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    Press release |

    An important step towards green global trade

    Negotiators of the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission reached an agreement on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).
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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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    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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    Press release |

    Commission’s weak proposal risks decade of harm to EU health & environment

    The European Commission presented its proposal for Euro 7 emission standards for motor vehicles as part of the Green Deal. The Greens/EFA Group criticises the weak proposal, which would allow further damage to public health and the environment.
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    Press release |

    Ramping up and subsidising production of fertilisers will not solve the crisis

    The Commission has published their Communication on Ensuring availability and affordability of fertilisers. However, it falls short and the Greens/EFA group is especially concerned with messages given to Member States to subsidise the fertiliser industry, and indirectly subsidising the Russian gas that fuels it.
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    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.
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