Policy and Affairs

Rinnovabili • Desertification: COP16 in Riyadh Ends in Failure, No Agreement Reached
COP
Global Accord on Desertification Fails: COP16 in Riyadh Ends Without Consensus

The COP16 summit in Riyadh concluded without a global accord on desertification, highlighting a divide between Africa and Western nations. Progress included $12 billion in funding for…

Rinnovabili • Climate Risk Insurance: Toward a Unified European System?
Environmental policies
Towards a European Climate Risk Insurance…

Discover how the European Central Bank (ECB) and EIOPA are paving the…

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

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


Rinnovabili • G7 Climate Energy
Policy and Affairs
Turin’s G7 Climate Energy, closes with a timid agreement on coal

Ministers sign the Venaria Charter promising to phase out current coal energy production in the first…

Rinnovabili • UN Plastic Treaty
Policy and Affairs
Perhaps the UN Plastic Treaty will not see the light of day…

After a week of negotiations on the UN Plastic Treaty, countries failed to consolidate a text…

Rinnovabili • G7 Environment, Energy and Climate
Policy and Affairs
In Turin, the G7 Environment, Energy and Climate aims for a farewell…

The two ministerial days dedicated to climate, environment and energy will open today in the Reggia…

Rinnovabili • Alaska drills
Pollution
Alaska drills compromise: only new projects stop

The White House has announced that no more permits will be issued for new mining projects…

Rinnovabili • Interior heating
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…

Rinnovabili • Dubai flood
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…

Rinnovabili • European Solar Charter
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…

Rinnovabili • Plastic Overshoot Day
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…

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Policy and Affairs
For the first time, the United States sets limits on PFAS pollution…

The Biden administration introduced standards for 5 PFAS and gave 3 years to local authorities to…

Rinnovabili • CO2 removal certification
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…

Rinnovabili • greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
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…

Rinnovabili • Photovoltaic roofs
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