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©  Cefic
"Simplification can be achieved without opening the REACH legal text" (Cefic)

Simplification, entry into force of the One Substance, One Assessment framework, launch of the Critical Chemicals Alliance, eventual revision of REACH: on 14/01/2025, Cefic (the European Chemical Industry Council) highlighted some of the most important developments at the beginning of the year for…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Trade unions & federations, Policies & Regulation, Chemicals / plastics
• Article # 426437
• Published on 14/01/26 at 18:24
©  ATOSCA
FR / A69 motorway: immediate suspension of work on several sites (Toulouse judicial court)

The Toulouse Magistrates' Court has ordered Atosca, the main contractor for the A69 motorway (linking Castres and Toulouse in the Occitanie region), to "immediately suspend work in progress and planned" on several identified sites along the route of the future motorway, according to an order…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Justice, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 426423
• Published on 14/01/26 at 16:38
©  ECMWF
"2025 was the third warmest year on record, with 1.47°C above the pre-industrial level" (GCI/report)

"Copernicus data show that 2025 was the third warmest year on record, after 2023 and 2024. The past 11 years have been the 11 warmest on record. Global temperatures from the past three years averaged more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level (1850-1900). This marks the first time a three-year…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): Academic, Carbon capture & mitigation, Climate / carbon
• Article # 426257
• Published on 14/01/26 at 14:31
©  Stockholm Environment Institute
Exclusive "Climate does not care about our politics, but our politics will have to adapt to climate" (Ed Carr, SEI)

"Climate does not care about our politics, it is going to do what it does, and our politics will have to adapt to that, declares Ed Carr, U.S. Center Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute, to News Tank on 13/01/2026. It is hard to tell someone who has just seen their insurance costs…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, Associations & NGOs, Academic, …
• Article # 426236
• Published on 14/01/26 at 09:22
©  Jan Skriver
Denmark: a count of dead seabirds to study the causes of "the dramatic decline of several populations"

A count of dead seabirds will be organized along Denmark's coasts with volunteers on 28/02 and 01/03/2026, announce Birdlife Denmark (Dansk Ornitologisk Forening) on 12/01/2026. The association will register the dead seabirds to study the causes of the "dramatic decline of several populations"…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Academic, National bodies, Public health & nutrition, …
• Article # 426193
• Published on 13/01/26 at 16:45
©  EUROPEAN UNION
MFF 2028-2034 : "Significant opportunities will be offered to support the LIFE Programme" (J. Roswall)

The next EU budget "will offer significant opportunities to support the EU Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE) activities in the 2028-2034, compatible with a streamlined structure of the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)", said Jessika Roswall on 13/01/2026. The…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Financing & funding, Biodiversity
• Article # 426173
• Published on 13/01/26 at 16:34
©  Pixabay
FR: fall of 1.7% of GHG emissions over the first nine months of 2025, -0.8 Mt CO2e for agriculture

GHG emissions in France are expected to fall by 1.7% over the first three quarters of 2025 compared with the same period in 2024, according to the French association Citepa barometer forecast published on 13/01/2025. Over the first nine months of the year, GHG emissions would amount to 270 Mt…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Research & innovation, Climate / carbon
• Article # 426218
• Published on 13/01/26 at 15:39
©  D.R.
FR / Ministry for Ecological Transition: Antoine Caron appointed Head of the Natural Hazards Department

Antoine Caron has been appointed Head of the Natural Hazards Department in the Directorate-General for Risk Prevention at the French Ministry for ecological transition, biodiversity and international negotiations on climate and nature. This is indicated in a decree dated 08/01/2026 and published…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Policies & Regulation, Biodiversity, …
• Article # 426161
• Published on 13/01/26 at 13:21
©  EEA
EU: persistent investment gaps in financing climate adaptation (EEA)

"Agriculture, energy, and transport are among the sectors most vulnerable to climate change, observes EEA in a study published on 12/01/2026. Making these sectors climate resilient may require estimated investments of between €53 bn and €137 bn annually by 2050 and a further €59 bn to €173 bn…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Carbon capture & mitigation, Climate adaptation & resilience, …
• Article # 426052
• Published on 13/01/26 at 11:14
©  EBA, EIOPA, and ESMA
European supervisory authorities issue guidelines for the integration of ESG risks into stress tests

The European Banking Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, and the European Securities and Markets Authority issued their joint guidelines for the integration of environmental, social, and governance risks in stress testing on 08/01/2026. They aim to ensure that…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Banking & insurance, European bodies, ESG & CSR, …
• Article # 426020
• Published on 12/01/26 at 17:45