CLIMATE

SUSTAINABLE FINANCE: The EBA recommends enhancements to the Pillar 1 framework to capture environmental and social risks +++ Caribbean Island States forge unified front ahead of COP28 +++ Euro 7: MEPs back new rules to reduce road transport emissions +++ S&D: S&D Group denounces weakened Euro 7 standards +++ Renew Europe supports a euro 7 package deal that ensures cleaner vehicles and improved air quality +++ ECR Rapporteur Alexandr Vondra:

Executive Vice-President Šefčovič starts green dialogues with civil society with engagement on empowering consumers in the green transition +++ Speech by Executive Vice-President Šefčovič at the EESC Civil Society event on ‘Empowering consumers on climate change’, as part of the Green Dialogues +++ Keynote remarks by IPCC Chair Jim Skea +++ Drought Risk Atlas: heightened risk threatens the environment and the economy +++ IEA: Urgent action to cut methane emissions

EU-GCC SUMMIT: Co-Chairs’ Statement of the 27th GCC-EU Joint Council and Ministerial Meeting +++ CLEAN TRANSITION: EU Commission President von der Leyen opens a series of clean transition dialogues +++ CLIMATE CHANGE: EP Think Tank: Museums, libraries and archives in the face of climate change challenges +++ EP Think Tank: Social Climate Fund

CLIMATE LOSSES: EEA: Annual economic losses caused by weather – and climate – related extreme events in the EU Member States +++ UNFCCC: MENA Climate Week 2023: Driving Regional Action on Climate Change +++ The Greens/EFA: High-level roundtable: Towards COP28! +++ NET-ZERO ECONOMY: EU Commission approves €2.5bn Czech State aid scheme to support the decarbonisation and energy efficiency of industrial processes to foster the transition to a net-zero economy.

State aid: EU Commission approves €300 million French scheme to support investments in the use of solid recovered fuels to foster the transition to a net-zero economy +++ Webinar on Sustainable Finance for Clean Energy in ASEAN +++ Renew: European Green Bonds Standard: an ambitious tool to favour green financial markets and ensure transparency for investors +++ UNICEF reports on children displaced in a changing climate +++ Greens/EFA: Deal reached

UNFCCC: New synthesis report previews Parties’ blueprint for decision on global stocktake at COP28 +++ F-GASES: EU Commission welcomes agreement on new legislation to prevent 500 million tonnes of emissions from fluorinated gases and ozone depleting substances +++ EU Parliament: Deal reached on reducing fluorinated gas emissions in the EU +++ EU Council on agreement concerning fluorinated gases and ozone-depleting substances +++ GREEN DEAL: MEPs back Wopke Hoekstra as Commissioner,

GREEN DEA: Hearing of EU Commission Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič +++ CAN Europe reaction on Wopke Hoekstra’s hearing +++ ESMA to launch Common Supervisory Action on MiFID II sustainability requirements +++ Empowering electrification: the energy industry coalition’s call for coherent F-gas regulation ahead of the 5 October trilogue

Green bonds: more transparency, no greenwashing +++ EP hearing of EU Climate Commissioner-designate Wopke Hoekstra +++ Greens/EFA Group call on Commissioners-designate to get Green Deal over the finish line +++ International Climate and Energy Summit in Madrid builds momentum behind efforts to reach 1.5 °C goal +++ IEA: Climate and Energy Summit: Co-Chairs’ Statement.

EU Commissioner Simson participates in International Climate and Energy Summit in Madrid +++ Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) starts to apply in its transitional phase +++ Start des europäischen Klimazolls kann Klimapolitik weltweit voranbringen – Germanwatch +++ Hearings of European Commissioners-designate: Maroš Šefčovič – European Green Deal, Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight +++ Hearings of EU Commissioner-designate Wopke Hoekstra – Climate +++ WRI: Beyond the Paris Agreement – the Next Phase

EU GREEN DEAL: Highlights – Hearing of Commissioner-designate Hoekstra and of Executive Vice-President Šefčovič – Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety – Committee on Industry, Research and Energy – Committee on Transport and Tourism – Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development – Committee on Foreign Affairs – Committee on Development +++
COP28 Partnership announces Food Innovation Priorities for Investment and Scaling +++ Eurogas: Zero-Emission Buildings: renewable

COP28 President-Designate Calls for robust response to the Global Stocktake to get ‘back on track’ to Paris +++ UN: Sustainable tourism boost, record Antarctic sea ice melt +++ Progress towards an ICAO Global Framework for cleaner energy in aviation.

Keynote speech by President von der Leyen at the Green Deal Summit +++ Antarctic sea ice reaches lowest winter extent on record +++ IEA: The path to limiting global warming to 1.5 °C has narrowed, but clean energy growth is keeping it open +++ Sustainable transport: €7 billion available for key infrastructure projects under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).