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France 2030: €45m allocated to a research programme dedicated to terrestrial biodiversity (MNHN/CNRS)

Dynabiod: this is the name of the new scientific research programme dedicated to terrestrial biodiversity, led by the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN) and the CNRS and supported by the Climate, Biodiversity and Sustainable Societies (CBSD) programme agency, the two partners announced on…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Academic, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 443154
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Renure Act: "The Ombudswoman acknowledged EEB’s concerns about Commission's Nitrates Directive weakening"

"Ombudswoman Teresa Anjinho acknowledged the EEB’s concerns that the Commission had departed from its own Better Regulation standards in authorising the use of manure-based fertilisers (Renure products) above the limits set under the Nitrates Directive", the European Environnmental Bureau said on…
Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, European bodies, Justice, …
• Article # 443111
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FR / Plastic recycling: French Minister M. Lefèvre launches consultations to structure the sector

Mathieu Lefèvre, the French Minister for Ecological Transition, will launch a national consultation with stakeholders on "structuring a more environmentally and economically efficient circular economy for plastics" on 28/05/2026. This consultation was announced on 19/05 at the end of the…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, National bodies, Producers, …
• Article # 443093
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FR / DHUP: Florian Leduc appointed to coordinate the energy renovation of buildings (JO)

Florian Leduc has been appointed Project Director (Group II), responsible for coordinating the energy renovation of buildings, in the French public Directorate for Housing, Urban Planning and Landscapes (DHUP), within the Directorate General for Development, Housing and Nature (DGALN), by order…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Skills & Employment, Climate / carbon
• Article # 443043
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Death of André Santini, chairman of the Syndicat des Eaux d'Île-de-France (SEDIF) from 1983 to 2026

André Santini, chairman of the Syndicat des Eaux d'Île-de-France (Sedif) from 1983 to May 2026, died on 01/06/2026, the drinking water utility announced on the same day. André Santini, who was also mayor of Issy-les-Moulineaux since 1980, member of parliament for the Hauts-de-Seine department…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Trade unions & federations, Skills & Employment, Ocean / Water
• Article # 443039
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Wave power: "A potential 40 TWh/year of electricity production in France" (Lawrence Sigaud, Seaturns)

"France's coastline represents a potential of 40 TWh per year of electricity production from wave energy - a potential that is not neutral, and really complementary to tidal power," Lawrence Sigaud, managing director of start-up Seaturns, told News Tank on 01/06/2026. The Bordeaux-based…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Essentials, Producers, Production / Construction, …
• Article # 443000
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CountEmissionsEU: the EU rules harmonising transport emissions calculations enter into force

The first EU-wide standardised methodology for calculating greenhouse-gas emissions from freight and passenger vehicles enter into force on 01/06/2026, announced the European Commission. The CountEmissionsEU framework (adopted on 29/04/2026 and published on 12/05/2026 in the Official journal of…
Domain(s): Mobilities, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Decarbonisation , Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 442981
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EIB: €300m granted to Groupe Limagrain to support its seed R&D activities

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a €300m loan to the French seeds group Limagrain, under the TechEU programme, "to accelerate the group's research and development activities in the field of seeds", the partners announced in Paris on 28/05/2026. The EIB points out that this…
Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): European bodies, Producers, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 442994
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Agenda : events not to be missed between 01/06 and 05/06/2026

This week will be marked by Green Week, organised by the European Commission's DG Environment in Brussels on 03 and 04/06, which will be followed by numerous events in the Member States: this year's theme is "Investing in a Nature-positive economy". At the Château de Versailles, Emmanuel Macron…
Domain(s): Energies, Mobilities, Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials
• Article # 442960
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EU ETS: 190 million allowances to be placed into the MSR between September 2026 and August 2027

A total of 190 494 202 allowances will be placed in the Market Stability Reserve over a 12-month period, from 01/09/2026 to 31/08/2027, according to a Communication on the total number of allowances in circulation (TNAC) on the European carbon market, adopted by the European Commission on…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Financing & funding, Climate / carbon
• Article # 442917
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