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Textiles EPR reform: "Towards the industrialisation of a genuine recycling sector" (French Ministry)

"Orienting the Extended Producer Responsibility for textiles, footwear and household linen (EPR TLC) towards the industrialisation of a genuine recycling sector in France" is the objective of the reform announced by Mathieu Lefèvre, Minister Delegate for Ecological Transition, on 23/04/2026, after…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Circularity, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 439488
• Published on 28/04/26 at 18:10
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Financing biodiversity: "Businesses have an interest in acting for themselves" (B. Clocheret, Medef)

"Businesses have an interest in acting for themselves with a view to long-term resilience", Benoît Clocheret, co-chairman of Medef's Ecological and Economic Transition Commission, told News Tank on 28/04/2026. "One of the aims of the guide we published was to remind businesses of the economic…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, Trade unions & federations, Carbon capture & mitigation, …
• Article # 439481
• Published on 28/04/26 at 17:30
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Agriculture Council: ministers agree on an "holistic approach to strengthen wildfire risk prevention"

EU Ministers for Agriculture "agreed on the importance of an integrated and holistic approach to sustainable forest management in strengthening wildfire risk prevention and resilience" at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 27/04/2026. In particular, "they discussed how the CAP, in…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, Biodiversity, …
• Article # 439431
• Published on 28/04/26 at 15:06
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Creation of the Global Green Bond Initiative Fund to support sustainable infrastructure outside the EU

The European Union and partner development finance institutions signed the Global Green Bond Initiative (GGBI) Fund, a new public-private investment tool for sustainable infrastructure projects in low- and middle-income countries, on 24/04/2026. It aims to unlock up to €3Bn of green bonds in…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Banking & insurance, European bodies, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 439429
• Published on 28/04/26 at 13:17
GHG emissions in the EU: publication of the annual limit values of LULUCF and emission allocations (EC)

The European Commission published the binding annual targets for net GHG removals from land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) for each Member State of the EU and their annual Emission Allocations under the Effort Sharing Regulation on 24/04/2026. The first one covers the period between…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Climate / carbon
• Article # 439294
• Published on 27/04/26 at 15:00
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Agenda: events not to be missed between 27/04 and 01/05/2026

This week's highlight will be the IMO MEPC 84 meeting taking place in London from Monday to Friday. The shipping sector is following the conference very closely, as a "way forward" on a global framework to decarbonise shipping could come out of this meeting, after the postponement of the…
Domain(s): Energies, Mobilities, Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials
• Article # 439160
• Published on 27/04/26 at 09:54
G7 Environment: adoption of seven declarations to "build useful convergences" (MTE/France)

"We adopted seven declarations, with all the G7 partners, but also with South Korea, Armenia and Mongolia, who were our guests", declared Monique Barbut, the French Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity and International Negotiations on Climate and Nature, at the end of the two days of…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, Biodiversity
• Article # 439181
• Published on 27/04/26 at 09:30
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Port of Antwerp: an NGOs coalition against "what could become Europe’s biggest plastic production site"

A coalition of NGOs brought two legals challenges arguing that the INEOS' Project One, which "could become Europe’s biggest plastic production site in the Port of Antwerp, shouldn't go ahead", the association said on 24/04/2026. During the hearing at the Flemish Council for Permit Disputes on…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Producers, Justice, …
• Article # 439123
• Published on 24/04/26 at 16:00
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"Climate adaptation is now an operational matter for companies" (V.Delval / Le Lab Impact by LCL)

"For companies, particularly in the waste sector, climate change is not a distant prospect: its consequences are being felt now, be it in terms of fire risk and employees' working conditions, for instance. Climate adaptation is now an operational matter for companies. That's why we've launched Lab…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Banking & insurance, Climate adaptation & resilience, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 439127
• Published on 24/04/26 at 15:00
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Pesticides in water: France environnement appeals to the French government

France Environnement has lodged an appeal with the Paris Administrative Court against the French government for failing to protect water catchments from pesticides, Jean-François Julliard, CEO of the NGO, announced on Linkedin on 23/04/2026. Water catchments are structures "from which raw water…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Justice, Water, …
• Article # 439113
• Published on 24/04/26 at 13:00