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Draft EU budget 2027: EP Budgets Committee adopt its position “restoring Council's cuts”; +85M€ for LIFE

The Budget Committee adopted its position on the draft 2027 EU budget, backing increased funding for several programmes, notably for climate change adaptation. On 5 October 2026, the Committee voted for “a strong Parliament position,” Nils Ušakovs (S&D), general rapporteur for section III…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Financing & funding, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 456451
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'Council will not be ready to negotiate MFF before January' (Siegfried Mureșan, MEP)

"Even if the Council, in the optimistic scenario, has an agreement on the MFF in December, they need to translate that into positions on the sectorial files, so they will not be ready to negotiate before January in any case", said Siegfried Mureșan, a Romanian centre-right MEP who drafted the…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Financing & funding, Policies & Regulation
• Article # 456443
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WWF Living Planet: "Where people have done the work, wildlife has come back" (report)

Conservation successes show that large-scale change is possible, and the same approach should now be applied to the energy, food and finance systems driving nature loss, according to a report published on 7 October 2026 by WWF in collaboration with the Zoological Society of London…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, Associations & NGOs, Conservation and preservation, …
• Article # 456447
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French forests: expanding area but a state of health deteriorating due to climate-related hazards (IGN)

Forests in mainland France and Corsica are still expanding, but their health is deteriorating due to climatic and health-related risks, according to the results of the national forest inventory, carried out by the IGN and published on 7 October 2026. This annual assessment of the forests…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Conservation and preservation, Research & innovation, …
• Article # 456369
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Accelerating Circularity: Capital grants alone will not unlock textile-to-textile recycling (report)

“Textile-to-textile recycling is stuck in the missing middle: the technologies exist, but the capital to deploy them at scale is not available,” according to a report published in October 2026 by the Accelerating Circularity association, with Olga Melekhina (ESMT Berlin). The report adapts a…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Banking & insurance, Manufacturers , …
• Article # 456322
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Three propositions to strengthen Multilateral development banks engagement following Santa Marta (E3G)

“Multilateral development banks have a diverse toolbox of instruments at their disposal. The challenge that remains is deploying and connecting these solutions in a coherent, coordinated manner, as part of holistic, tailored packages of support for countries navigating the transition away from…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Decarbonisation , Climate / carbon
• Article # 456255
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Climate: the main messages from the EU addressed by Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra during Pacific pre-COP31

Continuing the pursuit of clean electrification as central to the energy transition, maintaining science as the backbone of all climate action, despite global hesitation and denialism, and prioritizing resilience. Those were the three messages from the EU addressed by Woepke Hoekstra at the…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, European bodies, Decarbonisation , …
• Article # 456309
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PFAS: ECHA's Committee for Risk Assessment final opinion on TFA's classification as reprotoxic substance

The ECHA's Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) final opinion, recommending the classification of Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), as well as its inorganic salts, as a reprotoxic substance, has been sent to the European Commission, the Agency said on 6 October 2026. RAC's final opinion was…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Conservation and preservation, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 456258
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European Commission: Ion Codescu appointed Director for Biodiversity at DG Environment

The European Commission has appointed Romanian national Ion Codescu as Director for Biodiversity within its Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV), the Commission announced on 6 October 2026. The date on which he will take up the post has not yet been set. In this role, he will drive…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Skills & Employment, Biodiversity
• Article # 456263
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Eurazeo Planetary Boundaries Fund: acquisition of Miya Water, a specialist in water efficiency

Eurazeo, through its Eurazeo Planetary Boundaries Fund (EPBF), has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Miya Water, the investment fund announced on 7 October 2026 in Paris. The value of the transaction has not been disclosed. Miya Water, founded in 2007 and headquartered in…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, Banking & insurance, Producers, …
• Article # 456254
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