COP31 enters second week with the EU driving global climate action
The EU continues pushing for accelerated global climate action at the COP31 UN Climate Change Conference in Antalya, Türkiye, as…
EU Commission launches Bio-based Europe Alliance with over 100 stakeholders
The EU Commission has launched the Bio-based Europe Alliance to develop markets for sustainable alternatives to fossil-based materials. Bringing together…
EU Commission calls for faster implementation of global biodiversity targets at COP17
The EU will push for stronger implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP17) in…
EU launches stakeholder platform to turn water resilience strategy into action
More than 50 experts will advise the EU on water efficiency, reuse, digitalisation, infrastructure and finance through a new five-year…
EU Commission launches Water Resilience Platform and Water Academy
The two initiatives will bring together governments, regional authorities, businesses and civil society to address barriers to implementing the EU…
EU Commissioner Roswall outlines plans to remove single-market barriers to circularity
Speaking at the JRC’s Experimentation Journey event in Avesta, EU Commissioner Jessika Roswall said the forthcoming Circular Economy Act will…
EU and China discuss biodiversity and pollution ahead of global talks
EU Commissioner Jessika Roswall and China’s Ecology and Environment Minister Huang Runqiu co-chaired the 11th EU-China Environment Policy Dialogue, focusing…
EEA and Eionet welcome Ukraine as a cooperating country
The European Environment Agency (EEA) and its European Environment Information and Observation Network (Eionet) are welcoming Ukraine as a cooperating…
Chemical safety: EU Commission and ECHA set roadmap to phase out animal testing
The EU Commission has presented a roadmap to gradually replace animal testing in chemical safety assessments with innovative non-animal methods.…
Roswall: Circular economy key to Europe’s competitiveness and resilience
At the German Council for Sustainable Development’s annual conference in Berlin, Commissioner Jessika Roswall said the circular economy is now…
EU Commissioner Roswall: Biodiversity action is an investment, not a cost
At the UN high-level event “Road to Biodiversity COP17,” EU Commissioner Jessika Roswall urged governments to step up implementation of…
Sweden’s government nominates Jessika Roswall as EU Commission member
Delegations will find in the Annex a letter from Mr Fredrik L ÖFSTEDT, Antici Counsellor at the Permanent Representation of…
Sweden: Minister for EU Affairs Jessika Roswall on the Nordic cooperation
Already in 1872, formal Nordic law meetings were arranged. Legal cooperation was developed over several years, which resulted in the…
Speech by Swedish Foreign Minister Jessika Roswall at the EU Parliament
16 January 2023 18:00 On Monday 16 January, The Swedish Minister for EU Affairs Jessika...