Austria conservatives, Greens to enter coalition negotiations

12 Nov 2019

Austria conservatives, Greens to enter coalition negotiations

Source: France24

Politics & Law

ECJ fines Ireland €5m for lack of wind farm impact assessment

12 Nov 2019

The European Court of Justice has handed a €5m fine to Ireland for failing to ensure that a wind farm had an environment impact assessment, six years after construction started

Politics & Law

Prepare for three-metre sea level rise, say UK engineers

12 Nov 2019

Governments around the world must reconsider coastal flooding policies, strategy and investment decisions because sea level rise is likely to be far greater than previously estimated, say engineers

Markets & Corporate

EU envisages support for banks financing green projects

12 Nov 2019

The European Commission will review banks’ capital requirements to encourage them to invest in the low-carbon transition as part of a new set of rules to be tabled by June 2020

Climate

Reduce boat speed to tackle shipping pollution – report

11 Nov 2019

When it comes to shipping pollution, slowing down vessels is 'the closest thing to a silver bullet', according to a report from two NGOs