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Agenda of the week: events not to be missed between 19/01 and 23/01/2026

This week's highlight will be the Plenary session of the European Parliament taking place in Strasbourg from 19/01, with the Mercosur deal at the core of discussions. Farmers plan to protest against it and for a better distribution of CAP resources. In Davos, the world leaders, businesses…

Domain(s): Energies, Mobilities, Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials
• Article # 426735
• Published on 19/01/26 at 09:00

Nature restoration: EU Member State plans "unfortunately turning to underperform" (T. Elmqvist, EASAC)

"Hardly any EU Member State has really finished their own nature restoration action plans yet, which can be submitted until September 2026 to the Commission. According to some NGOs, they are unfortunately turning to underperform. They are just trying to adopt the minimum effort required by the…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): International bodies, National bodies, Carbon capture & mitigation, …
• Article # 426687
• Published on 16/01/26 at 17:24

CO2 storage: a consortium led by TotalEnergies wins an exploration permit in Denmark

Denmark's Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities has granted a permit for the exploration and possible storage of CO2 in Denmark to a consortium comprising TotalEnergies, Mitsui and Nordsøfonden, the Danish Energy Agency announced on 15/01/2026. With the granting of this permit, the…

Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): Producers, Decarbonisation , Climate / carbon
• Article # 426808
• Published on 16/01/26 at 17:13

Ocean conservation: entering into force of the High seas Treaty (BBNJ) on 16/01/2026

The High seas Treaty - formally known as the Agreement on “Biodiversity Beyond National Juridiction” (BBNJ) enters into force on 17/01/2026, announced the European Commission. So far, the agreement has been ratified by "81 parties, including the EU and 16 of its Member States, and signed by 145…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, International bodies, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 426742
• Published on 16/01/26 at 17:00

Offshore wind: complaint filed against the suspension of Vineyard Wind's (CIP/Avangrid) lease in the USA

Vineyard Wind will file a complaint against the lease suspension issued on 22/12/2025 by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, announced the 50/50 joint venture between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Avangrid (a subsidiary of Iberdrola), on…

Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): Producers, Decarbonisation , Justice, …
• Article # 426811
• Published on 16/01/26 at 16:43

Natural disasters: "2025 joins a growing list of years with insured losses exceeding $100Bn" (Munich Re)

"Natural disasters caused significant losses worldwide in 2025, which joining a growing list of years with insured losses exceeding the $100 Bn mark. All in all, damage amounting to some $224Bn was incurred, of which insurers covered around $108Bn", said the reinsurance company Munich Re, on…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Service providers, Climate adaptation & resilience, Public health & nutrition, …
• Article # 426749
• Published on 16/01/26 at 16:22

Duty of care: TotalEnergies to be heard on 19 and 20/02/2026 for "an historic trial" (J. Ripoll)

"Faced with TotalEnergies' strategy and their relentless lobbying to prevent or weaken climate regulations, we hope to activate a form of judicial counter-power with this historic trial, in order to impose respect for the law in line with the objectives set by the Paris Agreement". This is what…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Decarbonisation , Justice, …
• Article # 426705
• Published on 16/01/26 at 13:00

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Académie des sciences: call to "consolidate research capacities in France" and Europe

On 15/01/2026, the Académie des Sciences "calls on scientists in France to take action to consolidate research capacities in our country and throughout Europe", in a context "marked by climate change and environmental crises". On 07/01, the United States announced that it was withdrawing from…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Academic, Research & innovation, Climate / carbon
• Article # 426625
• Published on 15/01/26 at 17:49

"89% of the heat caused by our fossil fuels is in the ocean, only 1% in the atmosphere"(J.Röckstrom, PIK)

"The scientific drama around the need to truly address planetary health comes from recent science, which is that we are currently at a point where we are risking the health of the planet, the very stability, the resilience, and life support on Earth, explains Prof. Johan Röckstrom, Director at…

Domain(s): Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): Academic, Climate adaptation & resilience, Public health & nutrition, …
• Article # 426526
• Published on 15/01/26 at 15:00

Ice Memory Foundation: opening of the first-ever sanctuary storing ice cores in Antarctica

The Ice memory Foundation has officially opened the first-ever sanctuary for mountain ice cores at Concordia Station in Antarctica, on 14/01/2026. These climate archives are "safely stored in an ice cave at a temperature close to -52°C, designed to preserve ice for future generations of…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): International bodies, Research & innovation, Climate / carbon
• Article # 426316
• Published on 15/01/26 at 13:49