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March 15, 2024
EU set to reduce green agriculture measures as scientists call for Paris-compliant farming
A failure to reduce emissions from food and farming will have wider economic impacts
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March 13, 2024
Brussels Briefing: MEPs vote to decarbonise Europe’s building stock
Mandatory mortgage portfolio standards are absent from the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, while dairy farms are exempted from the revised Industrial Emissions Directive
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March 12, 2024
‘Matter of economic survival’: European Commission responds to climate risk report
The EU executive has issued its response to the EEA’s climate risk assessment amid accusations it has reduced climate action ambition in the face of...
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March 12, 2024
Companies could face big fines as European parliament agrees Green Claims Directive
Under new EU rules, companies would have their green claims verified before using them in advertising – with fines of up to 4% of annual...
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March 11, 2024
Can new standards and credits tackle the legacy of plastic pollution?
With low recycling rates and growth in primary production, experts are divided over whether plastic credits can help make the sector more sustainable, or if...
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March 5, 2024
Explainer: What are carbon removals and can they be made to work?
The EU’s carbon removal certification framework aims to increase the use of carbon removals while guarding against greenwashing. What do experts think of the latest...
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February 28, 2024
EU CSDDD: ‘Politicians have hugely misread signals from business’
‘Chaos’ and ‘irresponsibility’ were the words used by MEP Lara Wolters to describe EU member states’ failure to advance the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
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February 27, 2024
MEPs approve Nature Restoration Law
Various last-minute threats by rightwing politicians failed to sink the plan aimed at restoring 20% of EU land and sea by 2030 and all ecosystems in need of restoration by...
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February 21, 2024
EU’s RRF fund helps boost green energy and increase economic resilience
The EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility has offered support ‘like never before’ for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects Established in February 2021, the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility has...
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February 21, 2024
Internal carbon pricing can shield businesses from CBAM ‘ripple effect’
The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is triggering creative thinking around pricing emissions
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February 16, 2024
In Brief: JPMAM and SSGA exit CA100+; IEA to set up security programme for critical minerals
The latest ESG policy and regulatory news JPMorgan Asset Management and State Street Global Advisors have confirmed to the Financial Times that they are leaving the investor coalition group Climate...
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