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Renewable hydrogen: six projects of 2024 Innovation Fund Auction signed their grant agreements (€270,6M)

Six projects selected in the 2024 Innovation Fund Auction for renewable hydrogen production (IF24 Auction) have signed their grant agreements, announced the Directorate-General for Climate action of the European Commission on 20/01/2026. The projects are receiving "a total of €270,6M, sourced…

Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, National bodies, Bioeconomy, …
• Article # 427315
• Published on 21/01/26 at 16:06

"100% of the world's GDP depends on nature. Without nature, no business" (A. Hoffmann, WEF in Davos)

"100% of the world's GDP depends on nature. If you have no nature, you have no humanity, no business, no dividend, no shareholders and no time for that to work", said André Hoffmann, Vice Chairman of Roche Pharmaceuticals, at the Panel discussion "Business Case for Nature" at the World Economic…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Producers, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 427266
• Published on 21/01/26 at 15:15

Engie signs 10-year Biogas Purchase Agreement (BPA) with PepsiCo in the UK

A 10-year biomethane supply contract has been signed between Engie and PepsiCo UK, the French energy company announced on 21/01/2026. The contract, which starts in 2027, is signed as a Biogas Purchase Agreement (BPA). "It represents an investment of £70m (€80m)," said Alan Whitehead MP (Labour…

Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Producers, Production / Construction, Renewable energies
• Article # 427281
• Published on 21/01/26 at 14:30

Simplification: "The reduction of the administrative burden doesn't lower the ambitions" (J. Roswall)

"We have to admit that some regulations are too complex. We need to do simplifications to make our business competitive, and this is my main goal when it comes to the Omnibus. The reduction of the administrative burden doesn't lower the ambitions", said Jessika Roswall, during an extraordinary…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Bioeconomy, Decarbonisation , …
• Article # 427095
• Published on 21/01/26 at 13:36

A single ship-recycling certificate "to ease the administrative burden on ship owners" (Commission)

A single certificate to comply with the EU's Ship Recycling Regulation of 2013 and the Hong Kong Convention of 2025 for ship owners, this is the update adopted by the European Commission on 19/01/2026 in its effort to ease the administrative burden on companies. The EU'S Ship Recycling…

Domain(s): Mobilities
• Category(ies): European bodies, Circularity, Freight & Logistics, …
• Article # 427126
• Published on 20/01/26 at 17:08

FR / Environmental score for food products: "Only 16% of products are green" (Planet-score)

"The agri-food market has considerable room for improvement": this is the conclusion of the first analysis of the environmental quality of agrifood products, published by the French association Planet-score on 20/01/2026, based on data issued from the Quelproduit app, managed by French consumer…

Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Public health & nutrition, Biodiversity, …
• Article # 427104
• Published on 20/01/26 at 15:24

ENVI Committee: votes in favour of the amended regulation establishing the 2040 climate targets

The ENVI Committee of the Parliament adopted the amended regulation establishing the 2040 climate targets, in the margins of the Plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 19/01/2026. The text, presented by its rapporteur Ondřej Knotek (PfE), collected 50 votes in favour…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Decarbonisation , Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 427076
• Published on 20/01/26 at 13:54

FR / Ecological planning: Simon-Pierre Sengayrac appointed Head of Regional COPs Programme at the SGPE

Simon-Pierre Sengayrac has been appointed Head of Regional COPs programme, in charge of regional support, at the SGPE ( Secrétariat Général de la planification écologique / French public General Secretariat for Ecological Planning), on 19/01/2026. According to the SGPE, he will "use his…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Decarbonisation , Skills & Employment, …
• Article # 427073
• Published on 20/01/26 at 11:38

FR / CGDD: Audrey Coreau Head of the Green and Solidarity Economy Department

Audrey Coreau has been reappointed Head of the Green and Solidarity Economy Department at the French General Commissariat for Sustainable Development (CGDD), for a three-year period from 13/02/2026, by an order published in the Official Journal on 17/01. Head of this department at the CGDD…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Financing & funding, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 427064
• Published on 20/01/26 at 10:40

Nigeria: €1,7bn to accelerate the energy transition and €429m for climate resilient infrastructures

"Nigeria aims for a $2 bn (€1.7bn) capitalisation through its National Climate Change Fund to support projects reducing emissions, expanding renewable energy and strengthening climate resilience", announced Bola Tinubu, Nigeria's President, at the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week on 13/01/2026. He…

Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): National bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 426954
• Published on 19/01/26 at 17:50