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IUCN World Conservation Congress, Abu Dhabi (UAE), 9-15/10/2025

The next IUCN World Conservation Congress will take place at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) in the United Arab Emirates from 9 to 15/10/2025. The theme of the Congress is 'Powering Transformative Conservation'. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) involves…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, National bodies, Bioeconomy, …
• Article # 413805
• Published on 02/10/25 at 16:40

Have your Say on the Roadmap towards Nature Credits: main feedbacks (European Commission)

Gathering feedbacks from stakeholders and citizens from various horizons about the Roadmap to Nature Credits: the public consultation -Have your Say, as it is officially named- launched by the European Commission on 14/08/2025 ended on the 30/09/2025. Some 255 feedbacks have been submitted…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, European bodies, Trade unions & federations, …
• Article # 413692
• Published on 02/10/25 at 16:23

Data: Water abstraction in the EU by economic sector between 2000 and 2022

"EU Member States have reduced their total water abstraction by 19%, from 242.000 M m³ in 2000 to 197.000 M m³ in 2022, due to better water conveyance (transport of water from its source to where it is needed), efficiency of use, and socio-economic changes. However, the goal to reduce water…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Manufacturers , Service providers, Production / Construction, …
• Article # 413631
• Published on 02/10/25 at 14:26

FR / SER: Cécile Barrère-Tricca re-elected Chair of the Biofuels and E-fuels Committee

Cécile Barrère-Tricca, deputy director general of IFP Énergies nouvelles, has been re-elected chair of the Biofuels and e-fuels commission of the Syndicat des énergies renouvelables, the SER announced on 30/09/2025. This commission does not have an office. The chairs of the SER commissions…

Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Trade unions & federations, Skills & Employment, Renewable energies
• Article # 413711
• Published on 02/10/25 at 10:10

Technip Energies: award of two contracts for the Ecoplanta Molecular Recycling Solutions plant (Repsol)

Converting non-recyclable municipal waste into biomethanol: the Ecoplanta plant, to be operated by Repsol, at El Morell, near the port of Tarragona (Catalonia), will be the first in Europe to develop this process on an industrial scale, with 400.000 tonnes of residual municipal waste treated per…

Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Producers, Production / Construction, Synthetic fuels
• Article # 413645
• Published on 01/10/25 at 17:05

Omnibus/Call from NGOs: "No contradiction between simplifying and keeping our objectives" (J. Roswall)

"The Commission is very committed, as you have heard me say several times, to preserve and safeguard our climate and environment. At the same time, we are committed to simplification and the reduction of the administrative burden for our industries and citizens. I am very happy with all the…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Biodiversity
• Article # 414501
• Published on 01/10/25 at 17:00

Data: Annual investment gap for the climate and environment in the EU up to 2030

In its latest "Europe's Environment and Climate" report, published on 29/09/2025, the European Environment Agency estimated the funding gap needed for the EU to meet its sustainability goals. "Financing the transition to a climate-neutral, nature-positive and circular economy requires a…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Financing & funding, Biodiversity, …
• Article # 413567
• Published on 01/10/25 at 14:13

AI: "Some major and proven environmental risks" (Hugues Ferreboeuf, The Shift Project)

'AI is a phenomenon with two linked major and proven environmental risks: the very high electricity consumption of data centres and their location, which destabilises the energy sector in all countries", says Hugues Ferreboeuf, digital Project Manager at the French think-tank Shift Project, at the…

Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Academic, Research & innovation, Electricity, …
• Article # 413537
• Published on 01/10/25 at 11:16

FR / SGPE: Joseph Hajjar appointed Head of the Decarbonisation and Energy Division

Joseph Hajjar has been appointed Head of the Decarbonisation and Energy Division of the SGPE (Secrétariat Général à la Planification Ecologique / General Secretariat for Ecological Planning) on 30/09/2025. Joseph Hajjar was the SGPE's climate programme director since September 2022. He was…

Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): National bodies, Decarbonisation
• Article # 413512
• Published on 01/10/25 at 10:22

"If you look at reality now, we are in a very precarious state" (P. ten Brink, EEB/ Council event)

"We are not on track to meet the 2030 goals of the 8^th Environment Action Programme. We fail on 20 out of 28 indicators. It must be clear to all, we need to do more", says Magnus Heunicke, Minister for Environment of Denmark, at the "EU's Environment for Prosperity and Resilience" event of the…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, National bodies, Producers, …
• Article # 413397
• Published on 01/10/25 at 09:00