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Cercle de Giverny annual awards: call for entries open until 11/05/2026

The call for entries for the Cercle de Giverny Awards is open from 20/04 to 11/05/2026. Each year, it rewards "50 committed leaders under the age of 40 who are helping to speed up France's ecological and social transformation". Candidates can apply in five categories: local authorities and…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, ESG & CSR, Climate / carbon
• Article # 438554
• Published on 21/04/26 at 10:00

IUCN/Nature Conservancy: signing of a MoU to strengthen Nature-based Solutions in the Western Balkans

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Europe and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have signed a Memorandum of understanding "to enhance cooperation in developing sustainable, long‑term financing mechanisms (Nature-based Solutions) for protected areas across the Western Balkans"…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): International bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 438446
• Published on 20/04/26 at 16:00

"Strengthening cooperation on broader ocean matters": EU and Iceland review progress of their MoU

The Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE) of the European Commission announced "the EU and Iceland advanced ocean cooperation at the high-level dialogue in Reykjavik" on 17/04/2026. This dialogue between Costas Kadis, the Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans, and…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, National bodies, Bioeconomy, …
• Article # 438416
• Published on 20/04/26 at 15:00

FR / MTE: vacancy notice for the Sub-Directorate for Ship Safety and Ecological Transition

The vacancy notice for a Deputy Director of Ship Safety and Ecological Transition in the Fleets and Seafarers Department of the French Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs, Fisheries and Aquaculture (DGAMPA) is published in the Official Journal of 18/04/2026. This post's remit covers: …

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Policies & Regulation, Water
• Article # 438444
• Published on 20/04/26 at 14:00

FR / PFAS: a public consultation dedicated to establishing a water pollution charge

The French Ministry for Ecological Transition has opened a public consultation on two draft texts relating to the specific charge for water pollution by PFAS, starting on 17/04. Stakeholders are invited to give their opinion, until 08/05, on the following texts (also submitted to the French…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Policies & Regulation, Water, …
• Article # 438421
• Published on 20/04/26 at 12:00

Agenda: events not to be missed between 20/04 and 24/04/2026

On 22/04, this week's highlight will be the 56^th Earth Day, entitled this year "Our Power, Our Planet", with + 10.000 events around the world. This event, launched in 1970, reminds this year "that environmental progress is real, resilient, and ongoing despite policy uncertainty". In the climate…

Domain(s): Energies, Mobilities, Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials
• Article # 438305
• Published on 20/04/26 at 09:00

MFF 2028-2034: "MEPs vote a 10% increase in the EU budget, +197.30bn" (BUDG Committee)

The Budgets Committee, which sets out the Parliament's negotiating position on the next MFF (2028-2034), voted in favour of a 10% increase in the overall budget compared to the Commission's proposal (€2.000 bn) on 15/04/2026 in Brussels, by 26 votes for, 9 against and 5 abstentions. "This is…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, Decarbonisation , …
• Article # 438291
• Published on 17/04/26 at 17:37

Hungary: the tax on beneficiaries of free allowances ruled contrary to the EU ETS Directive (CJEU)

The tax on CO2 emission allowances imposed in 2023 by Hungary on operators benefiting from large allocations of greenhouse gas emission allowances free of charge, is deemed contrary to the ETS Directive by the Court of Justice of the EU, in a ruling handed down on 16/04/2026. Because of the war…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Decarbonisation , Financing & funding, …
• Article # 438285
• Published on 17/04/26 at 15:00

European Economic and Social Committee: "Bioeconomy is a way of transitioning away from fossil fuels"

"The bioeconomy is one way, albeit a modest one, of transitioning away from this fossil fuel-based economy", said Arnaud Schwartz, member of the Natural Resources Commission (NAT) of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and author of one of the two opinions on the bioeconomy issued by…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, Associations & NGOs, European bodies, …
• Article # 438218
• Published on 17/04/26 at 10:29

© World Migratory Bird Day 2026 Poster / Illustrated by Luísa Lacerda

World Migratory Bird Day 2026: turning birdwatching into community science across the Globe

The World Migratory Bird Day 2026 will take place on 09/05 and 10/10/2026 and "will spotlight the important role of community science in the conservation of migratory birds", announced its founding partners on 14/04/2026. Among these partners, one can notably count the Convention on the…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Research & innovation, Biodiversity
• Article # 437857
• Published on 17/04/26 at 10:00