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Santa Marta Conference: "France's priority is to implement the Paris Agreement" (Ministry)

"For France, the priority is not to spend hours renegotiating new texts or new instruments, but to implement the Paris Agreement, which sets an objective of carbon neutrality by 2050", declared the French Ministry of Ecological Transition on 27/04/2026 ahead of the high-level discussions that will…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Essentials, International bodies, National bodies, …
• Article # 439339
• Published on 27/04/26 at 17:30
GHG emissions in the EU: publication of the annual limit values of LULUCF and emission allocations (EC)

The European Commission published the binding annual targets for net GHG removals from land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) for each Member State of the EU and their annual Emission Allocations under the Effort Sharing Regulation on 24/04/2026. The first one covers the period between…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Climate / carbon
• Article # 439294
• Published on 27/04/26 at 15:00
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Sustainability of data centers: creation of a guide and an Observatory for decision-makers in France

The first guide to "sustainable data centers that are acceptable to public decision-makers" was launched on 21/04/2026 by Ville de Demain and Station F, in partnership with France Urbaine and Paris-Île de France Capitale Économique. A national Observatory of sustainable data centers, "a unifying…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): National bodies, Decarbonisation , Research & innovation
• Article # 439280
• Published on 27/04/26 at 12:30
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"The competition to decarbonise is very healthy" (Patrick Peters, Spark Cleantech)

"The competition to decarbonise is very healthy," Patrick Peters, CEO of Spark Cleantech, told News Tank on 24/04/2026. "However, some processes cannot be electrified." "As for green hydrogen, it has an intrinsic cost linked to the price of electricity. We believe in technological…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Producers, Decarbonisation , Renewable energies
• Article # 439264
• Published on 27/04/26 at 11:30
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Agenda: events not to be missed between 27/04 and 01/05/2026

This week's highlight will be the IMO MEPC 84 meeting taking place in London from Monday to Friday. The shipping sector is following the conference very closely, as a "way forward" on a global framework to decarbonise shipping could come out of this meeting, after the postponement of the…
Domain(s): Energies, Mobilities, Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials
• Article # 439160
• Published on 27/04/26 at 09:54
G7 Environment: adoption of seven declarations to "build useful convergences" (MTE/France)

"We adopted seven declarations, with all the G7 partners, but also with South Korea, Armenia and Mongolia, who were our guests", declared Monique Barbut, the French Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity and International Negotiations on Climate and Nature, at the end of the two days of…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, Biodiversity
• Article # 439181
• Published on 27/04/26 at 09:30
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Santa Marta Conference on ending fossil fuels: what NGOs call for ahead of the meeting

As the first International Conference on the Transition Away from Fossil Fuels opens in Santa Marta (Colombia) under the auspices of the Netherlands and Colombia, NGOs and academics called States to action and analysed the possible outcomes. News Tank gathered their statements. 46 nations will…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Essentials, Associations & NGOs, International bodies, …
• Article # 438997
• Published on 24/04/26 at 18:00
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Launch of two pilot circularity projects in China, co-funded by the EU and Germany

The delegation of the EU to China has announced the launch of two circularity pilot projects in Shanghai and Jiaxing on 23/04/2026. The projects, co-funded by the EU and Germany, target the plastics recovered from end-of-life vehicles and single-use plastic packagings for food and beverage…
Domain(s): Mobilities
• Category(ies): European bodies, National bodies, Circularity, …
• Article # 439106
• Published on 24/04/26 at 17:00
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Port of Antwerp: an NGOs coalition against "what could become Europe’s biggest plastic production site"

A coalition of NGOs brought two legals challenges arguing that the INEOS' Project One, which "could become Europe’s biggest plastic production site in the Port of Antwerp, shouldn't go ahead", the association said on 24/04/2026. During the hearing at the Flemish Council for Permit Disputes on…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Producers, Justice, …
• Article # 439123
• Published on 24/04/26 at 16:00
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"Climate adaptation is now an operational matter for companies" (V.Delval / Le Lab Impact by LCL)

"For companies, particularly in the waste sector, climate change is not a distant prospect: its consequences are being felt now, be it in terms of fire risk and employees' working conditions, for instance. Climate adaptation is now an operational matter for companies. That's why we've launched Lab…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Banking & insurance, Climate adaptation & resilience, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 439127
• Published on 24/04/26 at 15:00