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Agenda: events not to be missed between 20/04 and 24/04/2026

On 22/04, this week's highlight will be the 56^th Earth Day, entitled this year "Our Power, Our Planet", with + 10.000 events around the world. This event, launched in 1970, reminds this year "that environmental progress is real, resilient, and ongoing despite policy uncertainty". In the climate…

Domain(s): Energies, Mobilities, Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials
• Article # 438305
• Published on 20/04/26 at 09:00

ENVI Committee: "Pesticide risk assessment are under significant pressure" (N. Kriz, EFSA)

"The European Parliament is currently working on two legislative files that are highly relevant for EFSA, the Food and Feed Omnibus and the Biotech Act", declares Nikolaus Kriz, Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority in an ENVI Committee meeting at European Parliament in Brussels…

Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): Essentials, European bodies, Public health & nutrition, …
• Article # 437941
• Published on 15/04/26 at 18:30

France 2030: six new investments in the "Entrepreneurs du Vivant" programme, €116m already committed

The six new investments in the "Entrepreneurs du Vivant" programme were announced by the French Ministries of Ecological Transition, Agriculture and Industry and the General Secretariat for Investment (SGPI), which is responsible for France 2030, on 14/04/2026. They involve Foncière Terre de…

Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): National bodies, Financing & funding, Farming / food production
• Article # 437886
• Published on 15/04/26 at 12:27

Decarbonisation: "France must mobilise all levers simultaneously" (The Shift Project)

"France must simultaneously mobilise all levers for decarbonisation": this is one of the conclusions of the study entitled « Réussir la transition dans l’incertitude », published by the French association The Shift Project on 14/04/2026. The document is the first technical component of the…

Domain(s): Energies, Mobilities, Agrifood
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Decarbonisation , Farming / food production, …
• Article # 437826
• Published on 15/04/26 at 09:29

Pesticides: Marseille court convicts farmers of trafficking in banned products

"Générations Futures welcomes the significant sentences handed down by the Marseille Criminal Court, which sends out a strong signal against impunity in the fraudulent use of pesticides", declared the association on 07/04/2026, which was a civil party in a case involving the illegal import and use…

Domain(s): Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, National bodies, Justice, …
• Article # 437629
• Published on 13/04/26 at 17:30

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 4^th 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

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

Agenda: events not to be missed between 30/03 and 03/04/2026

This week's highlight will be the Agriculture and Fisheries Council, which will take place in Brussels on Monday. Many green industry events will happen in Paris this week, including SITL, the International Transport and Logistics Exhibition, the ChangeNOW 2026 Conference and the French…

Domain(s): Energies, Mobilities, Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials
• Article # 435841
• Published on 30/03/26 at 09:31

Approval of pesticides: Commission's lack of transparency ruled unlawful by the CJEU

The European Court of Justice ruled on 25/03/2026 that the European Commission's refusal to allow the NGO ClientEarth access to documents relating to the approval of pesticides was unlawful. The NGO's action for annulment challenged an implied decision by the Commission in 2021 refusing access…

Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): Essentials, European bodies, Justice, …
• Article # 435676
• Published on 26/03/26 at 18:00

CBE JU Forum 2026: "Policies can help the scale-up of the European bioeconomy" (Eric Mamer, DG Envi)

"The first thing we need, policy-wise, to ensure the scale up of the bioeconomy in Europe, is a framework that allows us to continue producing and delivering to all those entrepreneurs and companies that need sustainably sourced biomass", declares Eric Mamer, Director General of the Environment at…

Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): European bodies, Bioeconomy, Circularity, …
• Article # 435343
• Published on 25/03/26 at 11:45