The European Commission has awarded 73 Seal of Excellence certificates to high-quality and promising proposals submitted under the 2021 LIFE Call for Standard Action Projects. The proposals could not secure funding due to budgetary constraints under this specific Call, but they received high assessment scores in the demanding and independent evaluation process. With this quality …
The European Investment Bank (EIB) – one of the world’s biggest public lenders for water -attended the UN Water Conference to join the call for more investment in water to tackle the global development and climate challenges. The EIB, owned by the 27 European Union countries, was represented by experts from its water and global …
The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council that increases the maritime transport sector’s contribution to reaching the EU-wide target of reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, and to achieving climate neutrality in 2050. Co-legislators agreed on FuelEU Maritime – a new EU regulation ensuring that …
The Commission proposed common criteria against greenwashing and misleading environmental claims. Under this proposal, consumers will have more clarity, stronger reassurance that when something is sold as green, it actually is green, and better quality information to choose environment-friendly products and services. Businesses will also benefit, as those that make a genuine effort to improve the environmental sustainability of their products will …
Global Recycling Day was established as a United Nations recognised day in 2018 and is celebrated on 18 March. The Global Recycling Day aims to encourage a more efficient use of natural resources. This is also a core element of the European Green Deal and related policy initiatives, such as the Circular Economy Action Plan and the recent proposal for a …
The 16th of March, the Commission proposed a comprehensive set of actions to ensure the EU’s access to a secure, diversified, affordable and sustainable supply of critical raw materials. Critical raw materials are indispensable for a wide set of strategic sectors including the net zero industry, the digital industry, aerospace, and defence sectors. While demand …
The 16th of March, the Commission proposed the Net-Zero Industry Act to scale up manufacturing of clean technologies in the EU and make sure the Union is well-equipped for the clean-energy transition. This initiative was announced by President von der Leyen as a part of the Green Deal Industrial Plan. The Act will strengthen the resilience and competitiveness of net-zero …
NetworkNature is a Horizon 2020-funded coordination and support action bringing together EU-funded research and innovation projects on Nature-based Solutions (NbS). It has partnered with WWF-Ukraine to launch the Ukraine Nature-based Solutions Hub. The official launch took place online on 9 March 2023, bringing together NetworkNature, WWF-Ukraine, the European Commission, Ukrainian officials and prospective partners, along with …
The European Commission unveiled a new investor report, on the occasion of the BlueInvest Day 2023. The report provided investors with an overview of investment activities and opportunities in the EU blue economy. Moreover, it featured the key innovative technologies and a sample of investment-ready companies across 10 sectors of the sustainable blue economy from the BlueInvest pipeline. …
The European Commission has announced an investment of over €116 million for the LIFE Programme’s new Strategic Projects. This EU funding will help eight major nature, environment and climate action projects reach their targets. The projects will take place in Belgium, Estonia, Spain, Italy, Poland (2), Slovakia and Finland. These additions to the LIFE portfolio will help Europe become a …