Environment and Energy

Τhe 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 Leyen, and Norway’s Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre. Both sides reiterate their commitment to their …

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The first call for proposals of the EU Renewable Energy Financing Mechanism has been launched on 18 April 2023. On the basis of Member States’ expression of interest and binding commitments, CINEA has opened the first-ever cross-border tender for renewables on 18 April. The call will close on 27 of September. For this call, Luxembourg will participate as a contributing …

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The European Commission has launched the LIFE Programme’s 2023 Calls for project proposals.   This year, there is €611 million available for nature conservation, environmental protection, climate action, and clean energy transition projects. Which Calls opened today? Standard Action Projects (SAPs): nature and biodiversity –  €148.4 million Standard Action Projects (SAPs): circular economy and quality of life …

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Climate change and environmental degradation are an existential threat to Europe and the world. The European Commission’s, European Green Deal, launched in 2019, aims to make Europe climate-neutral by 2050. As part of this plan, the Commission has identified offshore wind energy as a key priority for reducing carbon emissions and achieving this goal. Besides the …

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The Council and the Parliament negotiators has reached a provisional political agreement to raise the share of renewable energy in the EU’s overall energy consumption to 42.5% by 2030 with an additional 2.5% indicative top up that would allow to reach 45%. Each member state will contribute to this common target. This provisional political agreement will now need …

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President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and Kenyan President William Ruto, met in Brussels to discuss how to strengthen the partnership between the EU and Kenya and opportunities to drive the green and digital transitions in Kenya under Global Gateway. As a concrete deliverable, on the sidelines of the meeting, Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen and Cabinet …

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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 will enable the transition to zero-emission transport and contribute to our …

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Re-routing shipping lanes is one way to reduce the effects of underwater noise on the marine environment. However, large-scale diversions of this kind happen only rarely and until now ocean scientists have not been able to study how they might affect noise levels or marine life. When Denmark and Sweden decided to re-route the major …

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Re-routing shipping lanes is one way to reduce the effects of underwater noise on the marine environment. However, large-scale diversions of this kind happen only rarely and until now ocean scientists have not been able to study how they might affect noise levels or marine life. When Denmark and Sweden decided to re-route the major …

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Today, renewable energy trade associations and representatives of installers of clean technologies, with the support of the European Commission, have set up a large-scale skills partnership for the renewable energy industrial ecosystem. They aim to empower workers with the skills needed for the manufacturing and management of renewable energy technologies to achieve the EU’s energy …

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