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European Commission: €4.1Bn Hungarian State aid scheme to support cleantech manufacturing capacity

A €4.1 Bn Hungarian State aid scheme has been approved to "support strategic investments that add cleantech manufacturing capacity" in line with the objectives of the Clean Industrial Deal, announced the European Commission on 17/12/2025. "The purpose of the scheme is to grant aid for…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, National bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, …
• Article # 423956
• Published on 18/12/25 at 14:22
©  Espen Rønnevik & Roar Lindefjeld / © Equinor
Norway: Equinor fined €60M for oilspills and pollution at its Mongstad refinery between 2016 and 2021

Equinor Økokrim has been accused of serious breaches of the Norwegian Pollution Control Act, as announced by the Norwegian Economic and Environmental Crime Agency on 16/12/2025. The agency has imposed a penalty of 720 M kroner (€60 M) on the company. " The company is receiving this penalty…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, National bodies, Producers, …
• Article # 423978
• Published on 18/12/25 at 11:57
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3Degrees : David Dines (Cargill) appointed chair of the Risk management Committee

David Dines is appointed to the Board of directors of 3Degrees, global climate solutions provider, effective since 08/12/2025. He will serve as chair of the Risk management Committee of the board and a member of its Human Capital Committee. He was previously Chief financial officer and…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Service providers, Decarbonisation , Climate / carbon
• Article # 423940
• Published on 18/12/25 at 11:36
©  Daniele La Rosa Messina
EIB : €1.8 Bn to support 45 clean energy-related investments in 12 different Member States

€1.8 Bn will be disbursed from the Modernisation Fund to support 45 clean energy-related investments in 12 different Member States, announced the European Commission and the European Investment Bank on 17/12/2025. "This includes the first ever investments in Portugal, which became a beneficiary…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, Decarbonisation , …
• Article # 423830
• Published on 17/12/25 at 17:04
©  Alexandros Michailidis/Council of the EU
Environment Council: "Climate risks reached critical levels and could become catastrophic without action"

The Environment Council stressed "the urgent need to accelerate action to meet the EU's long-term environmental and climate goals, particularly the six 2030 priority objectives of the 8th Environment Action Programme", in its conclusions on 16/12/2025. "Many of the climate risks have reached…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Bioeconomy, Climate adaptation & resilience, …
• Article # 423759
• Published on 17/12/25 at 16:30
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Omnibus 1: Parliament to formally adopt the postponement and reduction of scope of CSRD/CS3D (vote)

The Parliament formally adopted the provisional agreement on the simplification of the regulations on Corporate Sustainability Reporting and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence in Strasbourg, on 16/12/2025. 428 MEPs voted for, 218 against, and 17 abstained. The demand to vote on further…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Climate / carbon
• Article # 423792
• Published on 17/12/25 at 15:06
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UN Environmental Assembly: 11 resolutions and 3 decisions adopted; $1,113Bn proposed budget for 2026-2027

The United Nations Environmental Assembly approved UNEP’s Medium-Term Strategy (MTS) for 2026-2029, as well as the associated Programme of Work 2026-2027. These decisions took place during the conclusion of the seventh session in Nairobi on 12/12/2025. The proposed budget for the next two years…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, National bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, …
• Article # 423663
• Published on 17/12/25 at 14:43
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EU Seas Protection Rules: Have Your Say and call for evidence in view of the revision of the Directive

The European Commission launched a public consultation and a call for evidence on 15/12/2025, in view of the upcoming revision of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). The evaluation of this directive, published in March 2025, showed that "while it formed an ambitious framework, the…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, Biodiversity, …
• Article # 423643
• Published on 16/12/25 at 17:24
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Soil Monitoring Law : entry into force of the Directive, first-ever EU piece of legislation on soils

The Directive on soil monitoring and resilience has entered into force on 16/12/2025, 20 days after its publication in the Official Journal of the EU. Member States now have to transpose it into their national laws and establish their own soil monitoring frameworks. According to the European…
Domain(s): Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Circularity, Climate adaptation & resilience, …
• Article # 423611
• Published on 16/12/25 at 16:49
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Petrobas and Shell Brazil to launch the "Carbon Countdown", a carbon stock inventory at country level

Shell Brazil and Petrobas launched the "Carbon Countdown", a carbon stock inventory project to measure carbon stocks above and below ground across all of Brazil's biomes, on 12/12/2025. They collaborate with the Center for Carbon Research in Tropical Agriculture (CCARBON/USP), launched in 2023…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): Producers, Research & innovation, Climate / carbon, …
• Article # 423576
• Published on 16/12/25 at 14:31