ACER’s monitoring shows EU gas balancing systems adjusted to new conditions
The Gas Balancing Network Code (BAL NC) establishes market-based rules to ensure that gas supply and demand are balanced efficiently within the…
EU Commission approves €105m Dutch state aid to reduce nitrogen deposition
The EU Commission has approved a €105 million Dutch scheme to compensate livestock farmers for voluntarily relocating their activities from…
EU Council updates fisheries measures in the North-East Atlantic
The EU Council has formally adopted a set of updated fisheries measures in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) area. This concerns…
Fertilisers: EU Council adopts labelling legislation
The regulation approved today promotes the use of digital labels on EU fertilising products while keeping physical labels where they…
Slovakia: ACER assesses the gas transmission tariff methodology
ACER releases its report on the Slovakian gas transmission tariffs proposed by Eustream A.S., the Transmission System Operator (TSO) of…
EU Commission accepts commitments by Vifor in iron medicine competition case
The EU Commission has made commitments offered by Vifor legally binding under EU antitrust rules. The commitments address competition concerns relating to…
Serbia: EU signs value chain MoU for raw materials, batteries, and EVs (updated)
Today, the EU and the Republic of Serbia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) launching a Strategic Partnership on sustainable raw…
Sustainable products to become norm for consumers as new EU law enters into force
The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation also aims to reduce the overall environmental and climate impacts of products on the…
ACER’s quarterly monitoring shows European gas markets stabilising amid ongoing challenges
The ACER report highlights the main trends in Europe’s gas markets in the first half of 2024 and identifies upcoming…
ACER opinion: EU gas network set to meet demand and winter storage goals
ACER issues its Opinion on the Summer Supply Outlook 2024 published by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG).…
Bundeskabinett verabschiedet Bundesbericht zur Energieforschung 2024
Der Bericht gibt einen ausführlichen Überblick über die Förderpolitik der Bundesregierung in der Energieforschung und stellt die Fortschritte und Entwicklungen…
Garantien für Außenwirtschaft: Bundesregierung misst erstmals Carbon Footprint
Als eines der ersten Länder veröffentlicht Deutschland Zahlen zu den Treibhausgas-Emissionen, die im Zusammenhang mit den Garantieinstrumenten der Außenwirtschaftsförderung stehen…
US-EU Statement on 1st High-Level Minerals Security Partnership (MSP) Forum
The United States and the European Union look forward to working with MSP Forum members to coordinate the development of…
UNECE Executive Secretary calls for targeted policies in key SDG transition areas
Delivering a message on behalf of all five UN Regional Commissions regarding climate action, Ms. Molcean stressed that all regions…
FEIM: EFSA launches new webtool to calculate dietary exposure to food enzymes
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has released an innovative new webtool designed to support industry operators and consumers estimate…
Ursula von der Leyen: Candidacy statement at the European Parliament Plenary
"Generation after generation have made Europe, have chosen a strong Europe. And now that responsibility is up to us. The…
Ursula von der Leyen: Europe’s Choice – Political Guidelines for the next European Commission 2024 – 2029
Europe now faces a clear choice. A choice to either face up to the uncertain world around us alone. Or…
Scaling up Climate Finance: IMF and World Bank working together
International Roundtable for Scaling Up Climate Finance for Benin: Speech by Tobias Adrian, Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary…
Jordan: EIB backs water security and climate adaptation
The European Investment Bank has confirmed its largest water financing in Jordan to improve water availability, security and sustainability across…
Simon Stiell: Fossil-fuel driven climate costs are an economic wrecking ball for billions
The following is a transcript of UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell's video message from his home island of Carriacou,…
Energy labelling in visual ads: EU Commission clarifies rules following EU Court ruling
The EU Commission has published a clarification today of how suppliers and retailers of energy-labelled products should show energy label…
Connecting Europe Facility to invest €7bn into modern transport infrastructure
The EU Commission has selected 134 transport projects to receive over €7 billion in EU grants from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the EU's instrument for strategic…
EU General Court criticises insufficient public access to Covid-19 vaccines agreements
The EU General Court judged today that the EU Commission did not give the public sufficiently wide access to the…
Renewable hydrogen power: EU auditors call for a reality check (updated)
The EU has had mixed success in providing the building blocks for the emerging renewable hydrogen market, according to a…
Outcome of the informal meeting of EU energy ministers in Budapest
Without the presence of any EU-Commissioner, the ministers discussed the role of geothermal energy. The participants agreed that geothermal energy…
Trade in used clothes: UNECE and ECLAC want to reduce impact on environment and health
The rise of fast-fashion, marked by rapid turnover of collections, has led to a sevenfold increase in the global trade…
ACER and ENTSO-E investigate 21 June power blackout in south-eastern Europe
Following a blackout in the south-eastern part of Continental Europe on 21 June, ENTSO-E has set up an Expert Panel…
EU commemorates the victims of the global climate crisis
In 2023, the EU Parliament, the EU Council and the EU Commission signed a Joint Declaration establishing an annual Day for the…
EU Commission authorizes acquisition of HyVia by Renault and Plug Power
The transaction mainly concerns the manufacture and supply of fuel cell light commercial vehicles and the supply of hydrogen refueling…
The triple planetary crisis: Global Foresight Report reveals global shifts
As environmental, technological and societal change join forces to disrupt human and planetary health, the world must get better at…
Main results of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 15 July 2024
The Hungarian EU Council presidency presented its work programme for the coming semester in the fields of agriculture and fisheries.…
Förderbescheide für 23 IPCEI-Wasserstoff-Projekte in Deutschland übergeben
Bundesminister Habeck hat heute gemeinsam mit mehreren Wirtschaftsministerinnen und -ministern der Länder die Förderbescheide für 23 herausragende und zukunftsweisende Wasserstoffprojekte…
Main results of the EU-Jordan Association Council, 15 July 2024
The European Union and Jordan held the fifteenth meeting of their Association Council on 15 July 2024 in Brussels, in…
New EU Commission: Business coalition urges ambitious, open trade policy
A coalition of 31 leading European business associations has come together to call for an ambitious and open trade policy…
EU Commissioners Vălean and Sinkevičius resign from the EU Commission
EU Commissioner Vălean and EU Commissioner Sinkevičius have informed EU Commission President von der Leyen that they have decided to resign from the Commission, in…
Anfrage im Bundestag: Bundesregierung zum Umstieg auf „grünen“ Stahl
Die Bundesregierung hat noch keine Definition für „grünen“ Stahl beschlossen. Wie sie in der Antwort (20/12166) auf eine Kleine Anfrage…
Background on the European Political Community meeting in Oxfordshire
More than 45 European leaders will converge on Oxfordshire next week to discuss some of the most pressing generational issues…
ECB Blog: The geopolitics of green minerals
The green transition will significantly increase demand for key minerals over the coming decades. The impact on energy prices will…
Finland: EU Commission approves €200m aid to renewable fuels and energy storage
The European Commission has approved a €200 million Finnish scheme to support the production of renewable fuels of non-biological origin and the deployment of energy…
Italy: EU Commission approves €400m aid to support industrial decarbonisation
The purpose of the scheme is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from production processes by at least 40% and/or reduce…
Bulgaria: EU Commission approves €142m state aid to the support energy sector
The scheme aims to alleviate part of the costs for companies that stored natural gas at the Chiren underground gas…
Poland: EU Commission approves €194m aid to Gdańsk offshore wind terminal
The EU Commission has approved Poland's support measure of approximately €194 million (PLN 900.45 million) for the construction of an offshore…
Restore our Ocean and Waters: EU Commission invests €126.9m into 26 new projects
The projects gather 346 beneficiaries from 35 countries (26 Member States and 9 associated countries), including small and medium businesses,…
Lithuania: EU Commission approves €122m aid to AB Achema fertiliser production
The measure will contribute to the achievement of the EU Hydrogen Strategy, the European Green Deal and the Green Deal Industrial Plan targets, while…
Nuclear safety: IAEA Director General Statement on the situation in Ukraine
The Director General reiterated, amon others, that a Russian attack last week that reportedly injured eight ZNPP workers at an…
ENTSOG opens stakeholder consultation on draft Annual Work Programme 2025
The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG) launched a public consultation on its Annual Work Programme 2025…