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COP30: "As Chair, my priority is to build the widest possible common ground" (Lídia Pereira, MEP/EPP)

Lídia Pereira is the Chair of the delegation of 15 MEPs who will attend the COP30 in Bélem (Brazil) from 17 to 21/11/2025. She answers News Tank questions on the role of the European Parliament in this global event and clarifies her position, as a member of the EPP, on EU climate and environmental…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, International bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, …
• Article # 418793
• Published on 10/11/25 at 12:48
EC: opening of a public consultation on the Taxonomy simplification

The aim of the public consultation, opened on 05/11/2025 and running until 05/12/2025, is to gather feedback and insights from all stakeholders on the simplification of the two Delegated Acts defining the environmental and climate objectives of the EU Taxonomy. As defined by the European…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Financing & funding, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 418791
• Published on 10/11/25 at 12:04
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FR / Ludivine Moles, Aude Leday-Jacquet and Shaheen Javid advisers to the minister Mathieu Lefèvre

Ludivine Moles has been appointed Political Adviser and Adviser responsible for relations with Parliament and local elected representatives in the office of Mathieu Lefèvre, Minister delegate to the Ecological Transition, attached to Monique Barbut, Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Policies & Regulation, Skills & Employment, …
• Article # 418761
• Published on 10/11/25 at 11:07
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Agenda of the week: events not to be missed between 10 and 14/11/2025

This week's highlight will be the COP (Conference of Parties) 30, from 10 to 21/11/2025, in Belém (Brazil). It will gather 50 000 attendees, including Heads of States and Governments, policymakers, stakeholders and campaigners. They will take stock of the progress accomplished since COP 21 in…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): International bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, Decarbonisation , …
• Article # 418651
• Published on 10/11/25 at 09:00
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"Consumers deserve clear information about the true impact of air travel" (Michael McGrath, Commissioner)

21 European airlines have committed to modifying their practices regarding their environmental communication and reducing the environmental impact of their sector, the Commission announced on 07/11/2025. This was the result of a dialogue between them and national consumer protection…
Domain(s): Energies, Mobilities, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Service providers, Carbon capture & mitigation, …
• Article # 418671
• Published on 07/11/25 at 16:52
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Transport emissions: agreement between Council and Parliament on the CountEmissionsEU framework

Parliament and Council reached an agreement on a single methodology for calculating GHG emissions from transport services across the EU on 05/11/2025, in Brussels, an agreement that has been saluted by the Commission. The CountEmissionsEU framework will provide accurate emissions data, helping…
Domain(s): Mobilities, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Decarbonisation , Freight & Logistics, …
• Article # 418591
• Published on 07/11/25 at 13:41
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EC: approval of a €700M Spain State aid to support cleantech manufacturing capacity

The European Commission has approved, under EU State Aid rules, a €700M Spanish scheme to support cleantech manufacturing capacity, in line with the Clean Industrial Deal (CID) objectives, on 06/11/2025. The State aid to the scheme will take the form of direct grants to companies; it may be…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Financing & funding, Climate / carbon, …
• Article # 418572
• Published on 07/11/25 at 10:49
Renewable Energies / biodiversity: "Working together to preserve our planet" (J. Nyssen, SER)

"We are all working towards a shared goal, that of preserving our planet," said Jules Nyssen, Chairman of the Syndicat des énergies renouvelables, as he opened the National Forum on Renewable Energies and Biodiversity, organised by the Syndicat des énergies renouvelables at the Académie du climat…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Production / Construction, Research & innovation, …
• Article # 418565
• Published on 07/11/25 at 09:05
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EU / Council: adoption of the negotiating mandate on chemicals and fertilisers (Omnibus VI)

The Council of the EU has adopted its position on the remaining part of the "Omnibus VI" package, a proposal to simplify the rules in the field of chemicals, on 05/11/2025. The draft legislation simplifies certain provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of chemicals and…
Domain(s): Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Climate / carbon, …
• Article # 418561
• Published on 07/11/25 at 08:56
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"If we don't reach an agreement, the current EUDR will enter into application on 30/12/2025" (J. Roswall)

On 05/11/2025, during the Environment Council in Brussels, Jessika Roswall, Commissioner for Environment, Water, Resilience and a Competitive Circular, refused to simplify and to postpone the date of entry into force of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), as it had been requested by Austria on…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Biodiversity, …
• Article # 418473
• Published on 06/11/25 at 15:08