Expectations are high ahead of the sixth summit between the African Union and the European Union, which begins today in Brussels under the French presidency. The two-day summit, which is expected to be attended by all 27 EU heads of government as well as some 40 heads of state from Africa, is intended to put […]
After the European Commission presented a proposal for the revision of the Renewable Energies Directive (RED III) as part of its Fit for 55 package, the Parliament’s rapporteur, Markus Pieper (EPP), has now presented his draft. The energy policy spokesman for the CDU/CSU group advocates making the expansion of renewables technology-neutral and allowing transitional solutions. […]
Ms. Burkhardt, according to the environmental organization WWF, an area of forest the size of a soccer field disappears every 90 seconds worldwide – due to EU imports alone. Who is responsible here? Politics, business, consumer society?Everyone bears some responsibility. That’s why a political framework is needed. 16 percent of global deforestation is attributable to […]
EU Finance Commissioner Mairead McGuinness has defended the Commission’s proposal to extend the scope of the CSR Sustainability Reporting Directive to small and medium-sized enterprises. Otherwise, it would be difficult for listed SMEs to access funding, she told the European Parliament’s legal affairs committee on Thursday. The new rules are intended to provide investors with […]
The share of the European Emissions Trading System (ETS) in the current electricity price development is very small. However, this “small share in the desperate situation of many families and companies” must also be taken into account, said the ETS rapporteur of the EU Parliament, Peter Liese (EPP), to journalists on Wednesday.The CDU MEP had […]
The agriculture’s contribution to climate protection was the focus of an informal meeting of EU agriculture ministers that ended on Tuesday. In addition to reducing the high emissions in the sector, the meeting focused particularly on how the potential of agricultural land for the natural storage of CO2 can be better exploited.Carbon farming is the […]
Norway is leading the way: About 100 kilometers off the west coast and around 2,600 meters below the seabed, Europe’s largest CO2 landfill is currently being built. From 2024, 1.5 million metric tons of greenhouse gases per year are to be stored there; in the future, capacity could be expanded to up to five million, […]
EU Finance Commissioner Mairead McGuinness spoke of an “important step towards a climate-neutral economy”. On Wednesday, the European Commission officially presented its delegated act on the so-called taxonomy, in which nuclear energy and natural gas were still classified as sustainable transition solutions under certain conditions. The draft called them a “key evolution of the financial […]
Decision day: Today, the European Commission plans to present its delegated act to supplement the taxonomy and, in it, classify nuclear energy and natural gas as sustainable transitional solutions under certain conditions. It remains to be seen whether the authority will rework its controversial draft. However, Finance Commissioner Mairead McGuinness had ruled out fundamental changes. […]
The European Union has initiated proceedings against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the trade blockade against Lithuania. Brussels submitted a request for consultation with China in Geneva on Thursday after concluding its investigation of the embargo, the EU Commission said. According to the statement, the EU has evidence that the People’s Republic […]