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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
• Published on 24/11/25 at 14:15
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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
• Published on 24/11/25 at 09:00
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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
• Published on 21/11/25 at 16:53
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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
• Published on 21/11/25 at 15:50
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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
• Published on 21/11/25 at 10:12
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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
• Published on 20/11/25 at 17:11
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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
• Published on 20/11/25 at 15:04
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Commission to amend the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation as part of its simplification effort

“Simpler, more efficient rules, and better aligned with market realities”: this is how the European Commission presented its amendment to the transparency framework for sustainable financial products, adopted in Brussels on 20/11/2025. The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, in force…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, ESG & CSR, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 420049
• Published on 20/11/25 at 11:57
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EUDR: Council in favour of a one-year postponement and a simplification review clause

The Permanent Representatives Committee of the Council decided on 19/11/2025 in Brussels to postpone by one year, to 30/12/2026, the entry into force of the EUDR for medium and large operators. Member States met to reach an agreement on the Commission proposal presented on 21/10/2025. The…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Biodiversity
• Article # 420119
• Published on 20/11/25 at 11:41
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COP30: "Europe will fully deliver on the New Collective Quantified Goal and on adaptation" (W. Hoekstra)

"I very much welcome the sense of urgency the Brazilian presidency is giving to the whole endeavor, because indeed, there is no time to waste. For the European Union, success here is about ambition, in particular in addressing the implementation and ambition gap. That has to be our starting point…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Carbon capture & mitigation, Climate adaptation & resilience, …
• Article # 420128
• Published on 20/11/25 at 11:17