CLIMATE

Remarks EU Commission EVP Timmermans at the debate on Delivering the Green Deal +++ Opening remarks on COP28 by EVP Timmermans at the Informal Environment and Energy Council in Valladolid +++ WMO highlights efforts to tackle sand and dust storms.

EU energy and environment ministers discuss next steps for COP28 +++ Biden-⁠Harris Administration takes action to protect communities from extreme heat fueled by the climate crisis +++ ESMA provides insights into the expected sustainability disclosures in prospectuses

Preliminary data shows hottest week on record. Unprecedented sea surface temperatures and Antarctic sea ice loss +++ State aid: EU Commission approves modification of Dutch scheme to reduce greenhouse gas emissions +++ Speech by EU Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius at the Amazon Technical-Scientific Meeting in Leticia, Colombia.

Executive Vice-President Timmermans, Commissioner Simson and Commissioner Sinkevičius take part in the informal Environment Council in Valladolid +++ Maritime transport emissions: Commission welcomes new IMO climate ambition for 2030, 2040 and 2050 and calls to set transition in motion +++ Electric vehicles: Leasing giants lag behind in France.

It was the hottest June on record, unprecedented North Atlantic warmth, record low Antarctic sea ice +++ REPowerEU: Commissioner Simson to visit pioneering hydrogen and CCUS projects in Belgium +++ The Geopolitics of Climate Change: Scenarios and Pathways for Arctic 2050 – Belfer Center

Lighting Europe’s journey to net zero with realistic 2040 targets – Eurelectric +++ Climate change vicious cycle spirals in Latin America and Caribbean – World Meteorological Organization +++ Secretariat to track CBAM readiness of the Energy Community.

Simon Stiell at the IMO: We Need a Clear Plan for all Ships and Harbours to Meet Net Zero by 2050 +++ Readout of the Fourth EU-China High-Level Environment and Climate Dialogue +++ IEA Policy Forum in Lithuania showcases energy security and climate benefits of renewable heat

Cities and regions outline their ambitions in view of COP28 and take stock of the Swedish Presidency’s climate work +++ Webinar “Polluting the truth about climate change” +++ From Vision to Reality: leading the charge on Europe’s path to net-zero – Eurelectric update.

UNEP and UN Climate Change Provide Fashion Communicators With Practical Guide to Contribute to Sustainable Change +++ EU Parliament: Opinion on the proposal for a Regulation establishing a Union certification framework for carbon removals +++ Green Deal: New law to fight global deforestation and forest degradation driven by EU production and consumption enters into force.