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EIB Global: a new fund to finance an advisory programme on green investments

Financing the Greening Financial Systems (GFS) programme, an EIB advisory programme for central banks and financial institutions on green investments, is the aim of the new climate fund set up by EIB Global, announced the development arm of the EIB Group on 13/11/2025. The first donors are…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Banking & insurance, European bodies, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 419380
• Published on 14/11/25 at 13:26

Omnibus 1 / CSRD and CS3D: MEPs in favour of reduced reporting duties and due diligence requirements

382 MEPs voted in favour of the "omnibus" legislation on the simplification of the directives on CSDDD (corporate sustainability due diligence) and reporting (CSRD), 249 voted against, and 13 abstained during the plenary session in Brussels on 13/11/2025. Negotiations with EU governments will…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Climate / carbon
• Article # 419334
• Published on 14/11/25 at 13:13

European Climate Law: MEPs in favour of a 90% reduction target for GHG emissions by 2040

379 MEPs voted in favour of a 90% reduction target for GHG emissions by 2040, compared with 1990 levels, to achieve a climate neutral EU by 2050, 248 voted against, and ten abstained during the plenary session in Brussels on 13/11/2025. Parliament is now ready to start negotiations with Member…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Climate / carbon
• Article # 419191
• Published on 14/11/25 at 11:00

FR / Henri Brébant appointed decarbonisation adviser to Sébastien Martin, Minister delegate for Industry

Henri Brébant has been appointed adviser on decarbonisation, primary industries, technology sectors and industrial innovation to Sébastien Martin, Minister Delegate for Industry attached to the Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty, with effect from…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Decarbonisation , Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 419300
• Published on 14/11/25 at 08:47

EC: Structured Dialogues between the Commission and Member States to ensure sustainable water management

The Commission opened a series of Structured Water Dialogues with Member States, announced the European Commission on 11/11/2025. This announcement is part of the implementation of the EU Water Resilience Strategy, which will be officially launched on 08/12/2025 in Brussels. The aim of this…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, National bodies, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 419211
• Published on 13/11/25 at 14:51

Launch of a €100 M nature restoration fund by Ardian and threee major development finance institutions

Thanks to €100 M committed by three development banks (EIB, PPI and Proparco), the Averrhoa NBS fund, launched and overseen by Ardian's Infrastructure team in partnership with aDryada, a specialist developer of ecosystem restoration project, will enable to reforest and restore a large selection of…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Banking & insurance, ESG & CSR, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 419103
• Published on 13/11/25 at 14:41

EUDR: MEPs in favor of fast-tracking the Commission's proposal; no clear majority in Council

At the plenary session in Brussels on 13/11/2025, MEPs approved EPP Group and ENVI Committee's request to use the urgency procedure to simplify the EU deforestation law. MEPs will vote on the contents of the file at the upcoming plenary session in Strasbourg, which will take place from 24 to…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Biodiversity
• Article # 419183
• Published on 13/11/25 at 13:53

FR / Conseil National de la Transition Ecologique: ten new members appointed, 17 members reappointed

Ten people have been appointed members of the Conseil National de la Transition Ecologique (National Council for Ecological Transition) by order of the Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity and International Negotiations on Climate and Nature, dated 05/11 and published in the Official…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Policies & Regulation, Climate / carbon
• Article # 419184
• Published on 13/11/25 at 12:33

"Scientists and researchers should never fear telling the truth" (A. Guterres, UN Secretary General)

The Global Initiative on Information Integrity on Climate Change, launched during the G20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro in december 2024, has unveiled its founding declaration at COP30 in Belém (Brazil): the Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change, designed to tackle climate…

Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): International bodies, Financing & funding, Research & innovation, …
• Article # 419118
• Published on 13/11/25 at 12:22

Dominica, Myanmar and Honduras most exposed countries to extreme weather events (Climate Risk Index 2026)

Dominica, Myanmar and Honduras were the countries most affected by extreme weather events' impact between 1995 and 2024, together with Libya and Haiti, showed the CRI (Climate Risk Index) 2026, published on 11/11/2025 by german NGO Germanwatch, who stated that "human-induced climate change affects…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Academic, Carbon capture & mitigation, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 418944
• Published on 12/11/25 at 13:00