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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

"Environmental security has now turned into a critical need for businesses" (E. Brachlianoff, Veolia)

"In 2025, $152bn of data centre projects did not obtain permits in the United States, because the consumption of these infrastructures was jeopardising the water supply of inhabitants", says Estelle Brachnialoff, CEO of Veolia, in London, on 14/04/2026, during an "Innovation for Ecological…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Manufacturers , Climate adaptation & resilience, Production / Construction, …
• Article # 438154
• Published on 16/04/26 at 17:45

Chemicals: ENVI Committee voted in favour of the omnibus package and the strengthening of ECHA

"The report on the “Chemical Omnibus” was adopted in a joint meeting of the ENVI Committee and the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee with 114 votes in favour, 6 against and 7 abstention, on 15/04/2026. This omnibus package proposed by the Commission aims to "simplify provisions…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, European bodies, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 437973
• Published on 16/04/26 at 17:00

ETS2: ENVI Committee voted in favor the amendment of the Market Stability Reserve, but introduced changes

The Commission’s proposal to amend the EU emissions trading system (ETS2) market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and other sectors to shield households, is adopted the ENVI Committee, by 58 votes in favor, 9 against and 9 abstentions, during an ordinary meeting on 15/04/2026…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, European bodies, Decarbonisation , …
• Article # 438050
• Published on 16/04/26 at 15:30

FR / Cabinet of Michel Fournier (Rurality) : Sofian Bouchfira, Ecological and Energy Transition Adviser

Sofian Bouchfira has been appointed adviser in charge of the ecological transition, the energy transition and the resilience of territories in the cabinet of Michel Fournier, French Minister Delegate attached to the Minister for Spatial Planning and Decentralisation, with responsibility for Rural…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Skills & Employment, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 438031
• Published on 16/04/26 at 10:00

European Financial Reporting Advisory Group: K. Lopatta appointed as Sustainability Reporting Board Chair

"Kerstin Lopatta is appointed Chair of the EFRAG Sustainability Reporting Board, effective from 01/05/2026 for a term of three years", announces the european financial reporting group on 14/04/2026, following a General Assembly meeting on 13/04/2026. "Her appointment is timely as the European…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Service providers, ESG & CSR
• Article # 437764
• Published on 15/04/26 at 18:00