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EU Methane Regulation: one-year deferral of certain obligations for fossil fuel importers

The European Commission has proposed postponing the implementation of certain obligations under the EU Methane Regulation - which apply to importers of oil, natural gas and coal - by one year, it announced on 14 October 2026. It aims to ease the pressure on industry and national…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Decarbonisation , Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 457174
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Biodiversity COP 17: the EU’s priorities and the key issues on the table

Assessing progress in implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, adopted in 2022, is one of the EU’s and its Member States’ priorities for COP17, an EU official said on 13 October 2026, ahead of the UN biodiversity summit in Armenia from 19 to 30 October. The conference will…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Conservation and preservation, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 457103
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Duty of care: SEB served with a formal notice by 3 NGOs to draw up a plan to phase out the use of PFAS

"Through the formal notice served on Groupe SEB, we are calling for an update to its vigilance plan, as well as a roadmap for phasing out the use of PFAS substances in its operations and for the redeployment of staff affected by this transition", said Emma Feyeux, head of health and environmental…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, Associations & NGOs, Conservation and preservation, …
• Article # 457124
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Eni CCUS Holding: installation of Douglas CCS, world's first offshore purpose-built platform

Eni CCUS Holding, owned jointly by Eni and Global Infrastructure Partners, part of BlackRock, announces that Liverpool Bay CCS has completed the installation of the new Douglas CCS platform in Liverpool Bay, on 8 October 2026. The platform was delivered in less than 18 months from contract award…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Manufacturers , Carbon capture & mitigation, Production / Construction, …
• Article # 457100
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FR / Green transition: need for assessment and financial planning (Cour des Comptes / report)

A lack of alignment between the policy pathways arising from European commitments and the funding pathways; an incomplete and short-term assessment of funding requirements; a lack of available funding sources, in both the public and private sectors: according to the authors of a report on the…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Policies & Regulation, Climate / carbon
• Article # 457088
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Launch of a European Citizens’ Initiative to grant legal personality to ecosystems

The European Citizens’ Initiative “Rights for Nature”, which aims to call on the EU to recognise specific rights for ecosystems and thereby enable citizens to represent them in court, was officially launched on 13 October 2026. Backed by a coalition spanning some fifteen Member States, the…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Conservation and preservation, Justice, …
• Article # 457025
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Tidal energy: European Commission gives Go decision to Orbital's Euro-tides array in Orkney, Scotland

Orbital Marine Power announced on 12 October 2026 that the European Commission has given its "Go Decision" to Euro-tides, a four-turbine tidal energy array to be deployed at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland. The decision clears the project for construction, with…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, European bodies, Academic, …
• Article # 456994
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“Any information about the future has a large economic value” (Carlo Buontempo, C3S)

“The overshoot is basically a done deal, in the sense that there is no credible, physically plausible scenario under which we won’t exceed 1.5. […] What is absolutely clear is that 1.6 is better than 1.7, or better than 2. Every tenth of a degree matters,” said Carlo Buontempo, Director of the…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, European bodies, Academic, …
• Article # 456856
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ENVI Council: "On ETS1, our ambition is to reach a balanced compromise in December" (D. O'Brien)

“Our ambition is still to reach a balanced compromise at our next Environment Council meeting in December. And the Irish Presidency will work intensively with colleagues and with the Commission over the next two months to prepare for that,” said Darragh O'Brien, Ireland’s Minister for Climate…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, European bodies, Decarbonisation , …
• Article # 456905
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“Top-income households’ consumption footprint is about 80% larger than the poorest’s” (JRC study)

The environmental footprint of European households is closely tied to income, according to a new report published by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) on 09 October 2026. The report, “Carbon and environmental footprint inequality of household consumption in the EU: an updated methodological…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Academic, European bodies, Justice, …
• Article # 456675
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