil…
28 March 2024
Policy and Affairs
Europe can achieve zero emissions in 2040 without nuclear
An Environmental European Bureau report explains, data in hand, that renewable growth, reduced energy demand and…