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Agenda of the week: events not to be missed between 13 and 19/10/2025

The entire week will be marked by the Ocean Week, initiated and brought by civil society organisations, such as WWF and BirdLife, and the European Union. The events will take place across Europe, particularly in Brussels, where MEPs and members from the European Commission will explore, through a…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Producers, Trade unions & federations, …
• Article # 414908
• Published on 13/10/25 at 09:00
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FR / Monique Barbut Minister for the Ecological Transition, Biodiversity and International Negociations

Monique Barbut has been appointed Minister for the Ecological Transition, Biodiversity and International Negotiations on Climate and Nature, by Sébastien Lecornu, French Prime Minister, on 12/10/2025. Monique Barbut holds a post-graduate diploma (DEA) in Economics from the University of Paris 1…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Policies & Regulation, Skills & Employment, …
• Article # 415045
• Published on 13/10/25 at 08:34
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Declining population for 61% of bird species, 6 now extinct species : IUCN Red List updated

"The IUCN Red List now includes 172,620 species of which 48,646 are threatened with extinction ; 61% of bird species have declining populations because of deforestation", announced an update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, released at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Academic, Research & innovation, Biodiversity
• Article # 414953
• Published on 10/10/25 at 17:00
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EU Ecolabel: 109.096 certified good and services in September 2025, +7% compared to March 2025

"The latest figures on EU Ecolabel-certified products and licences, released today, show how the EU Ecolabel is gaining momentum. With 109.096 certified goods and services now covered by 3.384 licences across Europe, this is the largest collection of eco-friendly choices ever brought together…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, ESG & CSR
• Article # 414975
• Published on 10/10/25 at 16:29
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FR / Pre-COP 30 meeting: NDCs, 10 years of the Paris Agreement and Action Agenda as key topics

Discussions on NDCs and mitigation targets, taking stock of ten years of the Paris Agreement and looking at ways of developing the Action Agenda, a tool designed to encourage all non-state actors to commit to climate action, are just three of the points that will be discussed at the Pre-COP 30 in…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Policies & Regulation, Climate / carbon
• Article # 414941
• Published on 10/10/25 at 13:52
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Global Gateway Forum : 'South Africa is becoming a clean energy pioneer' (U. von der Leyen, EC President)

€12Bn mobilised to support the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JET) with South Africa”: that is the amount of European investments announced by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in a joint press statement with Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, in Brussels on…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, International bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, …
• Article # 414847
• Published on 10/10/25 at 09:25
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EP/Sustainability Omnibus:"Greens won't support a bad deal" (The Greens / EFA)

"By reducing the number of European companies affected by transparency rules by 90% and those subject to due diligence requirements by 75%, by abolishing the European civil liability regime, and by ending companies' climate obligations, this agreement is not an attempt to simplify; it is a…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Producers, Policies & Regulation
• Article # 414785
• Published on 09/10/25 at 17:08
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FR / State budget 2025: €4,1 M allocated for food safety and ecology programmes

€4,1 M in payment appropriations and the same amount in commitment authorisations have been allocated to programmes 206 "Food safety and health quality", 215 "Conduct and management of agricultural policies", 205 "Maritime affairs, fisheries and aquaculture" and 217 "Conduct and management of…
Domain(s): Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Financing & funding, Farming / food production
• Article # 414723
• Published on 09/10/25 at 11:13
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Simplifying the CAP and strengthening the position of farmers: results of MEPs votes

MEPs adopted the proposal to simplify the CAP and the discussion mandate to strengthen the position of farmers in the agri-food chain at the European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg on 08/10/2025. The text carried by rapporteur André Rodrigues (S&D, Portugal) was adopted with 492 votes…
Domain(s): Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Biodiversity, …
• Article # 414587
• Published on 08/10/25 at 15:59
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Amazon wildfires: 3,3 M hectares burnt, 791 Mt of CO2 released in 2024 (JRC study)

With 3,3 M hectares of forest burnt and 791 Mt of CO2 released in the atmosphere in 2024, the Amazon rainforest experienced its worst fire season in over 20 years: these are the main findings of a research conducted by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), as part of the EU…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Research & innovation, Climate / carbon, …
• Article # 414565
• Published on 08/10/25 at 15:00