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EFRAG: Kristian Koktvedgaard appointed Acting Chair of the SRB, following Kerstin Lopatta's resignation

The EFRAG (European Financial Reporting Advisory Group) General Assembly has appointed Kristian Koktvedgaard as Acting Chair of the EFRAG Sustainability Reporting Board (EFRAG SRB) with immediate effect on 8 October 2026. Kristian Koktvedgaard has been a member of the EFRAG SRB since its…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, Academic, European bodies, …
• Article # 456596
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©  D.R.

Solar and batteries: 982 000 FTE jobs in the EU in 2025 (SolarPower Europe)

The solar and battery storage sectors accounted for nearly 1 million FTE jobs in the EU in 2025, of which 874,000 were in solar and 108,000 in storage, according to SolarPower Europe’s EU Solar Jobs Report 2026, published on 7 October 2026. However, solar employment is expected to decline by 2030…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Skills & Employment, Production / Construction, …
• Article # 456556
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©  European Commission

Eurobarometer: EU Ecolabel gains consumer trust (+6%) and market reach

The European Commission released on 8 October 2026 a new Eurobarometer survey on the EU Ecolabel, on the occasion of World Ecolabel Day. It shows increased trust in and recognition of the label among European consumers, who are increasingly looking for sustainable products. Among European…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Manufacturers , European bodies, Service providers, …
• Article # 456518
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Zero Waste France: "The rules of the game are the same for everyone, but the resources are not" (report)

Packaging lobbying is heavily tilted towards industry, and it is producing concrete results in law, according to a report published on 7 October 2026 by Zero Waste France. Titled "Le lobbying décomplexé des industriels de l'emballage" (The unabashed lobbying of the packaging industry), it maps who…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Manufacturers , National bodies, …
• Article # 456506
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MFF 2028-2034: 48 organisations call on EU to put biodiversity at the core of its external action

48 organisations call on the Council's Irish Presidency and Member States to ensure that the 2028-2034 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) reflects the scale of the global biodiversity and climate crises, in a joint letter sent on 6 October 2026. As negotiations on the next MFF 2028-2034…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Conservation and preservation, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 456484
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Draft EU budget 2027: EP Budgets Committee adopt its position “restoring Council's cuts”; +85M€ for LIFE

The Budget Committee adopted its position on the draft 2027 EU budget, backing increased funding for several programmes, notably for climate change adaptation. On 5 October 2026, the Committee voted for “a strong Parliament position,” Nils Ušakovs (S&D), general rapporteur for section III…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Financing & funding, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 456451
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©  D.R.

'Council will not be ready to negotiate MFF before January' (Siegfried Mureșan, MEP)

"Even if the Council, in the optimistic scenario, has an agreement on the MFF in December, they need to translate that into positions on the sectorial files, so they will not be ready to negotiate before January in any case", said Siegfried Mureșan, a Romanian centre-right MEP who drafted the…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Financing & funding, Policies & Regulation
• Article # 456443
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©  WWF 2026

WWF Living Planet: "Where people have done the work, wildlife has come back" (report)

Conservation successes show that large-scale change is possible, and the same approach should now be applied to the energy, food and finance systems driving nature loss, according to a report published on 7 October 2026 by WWF in collaboration with the Zoological Society of London…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, Associations & NGOs, Conservation and preservation, …
• Article # 456447
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©  D.R.

Hydrogen Denmark: Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Chief Executive Officer

Linea Søgaard-Lidell has been appointed Chief Executive of Hydrogen Denmark, the association announced on 6 October 2026. She succeeds Tejs Laustsen Jensen, who has been director of Brintbranchen since 2015 and announced his departure in August 2026, following the merger between Brintbranchen…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Skills & Employment, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 456372
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French forests: expanding area but a state of health deteriorating due to climate-related hazards (IGN)

Forests in mainland France and Corsica are still expanding, but their health is deteriorating due to climatic and health-related risks, according to the results of the national forest inventory, carried out by the IGN and published on 7 October 2026. This annual assessment of the forests…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Conservation and preservation, Research & innovation, …
• Article # 456369
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