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Creation of the Global Green Bond Initiative Fund to support sustainable infrastructure outside the EU

The European Union and partner development finance institutions signed the Global Green Bond Initiative (GGBI) Fund, a new public-private investment tool for sustainable infrastructure projects in low- and middle-income countries, on 24/04/2026. It aims to unlock up to €3Bn of green bonds in…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Banking & insurance, European bodies, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 439429
• Published on 28/04/26 at 13:17
GHG emissions in the EU: publication of the annual limit values of LULUCF and emission allocations (EC)

The European Commission published the binding annual targets for net GHG removals from land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) for each Member State of the EU and their annual Emission Allocations under the Effort Sharing Regulation on 24/04/2026. The first one covers the period between…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Climate / carbon
• Article # 439294
• Published on 27/04/26 at 15:00
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Agenda: events not to be missed between 27/04 and 01/05/2026

This week's highlight will be the IMO MEPC 84 meeting taking place in London from Monday to Friday. The shipping sector is following the conference very closely, as a "way forward" on a global framework to decarbonise shipping could come out of this meeting, after the postponement of the…
Domain(s): Energies, Mobilities, Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials
• Article # 439160
• Published on 27/04/26 at 09:54
G7 Environment: adoption of seven declarations to "build useful convergences" (MTE/France)

"We adopted seven declarations, with all the G7 partners, but also with South Korea, Armenia and Mongolia, who were our guests", declared Monique Barbut, the French Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity and International Negotiations on Climate and Nature, at the end of the two days of…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, Biodiversity
• Article # 439181
• Published on 27/04/26 at 09:30
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Port of Antwerp: an NGOs coalition against "what could become Europe’s biggest plastic production site"

A coalition of NGOs brought two legals challenges arguing that the INEOS' Project One, which "could become Europe’s biggest plastic production site in the Port of Antwerp, shouldn't go ahead", the association said on 24/04/2026. During the hearing at the Flemish Council for Permit Disputes on…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Producers, Justice, …
• Article # 439123
• Published on 24/04/26 at 16:00
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"Climate adaptation is now an operational matter for companies" (V.Delval / Le Lab Impact by LCL)

"For companies, particularly in the waste sector, climate change is not a distant prospect: its consequences are being felt now, be it in terms of fire risk and employees' working conditions, for instance. Climate adaptation is now an operational matter for companies. That's why we've launched Lab…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Banking & insurance, Climate adaptation & resilience, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 439127
• Published on 24/04/26 at 15:00
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Pesticides in water: France environnement appeals to the French government

France Environnement has lodged an appeal with the Paris Administrative Court against the French government for failing to protect water catchments from pesticides, Jean-François Julliard, CEO of the NGO, announced on Linkedin on 23/04/2026. Water catchments are structures "from which raw water…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Justice, Ocean / Water, …
• Article # 439113
• Published on 24/04/26 at 13:00
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"The major success of the G7 Environment: being able to negotiate texts together" (MTE to News Tank)

"The major success of the G7 Environment is that we managed to discuss and negotiate texts together for the protection of the environment, despite the individual positions of each of the countries and the ongoing conflicts", the French Ministry of Ecological Transition told News Tank on…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, International bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, …
• Article # 439031
• Published on 23/04/26 at 17:52
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"Have your say" on the European Ocean Act open until 16/07/2026 (European Commission)

The Commission launched a public consultation on the European Ocean Act on 23/04/2026. Open until 16/07/2026, it will "help shape the legislative proposal under the European Ocean Pact", which is set for adoption by the end of 2026. This Act's mission is to "strengthen the ocean governance in…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, Bioeconomy, …
• Article # 438947
• Published on 23/04/26 at 17:33
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OJEU: Delegated regulation establishing derogations from the ban on the destruction of unsold products

Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/296, adopted on 09/02/2026, supplements Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 by specifying the derogations to the ban on the destruction of unsold consumer textile products, applicable from 19/07/2026. The text authorises destruction in limited cases, where justified. This…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Climate / carbon
• Article # 438972
• Published on 23/04/26 at 15:00