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Latest climate news

Green groups ‘very worried’ by planned carbon removal certificates

‘Countries can still say no’: Climate backstop weakened in draft CETA add-on

Spanish growers struggle to adapt to drought and extreme temperatures

Women climate leaders voice ‘grave concern’ over Hoekstra appointment

EU auditors issue warning over environmental impacts of offshore wind

EU climate action will ‘fall apart’ without tough rules on peatlands

Latest climate analysis

Case study: How Milan harnessed nature to tackle flood risk and heatwaves

IPCC chair on science, politics, and knowing when to hold back

How can Europe’s airlines plot a course to net zero?

Case study: Fighting fire with ‘cold’ fire in Spain and Portugal

Latest climate web picks

Lagging policy support and rising cost pressures put investment plans for low-emissions hydrogen at risk - IEA

Below-average maize yield expected in EU - EU Commission Joint Research Centre

Less pollutants and less noise: results of Brussels car-free day (French) - Bruxelles Environnement

Road Hazard: Evidence Mounts on Toxic Pollution from Tires - Yale Environment 360

EU uses pollution tax funds to back Romanian gas pipeline - Climate Home News

Experts call for global moratorium on efforts to geoengineer climate - The Guardian

UK and EU Emissions Trading Schemes - drifting in different directions? - UK in a Changing Europe

Inside the horror of Europe's biggest wildfire - BBC

Small island nations take high-emitting countries to court to protect the ocean - The Guardian

Hydrogen bank fails its mandate to decarbonise European industry - Bellona Foundation




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Latest chemicals Document Watch

Innovative carbon farming initiatives: recent and ongoing projects across the EU - IEEP

Consultation response - Roadmap for the reduction of whole life carbon emissions of buildings in the EU - Bellona Foundation

Map of CO2 storage Projects in Europe - IOGP

Letter: Call for better CO2 regulation to safeguard the good functioning of mobility networks and logistics chains - CLEPA et al.

Building Materials And The Climate: Constructing A New Future - UNEP

Aluminium Supply Chain Pathways to Net Zero GHG Emissions and Fair Global Markets: Priority Action Areas - European Aluminium

Peatland Atlas 2023 - Heinrich Böll Foundation

G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration - EU Council

Is green growth happening? An empirical analysis of achieved versus Paris-compliant CO2–GDP decoupling in high-income countries - The Lancet

Trilogues on CPR and ESPR - Cembureau position

Interviews

Interview: Why the EU must press ahead with chemical rules reform

Bulgaria’s environment minister on turning ‘green deal’ goals into reality

UN Development Programme’s nature chief on making the case for biodiversity

Mining chief on critical role of raw materials for the green transition

MEP Javi López on his air quality ‘red lines’

EU’s chief climate adviser on setting the 2040 target

Nature Conservancy’s EU head on having ‘honest conversations’ with industry

Brazilian environmental campaigner warns against Green Deal ‘incoherence’

Outgoing EEA director on ten years at the helm and why the Green Deal must not be derailed

‘Absolutely political’: EFSA scientist on new bee guidance thresholds

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Intelligence

Legal comment: Why the European Court dismissed an NGO’s request to access infringements documents

On 1 February 2023, the EU’s General Court upheld a decision by the European Commission to refuse ClientEarth’s access to multiple documents concerning member states’ infringements of environmental law. Here, Fieldfisher Regulatory experts Peter Sellar and Aonghus Heatley break down the decision.

Legal comment: What is an ‘unacceptable risk’ in the context of a REACH restriction?

Case study: How EU funding helped one manufacturer to produce cleaner electric vehicle batteries

Case study: How an EU-funded project cut CO2 emissions in vehicle manufacturing processes

Case study: How an EU-funded project helped to reintroduce vulture species in Bulgaria

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The nations leading the way in reducing their reliance on fossil fuels

The EU member states that recorded the largest shares of tax revenue from green levies

The member states that met 2020 recycling targets - and those that generated the most packaging waste