This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission is taking another step to make the EU’s energy system fit for the future by adopting the first list of Projects of Common Interest (PCIs) and Projects of Mutual Interest (PMIs) that is fully in line with the European Green Deal. […]Commission proposes 166 cross-border energy projects for EU support to help deliver the European Green Deal
November 28, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission is taking another step to make the EU’s energy system fit for the future by adopting the first list of Projects of Common Interest (PCIs) and Projects of Mutual Interest (PMIs) that is fully in line with the European Green Deal. […]European Green Deal: more sustainable use of plant and soil natural resources
July 6, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission adopted a package of measures for a sustainable use of key natural resources, which will also strengthen the resilience of EU food systems and farming. A soil monitoring law will put the EU on a pathway to healthy soils by 2050, […]European Green Deal: EU and Republic of Korea launch Green Partnership to deepen cooperation on climate action, clean energy and environmental protection
May 22, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the EU and the Republic of Korea have established a Green Partnership with the aim of strengthening bilateral cooperation and exchanging best practices on climate action, clean and fair energy transition, protection of the environment, and other fields of the green transition. The […]European Green Deal: new law agreed to cut aviation emissions by promoting sustainable aviation fuels
April 26, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes the political agreement on the ReFuelEU Aviation proposal, reached yesterday between the European Parliament and the Council. Once in place, the new rules will help decarbonise the aviation sector by requiring fuel suppliers to blend sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) with kerosene […]European Green Deal: New EU-Norway Green Alliance to deepen cooperation on climate, environment, energy and clean industry
April 25, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the EU and Norway have established a Green Alliance to strengthen their joint climate action, environmental protection efforts, and cooperation on the clean energy and industrial transition. The agreement was signed in Brussels by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der […]European Green Deal: EU agrees stronger legislation to accelerate the rollout of renewable energy
March 31, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes the provisional agreement reached today between the European Parliament and the Council to reinforce the EU Renewable Energy Directive. This deal brings the EU one step closer to completing the “Fit for 55” legislation to deliver the European Green Deal and the REPowerEU […]European Green Deal: ambitious new law agreed to deploy sufficient alternative fuels infrastructure
March 29, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council to boost the number of publicly accessible electric recharging and hydrogen refuelling stations in particular across the European Union’s main transport corridors and hubs. This is a landmark agreement that […]European Green Deal: EU agrees stronger rules to boost energy efficiency
March 10, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes the provisional agreement reached this morning with the European Parliament and the Council to reform and strengthen the EU Energy Efficiency Directive. This deal marks a further step in the completion of the ‘Fit for 55′ package to deliver the European […]European Green Deal: Commission proposes 2030 zero-emissions target for new city buses and 90% emissions reductions for new trucks by 2040
February 15, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission has proposed ambitious new CO2 emissions targets for new heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) from 2030 onwards. These targets will help to reduce CO2 emissions in the transport sector – trucks, city buses, and long-distance buses are responsible for over 6% of […]New European Bauhaus a major catalyst of the European Green Deal, funding to be scaled up further
January 18, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission is presenting the first New European Bauhaus (NEB) Progress Reporttaking stock of the achievements in the initiative’s first two years as well as the first assessment tool for NEB project: the NEB Compass. The New European Bauhaus has created a broad community […]European Green Deal: €4.11 billion from the Modernisation Fund to accelerate the clean energy transition in 8 Member States
December 21, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. In its second year of operation, the Modernisation Fund has disbursed a total of €4.11 billion in support of 61 projects in eight beneficiary countries. These projects will help modernise energy systems, reduce greenhouse gas emissions in energy, industry, transport and agriculture, and improve energy […]European Green Deal: new rules agreed on applying the EU emissions trading system in the aviation sector
December 12, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes the deal reached this week between the European Parliament and the Council to help make the aviation sector ‘Fit for 55′, setting in law its contribution to our target of reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030. […]European Green Deal: Putting an end to wasteful packaging, boosting reuse and recycling
December 1, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission is proposing new EU-wide rules on packaging, to tackle this constantly growing source of waste and of consumer frustration. On average, each European generates almost 180 kg of packaging waste per year. Packaging is one of the main users of virgin […]European Green Deal: EU agrees to increase carbon removals through land use, forestry and agriculture
November 11, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission welcomes the provisional deal on the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) regulation reached late last night with the European Parliament and Council to increase the EU’s target for net carbon removals by natural sinks to 310 million tonnes […]European Green Deal: Commission proposals to remove, recycle and sustainably store carbon
December 16, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today the Commission adopted a Communication on Sustainable Carbon Cycles, setting out how to increase removals of carbon from the atmosphere. To balance out the impacts of our CO2 emissions, the EU will need to drastically reduce its reliance on fossil carbon, upscale carbon […]European Green Deal: Commission adopts new limits for some of the most harmful chemicals in waste
October 29, 2021 by 2 Comments
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission adopted a proposal to protect human health and the environment from some of the most harmful chemicals in waste – Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). The proposal tightens the limits for these chemicals in waste, preventing them from re-entering the economy. […]European Green Deal: Commission proposes new strategy to protect and restore EU forests
July 16, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission adopted the New EU Forest Strategy for 2030, a flagship initiative of the European Green Deal that builds on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. The strategy contributes to the package of measures proposed to achieve greenhouse gas emission reductions […]What you need to know about the European Green Deal – and what comes next
July 15, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Teresa Belardo, Community Lead, Regional Agenda, Europe, World Economic Forum The European Green Deal is to play an important role in the region’s COVID-19 recovery.The deal aims to cut carbon emissions, achieve economic growth not tied to resource […]The European Green Deal must be at the heart of the COVID-19 recovery
May 15, 2020 by 2 Comments
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Martina Larkin, Head of Regional Strategies, Europe and Eurasia; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum The coronavirus crisis recovery is a chance to redesign a sustainable, inclusive economy, revitalizing industry, preserving vital biodiversity systems and tackling […]
