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Argentina nominates Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, for the post of UN Secretary General

Argentina has nominated Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the IAEA, for the post of Secretary General of the United Nations for the period 2027-2031, according to the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship on 26/11/2025. The post is currently held by…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Policies & Regulation, Skills & Employment
• Article # 421425
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©  Electrolux

CBAM: "There is still time to expand it to ensure a level playing field, also for the appliance sectors"

A letter to the European Commission has been sent by 8 CEOs and executives of major companies from the steel-intensive appliance sector on 25/11/2025, expressing their concerns about the CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism) in its current form. The CBAM is scheduled to start its financial…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Manufacturers , Policies & Regulation, Climate / carbon
• Article # 421372
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©  SFIL

FR: Maya Brahimi appointed ESG director of Sfil, public development bank (Caisse des Dépôts' subsidiary)

Sfil, the public development bank and subsidiary of the Caisse des Dépôts group, announces the appointment of Maya Brahimi as ESG Director, on 25/11/2025. Attached to the Local Public Sector, Operations and CSR Department, she will steer Sfil's ESG strategy. This appointment is part of the drive…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Banking & insurance, Financing & funding, Skills & Employment
• Article # 421244
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Bioeconomy Strategy: "This is a major missed opportunity to correct years of misguided policies" (EEB)

The EEB (European Environmental Bureau) expressed concerns about the new European Commission's Bioeconomy Strategic Framework, presented by Jessika Roswall, Commissioner for Climate, Circular Economy and Water Resilience, in Brussels, on 27/11/2025. The Strategy aims to scale up innovation and…
Domain(s): Energies, Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Bioeconomy, Farming / food production
• Article # 421233
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©  European Union 2025 - Source : EP

EP/ EUDR : MEPs in favour of a one-year postponement and a simplification review clause

402 MEPs voted in favour of simplification measures regarding the EUDR (EU deforestation regulation), 250 voted against and 8 abstained, during the plenary session in Strasbourg on 26/11/2025. Supported by PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN MEPs, as well as some MEPs from Renew Europe, the text is close to…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Biodiversity
• Article # 421216
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EU: Publication of the Directive on the prevention of losses of plastic pellets (OJEU)

The European Union has adopted the Directive 2025/2365 on preventing plastic pellet losses, the first European directive to cover plastic pellet losses. The Directive was published in the OJEU (Official Journal of the European Union) on 26/11/2025. The Directive aims to preserve human health…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Biodiversity, …
• Article # 421169
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EU: "The Bioeconomy Strategy will enable to scale up the sector" (Jessika Roswall, Commissioner)

Creating a coherent and simplified regulatory framework to foster circular and sustainable business models, based on products creation from biological ressources : that it is the aim of new European Commission's Bioeconomy Strategic Framework, presented by Jessika Roswall, Commissioner for…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, European bodies, Bioeconomy, …
• Article # 421132
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COP30: "Europe's structured negotiations have led to its isolation" (Sébastien Treyer, IDDRI)

"Europe’s bargaining attempt failed because it addressed heterogeneous constituencies. This created the impression that Europe was isolated", declared Sébastien Treyer, Director General of IDDRI, during a debriefing of COP30 organised by the Institute on 26/11/2025. COP30 was organised in Belém…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, Associations & NGOs, European bodies, …
• Article # 421093
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EU: Publication of a legislative act setting a EU Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (OJEU)

The European Commission published a delegated regulation (2025/2188), on 26/11/2025, setting a EU Pollinator Monitoring Scheme to help Member States reverse the decline of pollinator populations by 2030 - a key target of the Nature Restoration Regulation (NRR). This common framework guarantees…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Biodiversity
• Article # 421046
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BE: Former Prime Minister Alexander de Croo nominated Head of the United Nations Development Program

Alexander de Croo, who has been Prime Minister of Belgium from 2020 to 2025, has been selected as Head of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for a four-year mandate, by Antonio Guterres, United Nations general secretary, announced the institution on 21/10/2025. The United Nations…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, Associations & NGOs, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 416327
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