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EC: a public consultation and a call for evidence regarding the Post-2030 energy efficiency framework

A 12-week public consultation and a 4-week call for evidence are launched to "help shape EU energy efficiency rules for the decade ahead", announced the European Commission on 09/04/2026. The aim is to ensure that "energy efficiency contributes to the EU’s climate target of a 90% reduction in…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Decarbonisation , Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 437413
• Published on 13/04/26 at 11:30
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Agenda: events not to be missed between 13/04 and 17/04/2026

This week's international highlights will be the 2025 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington DC, the EU-OCT (Overseas Countries and Territories) Forum in Aruba and the 4th International Sustainable Energy Conference (ISEC) 2026, which…
Domain(s): Energies, Mobilities, Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials
• Article # 437443
• Published on 13/04/26 at 09:30
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Europe experienced it second-warmest March on record after its third-coldest February (Copernicus)

"March 2026 was globally the fourth-warmest on record, at 1.48°C above pre-industrial levels", according to data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), published on 10/04/2026. Additionally, "March had its…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, European bodies, Academic, …
• Article # 437428
• Published on 10/04/26 at 17:00
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"More than €33bn in green loans have been granted over the period 2014-2024" (Cour des Comptes / France)

"More than €33 billion in green loans were granted over the period 2014-2024, not including refinancing granted to commercial banks", says a report by the French Court of Auditors on public loans used to finance environmental initiatives, published on 09/04/2026. "The distribution of green loans…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, National bodies, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 437450
• Published on 10/04/26 at 16:00
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SAF: "Thanks to the meeting with Ineratec, T.H2 is aiming to produce 13,000t a year" (Vincent Calleja)

"For T.H2, the meeting with Ineratec, a German manufacturer of bio-SAF (Sustainable aviation fuels), was decisive. Its process makes it possible to create smaller plants, better suited to our region and our possibilities. Thanks to this partnership, T.H2 is aiming to produce 13,000 tonnes of…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Producers, Circularity, Production / Construction, …
• Article # 437414
• Published on 10/04/26 at 13:03
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FR/Central administration: Florian Lewis, Deputy Director for Quality and Sustainability in Construction

Florian Lewis has been appointed Deputy director for quality and sustainability in construction within the Directorate-General for Planning, Housing and Nature, by an order dated 08/04/2026, published in the Journal officiel of 10/04. He will thus join the central administration of the…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 437373
• Published on 10/04/26 at 11:20
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Plume raises €3.3m to develop an AI solution for the deployment of renewable energies

Plume, a Franco-American AI start-up dedicated to the development of renewable energies, founded in 2024 by Édouard Labarthe (ex-Palantir) and Marc Watine (ex-Harvard researcher in geospatial and AI), has announced a €3.3m fundraising round on 09/04/2026. "This first round of funding will…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Producers, Financing & funding, Research & innovation, …
• Article # 437325
• Published on 10/04/26 at 09:31
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France: draft circular on sludge spreading introducing mandatory measurements of PFAS rates

"The aim is to launch a consultation on a draft circular on the spreading of sludge, introducing mandatory measurements of PFAS contamination", said the office of Mathieu Lefèvre, French Minister Delegate for the Ecological Transition, on 09/04/2024, during a visit in the Ardennes for a working…
Domain(s): Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Policies & Regulation, Chemicals / plastics
• Article # 437312
• Published on 09/04/26 at 18:00
FR / Low-carbon innovation: €5bn to €5.7bn invested in 2022, "lower than in OECD countries" (HSCP)

"France's public and private R&D effort for environmental purposes is estimated at between €5 billion and €5.7 billion in 2022, or 8% of total domestic spending on environmental protection". These are the findings of a summary report by the French Haut Commissariat au Plan (Public High Commission…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, National bodies, Decarbonisation , …
• Article # 437284
• Published on 09/04/26 at 16:10
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France transposes the European Directive on the inclusion of ESG risks in the banking system

France transposed the European Directive on supervisory powers, sanctions, third-country branches and environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks by means of an Order dated 08/04/2026, published in the Journal officiel on 09/04/2026. This European directive, adopted on 31/05/2024, commonly…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Banking & insurance, ESG & CSR, Climate / carbon
• Article # 437253
• Published on 09/04/26 at 16:00