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£64.6m at first close of Big Nature Impact Fund, largest nature-as-infrastructure vehicle (Finance Earth)

Finance Earth announced on 29/05/2026 the first close of the Big Nature Impact Fund LP at £64.6m, against a final target of £90-120m. Described by the fund manager as the UK's largest nature-as-infrastructure investment vehicle to date, the fund has attracted Zurich Insurance Group, Admiral Group…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Banking & insurance, National bodies, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 442767
• Published on 29/05/26 at 16:32

FR / IGEDD : Bertrand Looses appointed volunteer associate member

Bertrand Looses, ingénieur général des Eaux, des Ponts et des Forêts, inspector general and coordinator of the MIGT (mission d'inspection générale territoriale) in Lyon (retired), is appointed as a voluntary associate member of the IGEDD (Inspection Générale de l'Environnement et du Développement…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Skills & Employment, Policies & Regulation
• Article # 442669
• Published on 29/05/26 at 10:31

FR/Conseil National de la Transition Ecologique: Isabelle Laudon (WWF) and Olivier Louise (CFTC) members

Isabelle Laudon is reappointed as a full member of the Conseil National de la Transition Ecologique, in the college representing environmental protection associations, on behalf of WWF France, by order of the Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity and International Negotiations on…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Skills & Employment, Policies & Regulation
• Article # 442518
• Published on 28/05/26 at 11:29

Vallourec: Memorandum of Understanding with Syngular Solutions to develop common CCUS and BECCS projects

Vallourec announces the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Syngular Solutions, a Brazilian engineering and consulting company, founded in 2019, specializing in bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) and carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) projects, on…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Producers, Carbon capture & mitigation, Climate / carbon
• Article # 442438
• Published on 27/05/26 at 18:00

Waste-to-energy: "Transforming a punitive tax into an incentive tax" (Corentin Duprey, Syctom)

"The local authorities with whom we work, whatever their political color, are asking, alongside Syctom, for a punitive TGAP (Taxe Générale sur les Activités Polluantes) to be transformed into an incentive TGAP, geared towards prevention and innovation, in order to prepare for the future; for the…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, Producers, Trade unions & federations, …
• Article # 442327
• Published on 27/05/26 at 12:00

FR / Decentralisation: plans to integrate Ademe's staff into Dreals "not satisfactory" (Conseil d'Etat)

Drawing up a national spatial planning strategy, strengthening the role of the prefect, integrating the Ademe's regional delegations into the State's decentralised departments responsible for environmental matters... These are the elements of the bill "aimed at strengthening the State at local…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Policies & Regulation
• Article # 442257
• Published on 26/05/26 at 17:37

EC: publication of a guidance on European water legislation

The European Commission is publishing a guidance on the application of EU water legislation to facilitate its implementation and reduce legal uncertainty for project developers, particularly in the mining sector, on 22/05/2026. This guidance, which is not binding but explanatory, is part of the…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, European bodies, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 442198
• Published on 26/05/26 at 15:00

FR / Commissariat général au développement durable: Amélie Le Nest Deputy Director of General Affairs

Amélie Le Nest has been appointed deputy director of general affairs at the French Commissariat général au développement durable with effect from 15/06/2026, for a period of three years, by an order published in the Journal officiel on 24/05. Prior to this appointment, she was Deputy Director…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Skills & Employment, Policies & Regulation
• Article # 442107
• Published on 26/05/26 at 09:37

Nature credits: " Staying cautious on regulation and financialisation" (EESC opinion)

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has adopted an opinion, published in the OJEU on 22/05/2026, on the creation of a European framework for "nature credits", instruments designed to finance the protection and restoration of biodiversity. For the EESC, these credits can complement…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Biodiversity
• Article # 441924
• Published on 22/05/26 at 09:40

Climate finance: 100 Bn$ goal exceeded for the third year in a row (OECD report)

Climate finance has continued to grow with developed countries providing and mobilising 132.8 Bn$ in climate finance for developing countries in 2023 and 136.7 Bn$ in 2024, according to new OECD data, released by the organisation on 21/05/2026. The latest report, named Climate Finance Provided…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): International bodies, Financing & funding, Climate / carbon
• Article # 441870
• Published on 21/05/26 at 17:30