Environment: archives November, 2025 (page 3/10)

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Carbon metrics / ESG reporting: acquisition of French start-up Sami by Swiss group SGS

SGS, the Swiss testing, inspection and certification company, has acquired a majority stake in Samu, a French start-up founded in 2020, operating in France and the UK, with offices in Paris, Marseille, Bordeaux, Lyon and London, announced the companies on 21/11/2025. The French start-up, which…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Service providers, ESG & CSR
• Article # 420608
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COP30: "The pace remains far too insufficient to meet the urgency of the climate crisis" (M. Chahim, MEP)

Reactions to the "Global Mutirão", the multilateral agreement adopted at the end of the COP30 in Bélem (Brazil), on 22/11/2025, were rarely positive in the EU, except for the European Commission's President, Ursula von der Leyen, who declared that "strong EU efforts helped to secure a deal at…
Domain(s): Energies, Mobilities, Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, European bodies, Carbon capture & mitigation, …
• Article # 420584
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COP30 outcomes: no roadmap to phase-out fossil fuels, a step towards creating a Just Transition Mechanism

On 22/11/2025, the Brazilian Presidency of the COP30 released its "Global Mutirão (Task Force): Uniting humanity in a global mobilization against climate change", representing the official outcomes agreed upon at the Conference of the Parties, which took place in Bélem (Brazil) from 10 to…
Domain(s): Energies, Mobilities, Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): International bodies, Carbon capture & mitigation, Climate adaptation & resilience, …
• Article # 420538
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CEFLEX: Arne Jost, Mike Jefferson and Liz Morrish appointed new Leadership Team from 01/01/2026

Arne Jost will join the new Leadership Team of CEFLEX (Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging initiative) as Head of Policy and External Affairs on 01/01/2026, alongside Mike Jefferson and Liz Morrish, announced the association on 21/11/2025. He is currently Senior Manager Circularity, Packaging…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): Producers, Circularity, Skills & Employment, …
• Article # 420573
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Agenda of the week: events not to be missed between 24 and 28/11/2025

This week's highlight will be the Plenary Session in Strasbourg (France) from 24 to 27/11/2025. MEPs will vote on simplification proposals regarding the EUDR (EU deforestation regulation) on 26/11/2025. On 27/11/2025, they will also have a debate jointly with the Commission on the results of the…
Domain(s): Energies, Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Biodiversity, …
• Article # 420242
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European Commission: 38 infringement procedures against 20 Member States, 15 regarding climate and energy

The European Commission took 38 legal actions - an infringement procedure - against 20 Member States that failed to comply with their obligations under EU law and closed 95 cases where the issues have been solved, announced the Commission on 21/11/2025. These decisions, covering ten various EU…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Biodiversity, …
• Article # 420423
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Call for bioplastics recognition as key materials for a circular bioeconomy (EUBP)

European Bioplastics (EUBP), the association which represents 85 members of the bioplastics value chain in Europe, called on the European Commission, on 19/11/2025, to fully recognise biobased, biodegradable and compostable plastics as key materials for a circular bioeconomy under EU policy…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Trade unions & federations, Bioeconomy, …
• Article # 420358
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First-of-a-kind Clean Trade and Investment Partnership signed between the EU and South Africa

"EU and South Africa advance cooperation on clean trade and investment", announced Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, António Costa, President of the European Council, and Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, on 20/11/2025 in Johannesburg. This announcement was made…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, National bodies, Decarbonisation , …
• Article # 420269
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"Warming could be halved by 2040 if three climate actions were implemented" (Climate Action Tracker)

"If governments were to implement three key climate actions they already negotiated and agreed on in 2023 -tripling renewables, doubling energy efficiency, and acting to reduce methane emissions by 2030- they could cut global emissions by 18 billion tonnes in 2035 compared to current emission…
Domain(s): Energies, Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): Academic, Carbon capture & mitigation, Decarbonisation , …
• Article # 420249
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Global Green Growth Institute / CIFOR-ICRAF: extension of partnership on nature-positive investments

To combine their strengths in the scientific research and the policy advisory, in order to accelerate Nature-Positive Investments for Forests and Landscapes on a global level: this is the goal of the MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) renewed between the GGGI (Global Green Growth Institute) and the…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): Academic, Banking & insurance, International bodies, …
• Article # 420166
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