Reducing PFAS in textiles: EEA present safe, sustainable and recycable alternatives
Reducing the use of PFAS —known as forever chemicals— in clothing, furniture and other textile products, is important to increase…
EU call for energy infrastructure projects of common and mutual interest
The EU Commission has opened a call for applications for energy infrastructure projects under the Trans-European Network for Energy (TEN-E)…
U.S. DARPA Invites proposals for AI Biotechnology Pitch Days
The Agency’s Biological Technologies Office seeks proposals for same-day awards up to $300K each with up to $4.5M total available;…
Energy security: Key conclusions of the 19th Energy Community Gas Forum
This year’s Gas Forum focused on two key factors reshaping the gas sector, the shifting of the gas supply from…
IEA: Stronger system integration needed for soaring solar and wind energy production
A new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) offers first-of-its-kind global stocktake of efforts to integrate variable renewables across…
F4E and EUROfusion launch European Fusion Technology Marketplace
Fusion for Energy (F4E) and EUROfusion launch the European Fusion Technology Marketplace, a joint platform to promote technology transfer from…
Pesticide residues: MEPs vote down two EU Commission decisions
MEPs today rejected two EU Commission decisions allowing import tolerances (residue levels) for several pesticides coming with imported products such…
How a European Carbon Central Bank can turn Europe into a CO2 “eater” – PIK
"The EU has decided to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. From then on, for every tonne of CO2 still emitted,…
EC Commission approves amendments to the Belgian capacity mechanism
The EU Commission has approved amendments to the Belgian capacity mechanism. The measure aims to ensure that there is sufficient…
Greenland: Keynote speech by EU Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
"Greenland is especially vulnerable to the impact of climate change. But you are also uniquely equipped to fight it –…
EU Commission recommends stronger measures on smoke-free environments
The new initiative recommends that Member States extend smoke-free environment policies to key outdoor areas, to better protect people in the EU, particularly children and…
Poland: EU Commission approves €1.2bn state aid to support net-zero investments
Under the scheme, the aid will take form of direct grants. The measure will be open to companies producing relevant equipment,…
Ursula von der Leyens EU-Kommission II: Reaktionen deutscher EU-Abgeordneter
Erste Reaktionen auf die heute vorgestellte neue EU-Kommission von Ursula von der Leyen zeigen ein gemischtes, Bild. Anbei ein Überblick…
Ursula von der Leyen discusses future EU Commission with EP leaders
EU Parliament leaders had an exchange of views with the President-elect of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on…
IEA: Designing an Energy Statistics Roadmap
By providing insights into how energy is produced, transformed and used, energy statistics and balances constitute the basic description of…
EU Commission background: Industrial carbon management
While accelerating renewable energy production and using energy more efficiently will make significant contributions on the energy sector’s path to…
Cefic: Nine actions to boost the EU chemical industry’s innovation leadership
Innovation in the European Chemical Industry is a key success factor in ensuring Europe’s industry remains competitive, achieves the targets…
Environmental Agency: EU continues to phase out gases harming the ozone layer
The European Environment Agency (EEA) has published new data, collected annually from companies, on the production, import, export, destruction, and…
F4E Call boosts collaboration with private fusion enterprises
Fusion for Energy (F4E) has launched a Call for Expression of Interest inviting EU private initiatives to collaborate with F4E.…
EU Auditors see challenging start for EU revenue based on plastic packaging waste
The new own resource generated over €7 billion for the EU budget in 2023, according to the latest report of…
EFSA partners on nanotechnology: Promoting uses of new assessment methods
A new report by EFSA’s partners in the NAMs4NANO project proposes a system for promoting New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) to…
ECR Group: More concrete steps needed to future-proof EU agriculture
For the ECR Group, farmers are the key to food security and the backbone of rural development. They should be…
EU Commission receives Czechia’s third RRF payment request
Today, the EU Commission has received the third payment request from Czechia for €1.9 billion (net of pre-financing), of which €1.7 billion in grants and €190…
EU Commission receives Germany’s 13.9bn RRF payment request
On the 13th of September, the EU Commission has received the second payment request from Germany for €13.5 billion in grants (net of…
Mediterranean and Black Seas: EU Commission proposes fishing opportunities for 2025
Today, the EU Commission adopted its proposal for fishing opportunities for 2025 for the Mediterranean and the Black Seas. The proposal promotes…
Ambitious climate action would grow Europe’s economy – Agora Energiewende
Investments in line with Europe’s expected 2040 climate target would create important economic opportunities across sectors, according to a new…
Cross-zonal electricity capacity allocation: ACER consults on amending the methodology
On 31 July 2024, ACER received a proposal from Transmission System Operators (TSOs) to amend the harmonised methodology for cross-zonal capacity allocation for…
Hungarian EU Presidency: EU must simplify its farmer support
A Meeting of Common Agricultural Policy Directors in Budapest focused on simplifying the Common Agricultural Policy, in line with the…
WMO Update predicts 60 percent chance of La Niña
There is a 60 percent chance of La Niña conditions emerging towards the end of this year, according to a…
IEA report: Tracking clean energy innovation policies
This IEA energy technology innovation policy guide supports decision-makers and analysts to identify examples of policies that could be translated…
IEA Energy Business Council: Meeting of over 100 executives from around the globe
Discussions at Agency’s headquarters in Paris address topics including oil and gas markets, renewables, investment and financing, critical minerals, clean…
Background on the EP Plenary 16 – 19 September 2024
These are the topics of the frist plenary session of the newly elected European Parliament.
EESC Conference in Austria emphasises the importance of just transition and social climate policy
Shaping a socially just climate policy: Today's Just Transition Conference at the Austrian Ministry for Climate Action in Vienna provided…
Australia and Germany sign an agreement on bilateral H2Global auctions
Australia and Germany have signed an important agreement today deepening their cooperation and jointly supporting new supply chains for renewable…
ACEA worries about 2025 CO2 targets as e-vehicle market stagnates
The trend of a stagnating market share of battery electric cars sends an extremely worrying signal for industry and policy…
DLD Nature Conference: Keynote speech by President von der Leyen
"We need a fundamental rethink of the relationship between our economy and the natural world. All of us have grown…
Offshore wind energy: EU Commission approves €682m Belgian state aid
The EU Commission has approved a €682 million Belgian state aid scheme to support offshore wind energy and the transition towards…
EU Commission clears takeover of France LNG Shipping by Geogas, NYK, DIF and Marigold
The transaction mainly concerns the market for maritime transport of liquefied natural gas. The EU Commission concluded that the proposed…
Common Agriculture Policy: EU Commission increases advance payments to EU farmers
The Commission has today authorised EU Member States to pay higher advances of Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) funds to agricultural producers, thus helping to…
EU Council Research: Harnessing wind power – navigating the EU energy transition
The EU’s renewable energy ambitions face key challenges, particularly due to its reliance on China's critical raw materials. The latest…
Wind Europe on Draghi’s competitiveness report: Six key points for wind energy
On 9 September former European Central Bank Governor Mario Draghi released his report on Europe’s competitiveness. These are the main…
Outcome of the UN Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres unveiled the outcomes of his UN Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals, co-chaired by Ditte…
ITU SecGen Doreen Bogdan-Martin on space sustainability: Why ITU? Why now?
"Space is becoming more critical to global development than ever before. The question of space sustainability, therefore, looms large. As…
IEA: Experts to discuss clean energy technology manufacturing and trade
The International Energy Agency (IEA) convened about 25 high-level decision makers from government, industry, academia and civil society to discuss…
China: EU launches social media campaign on green transition and environment
Following a first edition in 2021, the EU Delegation brings back the Sustainability Tour, inviting the Chinese public on a…
EP Think Tank paper on enforcing EU climate legislation
Within the policy framework of the European Green Deal, the European Climate Law of 2021 has set an EU-wide, legally binding target…
Agricultural markets: Judgment of the EU Court in Case C-557/23 SPAR Magyarország
"Hungarian legislation requiring traders to offer for sale certain agricultural products at a fixed price and in predetermined quantities is…
Bruegel: A European circular single market for economic security and competitiveness
"If the European Union is to achieve a sustainable net-zero economy, resources need to be used much more efficiently. Extraction…
New European Citizens’ Initiatives on water resilience and psychedelics registered
Today, the European Commission decided to register two European Citizens' Initiatives, entitled ‘ECI for a Water-Smart and Resilient Europe' and ‘PsychedeliCare'.
Eurelectric: EU electricity prices on the rise with big differences among countries
The EU achieved the greenest power generation mix last July, what happened since then? Eurelectric presents updated data.