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Soil Monitoring Law : entry into force of the Directive, first-ever EU piece of legislation on soils

The Directive on soil monitoring and resilience has entered into force on 16/12/2025, 20 days after its publication in the Official Journal of the EU. Member States now have to transpose it into their national laws and establish their own soil monitoring frameworks. According to the European…
Domain(s): Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Circularity, Climate adaptation & resilience, …
• Article # 423611
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CO2-neutral shipping: first green corridor between Europe and Africa to open between Tarifa and Tangier

From 2027 onwards, two fully electric ferries ships will connect Tarifa in Spain and Tangier in Morocco, thereby opening up the "first green corridor between Europe and Africa". In December 2024, the Spanish shipping company Baleària was awarded the contract by the Algeciras Bay Port Authority…
Domain(s): Mobilities
• Category(ies): Service providers, Decarbonisation , Freight & Logistics, …
• Article # 423579
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Petrobas and Shell Brazil to launch the "Carbon Countdown", a carbon stock inventory at country level

Shell Brazil and Petrobas launched the "Carbon Countdown", a carbon stock inventory project to measure carbon stocks above and below ground across all of Brazil's biomes, on 12/12/2025. They collaborate with the Center for Carbon Research in Tropical Agriculture (CCARBON/USP), launched in 2023…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): Producers, Research & innovation, Climate / carbon, …
• Article # 423576
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FR/ call for applications open until 20/03/2026 for the Life Artisan Climate Change Adaptation Awards

The call for applications for the "Life Artisan Climate Change Adaptation Awards", a national competition organised by the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME), the French Office for Biodiversity (OFB), and the Ministry for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity and International…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Research & innovation, Biodiversity
• Article # 423562
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Wind power: 442,800 jobs in Europe IN 2024; shortages expected by 2030 (WindEurope)

Europe’s wind energy sector employed 442,800 people in 2024, according to a WindEurope report published on 15/12/2025. Of these, 210,700 jobs, or 48%, were direct positions within wind energy companies. A further 232,100 jobs, or 52%, were indirect, covering activities where the wind industry…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Skills & Employment, Renewable energies
• Article # 423568
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A roadmap for policy transformational change towards climate adaptation (Adaptation Agora/policy paper)

Institutionalising citizen engagement, strengthening local capacities, empowering citizens to engage, and sharing best practices: these are the four interconnected pillars to address the challenges hindering the scaling up of stakeholder and citizen engagement, analyses Adaptation Agora, in a…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Academic, Climate adaptation & resilience, Climate / carbon
• Article # 423555
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Fuel cells: "Certification is a key issue in the maritime sector" (H. El Hamraoui, HDF Energy)

"Certification is a key issue in the maritime sector. Every vessel is certified by a classification society such as Bureau Veritas, DNV, or Lloyd’s Register. If a vessel is certified by Bureau Veritas, the fuel cell must also be certified by the same body. We will therefore work with ABB Marine…
Domain(s): Mobilities
• Category(ies): Service providers, Production / Construction, Sea / ports / inland navigation
• Article # 423551
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CCS: Technip Energies awarded a detailed engineering contract for the Arthit CCS project in Thailand

Technip Energies has been awarded a detailed engineering contract for the Arthit carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the Gulf of Thailand, the French company announced on 12/12/2025. PTTEP, a national petroleum exploration and production company based in Thailand, "is leading the Arthit…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): Manufacturers , Carbon capture & mitigation, Climate / carbon
• Article # 423470
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EU: A €408M Spanish State aid scheme for cleantech investments approved by the European Commission

A €408M Spanish State aid scheme has been approved to "support the decarbonisation of manufacturing industry" under the Clean Industrial Deal, announced the European Commission on 15/12/2025. The scheme will be "fully financed by the Recovery and Resilience Fund (from the NextGenerationEU…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Manufacturers , Decarbonisation , …
• Article # 423456
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EU ETS: "A decrease of approximately 52M" allowances in the 2026 auctions revised calendar (EEX)

"The revised EU Union Allowance (EUA) auction calendar for the year 2026 has been published, after adjustments related to the phase-in of maritime transport emissions in the EU ETS", announced the European Energy Exchange on 11/12/2025. For the year 2024, "shipping companies have been required…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Decarbonisation , Financing & funding, …
• Article # 423434
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