“Closing the Gaps in Earth Observation: At COP29, the UN’s Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) underscores the critical role of Earth observations and long-term data records in tackling climate change. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) leads the charge—discover why filling these gaps is more urgent than ever!”
The EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council welcomed the Ukrainian Minister for Agrarian Policy and Food, Vitalii Koval, who presented information about the situation of the agricultural sector in Ukraine to his European counterparts. Additionally, the Council held an initial exchange of views on two Commission proposals on fishing opportunities.
Today, the EU Commission released the 2024 Annual Economic Report on the European Union fishing fleet, showing a substantial improvement in the fleet’s economic performance, with gross profits increasing from both 2022 and 2023 to a projected €1,673 million in 2024.
To support clean, safer, and modern shipping in the EU, today the EU Council adopted a “maritime safety package”. It amends the directives on the the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector, ship-source pollution. compliance with flag state requirements, and port state control.
The EU Commission and Norway have reached an agreement on a number of outstanding issues in the area of fisheries, including a quota of Svalbard cod for the next and the following years. This will allow EU vessels to fish the quota – corresponding to 9217 tonnes in 2025 – in both Svalbard and international waters.
The EU and neighbourhood countries agreed to continue strengthening sustainability at sea basin level, including through subregional cooperation. They also agreed to consolidating the overall management framework for the Adriatic and Black Seas on the principles of the common fisheries policy (CFP), an important delivery of the GFCM subregional approach that is supported by the EU as main financial donor.
The Committee on Fisheries questioned Costas Kadis, Cypriot candidate for the Fisheries and Oceans portfolio, on Wednesday. In his introductory speech, Mr Kadis spoke of the need to secure a sustainable, competitive and resilient fisheries and aquaculture sectors, and promote the blue economy while protecting the oceans.
The EU Council gave the final green light for a revised EU directive on urban wastewater treatment. The revised directive extends the scope to smaller agglomerations, covers more pollutants, including micropollutants, and contributes to energy neutrality.
The world’s largest biodiversity summit, known as COP16, concluded this weekend in Colombia, with several landmark decisions, including first ever agreements on nature’s genetic data and on recognising people of Africa descent and Indigenous Peoples as key stewards in conservation efforts.
Today, the EU Commission published its proposal to set catch limits, or total allowable catches (TACs), for ten fish stocks in the EU waters in the Atlantic Ocean, Kattegat, and Skagerrak for 2025. The proposal is based on scientific advice and covers fish stocks managed solely by the EU in those sea basins.
Amid floods in Central and Eastern Europe and droughts in Southern Africa, governments are turning to the UN Water Convention to help jointly address water-related impacts of the climate crisis.
Luxembourg, 22 October 2024 Fisheries Baltic Sea fishing opportunities for 2025 The Council reached a political
The EU Council today reached a political agreement on new limits on fish catches for the Baltic Sea’s key fish stocks, including herring, cod, plaice, sprat, and salmon, in order to ensure sustainable stocks and a viable sector for the future.
During the conference, the EU will work towards agreements on key issues including biodiversity mainstreaming in other policies until 2030, capacity-building and evidence-based policy making, and strengthening synergies between climate action and biodiversity.
Pollution, habitat degradation, impacts of climate change, and the over-use of freshwater resources are putting pressure on Europe’s lakes, rivers, coastal waters and groundwaters like never before. According to the largest water bodies assessment on published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), Europe is not on track to meet its targets.
First-of-its-kind information hub brings together EU industrial stakeholders to foster innovative technologies. INCITE will chart a path with industry towards depollution, decarbonisation and circular economy during the industrial transition.
An international drought resilience conference has called for global collaboration to find actionable solutions to address the escalating threat of drought and water scarcity worldwide.
Ahead of COP29, the recently released informal summary report of the 2024 Ocean dialogue highlights the growing recognition of the ocean’s essential role in both mitigating climate change and helping communities adapt to its impacts, and the need for ocean-based action to be integrated into countries’ next round of climate plans and targets.
The year 2023 marked the driest year for global rivers in over three decades, according to a new report coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which signaled critical changes in water availability in an era of growing demand.
Comprehensive global policies addressing the entire plastics lifecycle can reduce plastic leakage into the environment by 96% by 2040, according to a new OECD report. By implementing a mix of policies – from enhancing plastic waste management and recycling, to curbing plastic use and waste – countries can achieve significant environmental benefits and economic savings.
“It is important to recall the advisory opinion of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on a Request submitted to it by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law. ITLOS found that Parties to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea do have an obligation of due diligence to take all the necessary measures to prevent, reduce and control
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