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EU: Council and Parliament to reach provisional deal on recycling requirements for the automotive sector

On 12/12/2025, the Council and Parliament reached a provisional agreement on new EU circularity rules for vehicles. This regulation will repeal and replace the 3R type-approval (Reusability, Recyclability and Recoverability) and End of Life Vehicles (ELV) Directives. "This provisional…
Domain(s): Mobilities
• Category(ies): Essentials, European bodies, Circularity, …
• Article # 423212
• Published on 12/12/25 at 13:05
©  D.R.
Energy Transitions Commission: Jules Korstenhorst appointed co-chair as of 01/01/2026

Jules Korstenhorst has been appointed as co-chair of the Energy Transitions Commission, alongside Adair Turner, announced the think-tank on 10/12/2025. It was founded in 2015, with Jules Korstenhorst among the founding Commissioners. Since 2024, he is CEO of Bridge Carbon, a London-based carbon…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Service providers, Decarbonisation , ESG & CSR, …
• Article # 423107
• Published on 12/12/25 at 12:31
©  BNP Paribas Foundation/Abyscapes
BNP Paribas Foundation: 11 scientific projects granted for its "Climate and Biodiversity Initiative"

The BNP Paribas Foundation unveiled the 11 research projects awarded for its 2026-2028 "Climate and biodiversity initiative", on 11/12/2025. For its 6th edition, the Initiative is dedicated to Ocean and coastal ecosystems, thanks to the “Ocean Decade” label awarded by the Intergovernmental…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Banking & insurance, Financing & funding, Research & innovation, …
• Article # 423165
• Published on 12/12/25 at 12:01
©  ECHA
EU: publication of the "One Substance One Assessment" legislative train in the OJEU

Improve and streamline the assessment and management of chemical substances of every nature across the European regulations: that was the guiding principle of the One Substance One Assessment approach of the Union, elaborated since november 2019, as one of the objectives of the European Green…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, European bodies, Policies & Regulation
• Article # 423192
• Published on 12/12/25 at 11:21
© D.R
FR / Batteries: inauguration of Verkor's gigafactory in the port of Dunkirk (Nord)

Verkor announced the inauguration of its first lithium-ion battery cell gigafactory in Bourbourg, near Dunkirk (Nord), on 11/12/2025. The facility, located in the “Grandes industries” zone of the Grand Port Maritime de Dunkerque, has an initial capacity of 16 GWh per year. Production will be…
Domain(s): Mobilities
• Category(ies): Service providers, Production / Construction, Automotive & e-mobility
• Article # 423172
• Published on 12/12/25 at 10:34
©  Reinhard Jahn / ShareAlike 2.0 Germany
Renewable heat: Newheat Latam created by Newheat and Sunmark Chile

Newheat Latam is the name of the joint venture intended to develop large-scale renewable heat supply solutions in Latin America, and more specifically in Chile, created by Newheat and Sunmark Chile, a thermal energy player in Chile, the two entities announced on 11/12/2025. "Sunmark, which has…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Producers, Production / Construction, Renewable energies
• Article # 423119
• Published on 11/12/25 at 18:00
©  ECA
ECA: "Long-term effects of LIFE strategic projects are often unclear and weaknesses remain" (Report)

After a first report on the efficiency of LIFE programme on the development of environment and climate research programs, designed to help Member States build their climate plans, performed in 2013, the auditors of the European Court of Auditors have analysed whether LIFE funding of strategic…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, European bodies, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 423117
• Published on 11/12/25 at 17:56
©  CC BY-SA - Omondi, Wikimédia Commons
European Commission: Approval of Sweden's Social Climate Plan, first one to be submitted

The European Commission approved Sweden's Social Climate Plan, on 11/12/2025, which is the first to be green-lighted under the new Social Fund, the ETS-related fund dedicated to a fair and inclusive clean transition for vulnerable communities. Indeed, carbon pricing on road transportations and…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Financing & funding, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 423076
• Published on 11/12/25 at 15:41
©  UNEP
United Nations Environment Program : five climate forerunners named "2025 champions of the Earth"

Five climate forerunners have been named "2025 champions of the Earth" by the UN Environment Programme, announced the organisation on 10/12/2025. These five personalities are "tackling some of the most urgent challenges of our time: climate justice, methane emissions, sustainable cooling…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Climate adaptation & resilience, Decarbonisation , …
• Article # 423048
• Published on 11/12/25 at 13:59
©  News Tank
Cristal Union: launch of Cristal Vision Zero Footprint, a personalised decarbonisation tool for farmers

The French sugar producer Cristal Union has launched a new tool called Cristal Vision Zero Footprint, a decarbonisation initiative aimed at its 9,000 farmer-members, the cooperative announced on 10/12/2025. The system has been developed with MyEasyFarm, a French software company specialised in…
Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): Producers, Decarbonisation , Farming / food production
• Article # 423039
• Published on 11/12/25 at 12:40