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Healthy NDC Scorecard 2026: “High emitters have a responsibility to reduce their emissions fastest”

Global major emitters’ climate plans acknowledge health but fall short of the emissions cuts needed to protect it, according to the 2026 Healthy NDC Scorecard, published on 14 October by the Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA). Colombia ranks first, ahead of Nigeria and Cambodia. The…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, European bodies, International bodies, …
• Article # 457684
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©  World Resources Institute

Brussels Climate Week: "Nature-based solutions bridge circularity and biodiversity" (S.Goinfra, DG RTD)

"Nature-based solutions are a practical bridge between circularity and biodiversity, which still have separate political and practical agendas. They are also an entry point to a wider discussion about integrating nature more strongly into those policy areas and sectors that haven't traditionally…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, Associations & NGOs, European bodies, …
• Article # 457646
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France and Germany strike deal: 2035 CO2 target eased to 90% ; more “Made in Europe” EV and components

France and Germany announced on 16 October 2026 that they have agreed on a joint approach to securing the future of the European automotive industry. The two countries say they want the sector to complete its transformation while keeping Europe’s climate ambitions intact and ensuring that…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Manufacturers , National bodies, …
• Article # 457616
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COP17 opening: "Halfway to 2030, Yerevan is our moment of accountability", says Antonio Guterres (UN)

"Four years ago, in Montréal, leaders agreed on a plan: the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. But that was just the beginning, we need more action, more speed and more will. Halfway to 2030, Yerevan is our moment of accountability,” António Guterres, UN Secretary-General said, at the…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): International bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 457577
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Transition Calendar: events not to be missed from 19 to 23 October

The opening of COP 17 in Yerevan (Armenia), during which all stakeholders in global biodiversity will, until 30 October, seek to find funding solutions to address the collapse of biodiversity across all regions of the world; a plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg from 19 to 21…
Domain(s): Energies, Mobilities, Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, Manufacturers , European bodies, …
• Article # 457565
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©  CATF 2026

Clean Air Task Force: call to push implementation, investment and innovation at COP31 in Antalya

Clean Air Task Force (CATF) said on 15 October 2026 that it will send a team of experts to the 31st UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) in Antalya, Türkiye, which runs from 9 to 20 November. It wants world leaders to move from pledges to delivery: faster clean energy rollout, methane cuts…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Decarbonisation , Financing & funding, …
• Article # 457511
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State of Biodiversity Action: "We remain off track to meet our collective goals" (I. Andersen, UNEP)

"The new global report, State of Biodiversity Action, reveals a sobering truth - we remain off track to meet our collective goals" in implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, said Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the UN and Executive Director of the UN Environment…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): International bodies, Conservation and preservation, Biodiversity
• Article # 457457
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Biodiversity/Finance: GEF puts GEF-9 and blended finance at the centre of its COP17 pitch in Yerevan

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) announced on 15 October 2026 that it will use the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) to demonstrate that closing the nature finance gap requires new partnerships and blended finance tools. The meeting, running from…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): International bodies, Conservation and preservation, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 457460
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©  Alexandros MICHAILIDIS

MFF, competitiveness, energy, ETS: Roberta Metsola’s warning to the European Council

"We cannot agree on Europe's ambitions and then cut the means to achieve them. The bridge to agreement must include new own resources. New options must be explored to take the pressure off national budgets and to ensure we do not pass the bill to future generations. Parliament will be a partner to…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, European bodies, Decarbonisation , …
• Article # 457400
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“We could do in two years with AI models what usually takes ten years of science” (F.Pappenberger, ECMWF)

“We were able to do in two years with AI models what usually takes ten years of science,” stated Florian Pappenberger, Director-General of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), on 12 October 2026. Speaking to News Tank at Brussels Climate Week, Pappenberger reflected…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, European bodies, International bodies, …
• Article # 457039
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