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8th Environment Action Programme: EU sets out to measure progress on Green Deal environment and climate goals
The Commission presented a list of headline indicators for monitoring progress towards the EU’s environment and climate goals to 2030, as well as the 2050…
Sustainable consumption: Commission publishes the first progress reports under the Green Consumption Pledge
A year after its launch, the European Commission published the first progress reports of enterprises participating in the Green Consumption Pledge. This initiative encouraged companies…
State aid: Commission proposes rules to simplify procedures for State aid to green transport
The European Commission has proposed a Council Regulation enabling the Commission to exempt from prior notification under EU State aid rules certain types of…
Modernisation Fund invests €2.4 billion to accelerate the green transition in 7 beneficiary countries
Today, the Modernisation Fund made available €2.4 billion to seven beneficiary countries to help modernise their energy systems, reduce greenhouse gas emissions in energy, industry…
€47 million fund to protect intellectual property of EU SMEs in their COVID-19 recovery and green and digital transitions
On Monday, the Commission and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) launched the new EU SME Fund, which offers vouchers for EU-based SMEs to…
European Green Deal: Commission proposes to strengthen the protection of the environment through criminal law
Today, the Commission has adopted a proposal for a new EU Directive to crack down on environmental crime, fulfilling a key commitment of the European…
EU VAT rules upgraded to be more flexible and green
EU finance ministers agreed Tuesday to update current rules governing value-added tax (VAT) rates for goods and services, giving them more flexibility to apply reduced…
European Green Deal: Commission adopts new proposals to stop deforestation, innovate sustainable waste management and make soils healthy for people, nature and climate
On Wednesday, the Commission adopted three new initiatives that are necessary for making the European Green Deal a reality. The Commission is proposing new rules…
Commission puts forward new strategy to make the EU’s financial system more sustainable and proposes new European Green Bond Standard
The European Commission has today adopted a number of measures to increase its level of ambition on sustainable finance. First, the new Sustainable Finance Strategy…
Urban Green Space Brings Happiness When Money Can’t Buy It Anymore
Urban green spaces, such as parks, backyards, riverbanks, and urban farmlands, are thought to contribute to citizen happiness by promoting physical and mental health. Urban…
Green transformation will rival industrial revolution: US climate envoy
The transition to a global economic model which will slow down climate change and create jobs will be the “biggest economic transformation since the industrial…
Commitment to post-pandemic ‘green’ recovery falling short, UN-backed study finds
Countries have fallen short in their commitments to build back better after the COVID-19 pandemic, with just 18 per cent of announced recovery spending going…
Christmas trees can be green because of a photosynthetic short-cut
How can conifers that are used for example as Christmas trees keep their green needles over the boreal winter when most trees shed their leaves?…
Green energy transition: Early and steady wins the race
Researchers from Aarhus University have modelled the decarbonisation of the sector-coupled European energy system using very high-resolution data. The results are clear: To reach climate-neutrality…
France targets green investment, jobs with huge stimulus plan
France aims to spend 100 billion euros to pull its economy out of one of Europe’s worst slumps, under a fast-moving recovery plan that revives…
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