Environment: archives 2026 (page 79/83)

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FR / CGDD: Audrey Coreau Head of the Green and Solidarity Economy Department

Audrey Coreau has been reappointed Head of the Green and Solidarity Economy Department at the French General Commissariat for Sustainable Development (CGDD), for a three-year period from 13/02/2026, by an order published in the Official Journal on 17/01. Head of this department at the CGDD…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Financing & funding, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 427064
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Environmental information: Member States allowed to require disclosure of requester identity (CJEU)

EU Member States may now require prior identification of persons requesting environmental information from public authorities, according to a jugdment by the Court of Justice of the European Union on 14/01/2026. This decision was taken in response to a request from the Irish court for the…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): International bodies, National bodies, Justice, …
• Article # 426970
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©  Miquel Gomila

Ocean Observation initiative: a call for evidence launched "to improve marine knowledge access"

The European Commission launched a call for evidence on 19/01/2026, to "shape the European Ocean Observation Initiative, one of the cornerstones of the European Ocean Pact". It will be open until 27/02. "Today, ocean observation faces numerous challenges, due to its fragmentation, a lack of…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Biodiversity, …
• Article # 426905
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©  Zero Waste Europe

Zero Waste Europe calls for the Circular Economy Act, planned in 2026, to toughen chemical policy

"The chemical policy of the EU should be taken into account within the Circular Economy Act in order to avoid a future health crisis": this is the main recommendation of a report released by Zero Waste Europe, a Brussels-based NGO, calling for the Circular Economy Act, to be announced in 2026, to…
Domain(s): Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Circularity, Chemicals / plastics
• Article # 426789
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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
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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
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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
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©  Nicolas Faramaz

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
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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
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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
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