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EC: setting up of an "European Ocean Board" high-level expert group "to foster cross-sector dialogue"

The European Commission is setting up an "European Ocean Board" high-level expert group", according to a decision adopted on 05/02/2026, that News Tank was able to obtain, and released on 10/02. This expert group is tasked to : - "advise the Commission on the implementation of the European…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Ocean / Water
• Article # 429478
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EC: Call for feedback on national climate targets and international carbon credits open until 04/05/2026

The European Commission has launched a call for evidence ('Have your say') and a public consultation on the national targets and flexibilities allowed under the EU Climate Policy Framework after 2030 on 09/02/2026. Both calls will be open for the general public and stakeholders until…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Climate / carbon
• Article # 429849
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European Parliament: Pierfrancesco Maran (S&D) elected as Chair of the ENVI Committee

Pierfrancesco Maran (S&D, Italia) is elected as Chair of the ENVI Committee, with 59 votes out of 78, on 09/02/2026. Also candidate to this role, Roman Haider (Patriots for Europe, Austria) got 19 votes. He succeeds to Antonio Decaro (S&D, Italia), elected in July 2024, which he thanks for "his…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, Circularity, …
• Article # 429813
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"The growth of the global economy has been at the cost of immense biodiversity loss" (IPBES report)

"The growth of the global economy has been at the cost of immense biodiversity loss, which now poses a critical and pervasive systemic risk to the economy, financial stability and human wellbeing", states to the IPBES Business and Biodiversity Report, released on 09/02/2026. "This is the first…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, International bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, …
• Article # 429693
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ACC gigafactories: two projects in Italy and Germany abandoned following Stellantis announcements

"ACC's management has made official what we have been fearing for a long time: the project to build a gigafactory in Termoli has been definitively abandoned, just as in Germany," declared Gianluca Ficco, national secretary of the metalworkers' union UILM, responsible for the automotive sector, and…
Domain(s): Mobilities
• Category(ies): Automotive & e-mobility
• Article # 429759
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Solar: two PPAs for 1 GW of solar power between TotalEnergies and Google in the United States

TotalEnergies will supply 1 GW of solar power to Google's data centres in the United States under two PPAs, as announced by the French energy company on 09/02/2026. The contract will run for 15 years. This is the largest volume of electricity awarded under a PPA by TotalEnergies in the United…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Producers, Production / Construction, Renewable energies
• Article # 429752
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"Global shipbuilding does not operate according to normal market logic" (SEA Europe)

"We want to see the Circular Economy Act as an opportunity for our industry to strengthen its competitive edge in complex vessels by facilitating the market uptake of life-cycle-based approaches", declares SEA Europe to News Tank on 06/02/2026. The Shipyards' & Maritime Equipment Association of…
Domain(s): Mobilities
• Category(ies): Essentials, Trade unions & federations, Circularity, …
• Article # 429654
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FR / Domestic flights: obligation to offset 50% of GHG emissions extended to 2026 (OJ)

The minimum rate of greenhouse gas emissions offset by airlines for flights within France has been set at 50% for 2026, by Order of 30/01/2026, published in the Journal officiel on 07/02. The text, which amends the order of 26/04/2022, specifies that this rate has "gradually increased from 2022…
Domain(s): Mobilities, Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Decarbonisation , Financing & funding, …
• Article # 429713
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Compliance with CS3D: "Independent supervisory authorities designated by the Member States" (M.McGrath)

"Compliance with CS3D will be enforced by the public authorities of the Member States, which will designate independent supervisory authorities with adequate powers of investigation and enforcement". These are the words of Michael McGrath, Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, National bodies, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 429685
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Vattenfall: Sonja Müller-Dib appointed Head of Trading

Vattenfall has appointed Sonja Müller-Dib as Vice-President of its Business Unit Trading. She will assume the position on 01/05/2026. Müller-Dib joins Vattenfall from Shell, where she spent more than 20 years in senior leadership roles in the European gas and power sector. Most recently, from 2022…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Producers, Skills & Employment, Production / Construction, …
• Article # 429672
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