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Textiles/Circularity: Primark and Circ partner on recycled polyester from textile waste

Global recycler Circ and retailer Primark have partnered to bring recycled polyester made from textile waste into Primark clothing, with availability targeted for 2029, the companies announced on 28 September 2026. For Primark, it is the first multi-year purchase commitment with a company that…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, Manufacturers , Producers, …
• Article # 455438
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©  European Commission

Habitat and Bird Directives: the stress test is “an opportunity to strengthen what works” (J. Roswall)

“The stress test is not a question of whether we still believe in nature conservation. Instead, it examines whether we can achieve our nature conservation objectives in a more efficient and effective way. So let us use this stress test as an opportunity to strengthen what works and adapt what…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, Conservation and preservation, …
• Article # 455358
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Data centres: “Laws and public governance struggle to keep up with the AI revolution” (E.Morello, POLIMI)

“We designed the mapping [of Milan metropolitan area’s data centres] primarily with regional and metropolitan governance in mind, which is currently lacking: we wanted to make visible a phenomenon that is still invisible, because until we map it, we can't understand its scale and impacts,” said…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, National bodies, Academic, …
• Article # 455243
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©  Irena

Europe's electricity to top 80% zero-carbon by 2030, but will miss its renewables target (Wood Mackenzie)

Europe's electricity system will draw more than 80% of its generation from zero-carbon sources by 2030, yet the EU will still fall short of its own renewables goal for that year. That is the central finding of Wood Mackenzie's Europe Power Markets Strategic Planning Outlook 2026, published on 29…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Service providers, Producers, …
• Article # 455388
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©  The Paulson Institute, The Nature Conservancy, WWF

Financing nature: "Reforming harmful subsidies is one of the biggest levers"(Paulson Institute, TNC, WWF)

“For every dollar spent protecting nature, thirty go to destroying it. Reforming harmful subsidies is one of the biggest levers to close the gap”. This is one of the main recommendations expressed by the Paulson Institute, The Nature Conservancy, and WWF, on 23 September 2026. In their report…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, Associations & NGOs, Banking & insurance, …
• Article # 455244
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© Dalle

EU Commission: allocation of additional €500M to Horizon Europe with new call focused on biodiversity

The European Commission has allocated an additional €500 million to Horizon Europe, the EU's flagship research and innovation programme, for 2026 and 2027. With this additional amount, the total budget now reaches around €14.8 billion for the two years. The new budget was announced on 29…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, Bioeconomy, …
• Article # 455264
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©  Union of the Mediterranean

Union for the Mediterranean: adoption of a water roadmap to 2030 and launch of the "Rome Initiative"

Water ministers and senior officials from the 43 member states of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) adopted a Second Ministerial Declaration on Water covering 2026 to 2030, and calling for greater cross-border cooperation, during their 2nd ministerial meeting on water, held in Rome on 28…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, International bodies, Conservation and preservation, …
• Article # 455208
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©  Canva

Green claims: EEB calls on all member states to transpose the Empowering Consumers Directive

The European Environmental Bureau calls on all EU governments to transpose and start applying the new rules under the Empowering Consumers Directive in the Green Transition, “with no further delay”, it said on 28 September 2026. As the directive came into effect on 27 September, the EEB…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, European bodies, Decarbonisation , …
• Article # 455227
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©  FAO 2026

Forest and landscape restoration: “We need to restore 470 million ha to meet 2030 targets” (FAO report)

"Forest and landscape restoration is more than an environmental priority - it is a strategic investment in resilient agrifood systems and rural development", states a report published by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and launched at the 28th session of its…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): International bodies, Bioeconomy, Climate adaptation & resilience, …
• Article # 455206
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©  WWF/PatriNat

WWF: 10 recommendations to ensure that conservation easements (ORE) ‘scale up’ in France

"Real environmental obligations (ORE / France's equivalent of conservation easements) have proved their worth. However, their uptake still appears limited given the challenges of biodiversity conservation,” states a report on this scheme, published by WWF in collaboration with PatriNat, a public…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, Associations & NGOs, Conservation and preservation, …
• Article # 455221
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