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FR / Comité National de la Biodiversité : 9 new members appointed

9 new members have been appointed to the French Comité National de la Biodiversité (CNB), by order of the Minister for Ecological Transition of 17/03/2026, published in the Journal officiel of 27/03. Each member, titular as well as alternate, is appointed for five years. Created by the law…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, Skills & Employment, …
• Article # 435755
• Published on 27/03/26 at 11:36
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The EU and Japan decide to deepen their climate cooperation five years after their "Green Alliance"

"Working together towards achieving climate neutrality and tackling shared economic and geopolitical challenges": this is what Japanese and European senior officials decided at the High-Level Dialogue on Climate Change between the EU and Japan in Brussels on 24/03/2026. "In the context of the…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, European bodies, National bodies, …
• Article # 435630
• Published on 27/03/26 at 10:01
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Norway: tax exemption for waste incineration under the ETS deemed compliant (EU)

Norway's introduction of an exemption from excise duty on waste incineration in companies covered by the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) has been found to be in compliance by the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Surveillance Authority, in a decree published in the Official Journal of the EU…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, National bodies, Decarbonisation , …
• Article # 435658
• Published on 26/03/26 at 17:00
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ETS / incineration: "The competitiveness of district heating jeopardized" (P. Guillaume, Fedene)

"If we increase the cost of waste incineration with the ETS, this will be reflected either in the cost of waste treatment or in the selling price of heat, and will therefore be passed on to citizens. What's more, it will jeopardize the competitiveness of heating networks, and therefore their…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, Trade unions & federations, Carbon capture & mitigation, …
• Article # 435633
• Published on 26/03/26 at 14:56
European Parliament: adoption of new measures to reduce water pollution, including "forever chemicals"

The European Parliament has adopted new measures aimed at reducing groundwater and surface waters pollution and improving EU water quality standards, at second reading, during a plenary session on 26/03/2026. This decision is following the deal reached on 23/09/2025 between the co-legislators…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Water, …
• Article # 435575
• Published on 26/03/26 at 13:58
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European Chemicals Agency (ECHA): launch of a consultation about the proposed restriction of PFAS

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has launched a consultation on the proposed restriction of PFAS, "to help inform its Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis's final opinion by the end of 2026", declared the Agency on 25/03/2026. The consultation, open from 26/03 until 25/05, invites…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Chemicals / plastics
• Article # 435449
• Published on 26/03/26 at 10:47
Wildfires: "The European Commission is taking steps to tackle their growing impacts" (J. Roswall)

"The risk of wildfires is increasing and the European Commission is taking steps to tackle their growing impacts. What is new is that the focus is on the whole chain - awareness-raising, prevention, response and recovery", declared Jessika Roswall, on 25/03/2026. The European Commissioner for…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, Carbon capture & mitigation, …
• Article # 435347
• Published on 25/03/26 at 17:43
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Cohesion funds: €34.6Bn reallocated to strategic priorities, €3.1Bn for water, €1.2Bn for decarbonisation

"34,6 billion euros in the 2021-2027 cohesion policy funds have been reallocated to address the EU's most urgent strategic priorities", announces the European Commission on 25/03/2026. "This exercise covers the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund, and…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Decarbonisation , Financing & funding, …
• Article # 435414
• Published on 25/03/26 at 16:39
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Cerema: Antoine Comte-Bellot appointed member of the Strategic Council, representing the DGITM

Antoie Comte-Bellot has been appointed a member of the Strategic Council of the French Centre d'études et d'expertise sur les risques, l'environnement, la mobilité et l'aménagement (Cerema), by an order of the Ministry for Ecological Transition of 17/03/2026, published in the Journal Officiel of…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Skills & Employment, Climate / carbon
• Article # 435346
• Published on 25/03/26 at 10:29
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CMS-COP15: "Hundreds of migratory fish species need urgent, coordinated cross-border collaboration"

"Hundreds of migratory fish species need urgent, coordinated cross-border collaboration. These migratory freshwater fish — a group of species that maintain river health, underpin some of the world’s largest inland fisheries, and sustain hundreds of millions of people — are among the most imperiled…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): International bodies, Biodiversity, Water
• Article # 435201
• Published on 24/03/26 at 16:31