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    News |

    Plenary Flash - 12-15 December 2022

    On the agenda for the plenary session: European Council Summit and the rule of law, REPowerEU, Permitting provisions in the Renewable Energy Directive (RED IV), and Turkish Airstrikes on Northern Syria and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
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    European Pine Marten / Unsplash
    Opinion |

    COP15 - A Paris Moment for Biodiversity?

    Ville Niinistö Jutta Paulus Caroline Roose
    Opinion by Ville Niinistö & Jutta Paulus & Caroline Roose
    COP15: Why the UN's biodiversity conference is a once-in-a-decade opportunity to advance the protection and restoration of nature worldwide.
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    Iceberg / CC0 Annie Spratt
    Iceberg / CC0 Annie Spratt
    Study |

    Climate risks and debt sustainability

    Read our study on the impact climate change has on debt sustainability. It investigates the trade-off between increasing deficit, with a faster climate change reduction, and a more conservative approach, with slower adaption to climate change.
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    Global Warming Metaphor Thomas Mounsey
    Press release |

    World still not on track towards 1.5 degrees target

    The 27th World Climate Conference (COP27) ended with a step forward on the dispute topic of loss and damage, but no progress on credible steps to keep the world below 1.5°C global warming. The Greens/EFA welcome the agreement on the establishment of a fund for loss and damages caused by climate change in the most vulnerable countries. How…
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    European Parliament Strasbourg
    News |

    Plenary Flash - 21-24 November 2022

    On the agenda for the plenary session: Asylum and migration including search and rescue, Hungary and the conditionality mechanism, women on boards, biodiversity COP15, budget 2023 and the protection of rainbow families.
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    Event |

    20 years after the Prestige accident: analysis of maritime safety in Europe

    This event will look at the environmental and economic impact & social reaction to the “Prestige” oil spill accident on the Galician coast, other cases of marine pollution in Europe and propose a European analysis.
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    European Union 2022 - Source : EP
    Kira Marie Peter-Hansen
    Press release |

    More transparency to protect our rights and our planet

    Members of the European Parliament have adopted the Directive on Corporate Sustainability Reporting (CSRD). The directive will apply to large companies, and will enable the public and authorities to measure the impact of their activities on the environment, social inclusion and human rights and the fight against corruption.
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    Video |

    Polluters must pay for climate loss and damages in the Global South

    The countries least responsible for this climate crisis are the ones suffering the most from climate change. At COP27, we need to agree on more climate financing to be paid to the most affected people and areas.
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    Traffic jam
    Press release |

    EU deal reached on phasing out internal combustion engine for cars by 2035

    Negotiators from the European Parliament, Member States and European Commission agreed on CO2 emissions requirements for new cars and vans and for a phase-out of the sale of new combustion engines by 2035.
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    Opinion |

    Europe is on track for three degrees of global warming - COP27 is a wake-up call for the EU to do more

    Michael Bloss
    Opinion by Michael Bloss
    At this rate, we are headed towards a 3 degrees hotter world. COP27 is a wake-up call for the EU to do more, now.