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EU / JRC: Publication of a guide dedicated to the sustainable procurement of food by public bodies

Organic farming, sustainable agricultural practices, fair and ethical products, sustainable fish, animal welfare, prevention of food waste, short supply chains; these are some of the criteria for a sustainable public food procurement, as outlined in Joint Research Centre (JRC) report, named…
Domain(s): Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Service providers, Public health & nutrition, …
• Article # 415841
• Published on 17/10/25 at 13:27
©  UE
CoR: Nature credits as support, not replacement, for regional environmental and biodiversity EU-funding

"Nature credits have the potential to complement EU public subsidies and grants to finance biodiversity conservation with market-based and hybrid mechanisms, including carbon credits and emissions trading systems", stated the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), led by Rastislav Trnka…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Financing & funding, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 415844
• Published on 17/10/25 at 13:10
©  D.R.
FR / Cerema: Karim Selouane appointed Deputy Director for European and International Affairs

Karim Selouane has been appointed deputy director of European and international affairs at Cerema, the public body told News Tank on 17/10/2025. He takes up his post in October 2025 and was previously head of the Adapt'Action programme of the AFD (Agence Française de Développement / French…
Domain(s): Mobilities, Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Decarbonisation , Research & innovation, …
• Article # 415801
• Published on 17/10/25 at 09:10
©  D.R.
EC: 'Resilience by design' at the heart of the future integrated framework for climate resilience

Wopke Hoekstra, European Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth, announces a new integrated framework for climate resilience and risk management during the EU Covenant of Mayors Ceremony in Brussels, on 16/10/2025. Wopke Hoekstra, in a video message, higlights the need of…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, National bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience
• Article # 415774
• Published on 16/10/25 at 18:32
EC: entry into force of the targeted revision of the Waste Framework Directive

Introduction of common rules for extended producer responsibility (EPR) for textiles and setting of binding food waste reduction targets: these are the two domains addressed by the targeted revision of the Waste Framework Directive, that enters into force on 16/10/2025. The revised Waste…
Domain(s): Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Circularity, Public health & nutrition, …
• Article # 415740
• Published on 16/10/25 at 16:11
©  Council of the EU
EU / Envi Council: Discussions on adjustment measures on the EU position ahead of COP30

At the next Environment Council, due to take place in Luxembourg on 21/10/2025, the European Environment Ministers will have to agree on adjustments proposed by the Danish Presidency of the Council in the latest compromise version dated 13/10/2025 presenting the EU's position with a view to COP30…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Decarbonisation , Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 415669
• Published on 16/10/25 at 14:25
©  World Meteorological Organisation
GHG emissions: rates to reach unprecedented highs in 2024, with largest one-year increase (WMO bulletin)

"The levels of the three most abundant long-lived greenhouse gases, CO2 (carbon dioxide), CH4 (methane), and N2O (nitrous oxide), reached new records in 2024. From 2023 to 2024, CO2 in the global surface atmosphere increased by 3.5 ppm (parts per million), the largest one-year increase since…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): International bodies, Carbon capture & mitigation, Climate / carbon
• Article # 415653
• Published on 16/10/25 at 14:18
FR: Vincent Le Biez Head of the Environment, Energy, Transport and Housing unit in S. Lecornu's cabinet

Vincent Le Biez has been appointed adviser and head of the environment, energy, transport and housing unit in the cabinet of Sébastien Lecornu, Prime Minister, by an order dated 15/10/2025, published in the Journal officiel on 16/10/2025. He had previously been appointed to this same position…
Domain(s): Energies, Mobilities, Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Policies & Regulation, Skills & Employment, …
• Article # 415613
• Published on 16/10/25 at 09:37
©  D.R.
FR: Virginie Lasserre appointed chief of staff to the Minister for Ecological Transition and Biodiversity

Virginie Lasserre has been appointed chief of staff to Monique Barbut, Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity and International Negotiations on Climate and Nature, with effect from 15/10/2025, according to an order dated 15/10/2025 published in the Journal officiel on 16/10/2025…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Policies & Regulation, Skills & Employment
• Article # 415611
• Published on 16/10/25 at 09:11
©  Nadège Delépine / News Tank
EU: "save the forests" and cancel EUDR postponement (campaigners' call to the Commission)

"The laws that we have managed to secure are now in danger. It has been six days since we left France with our "Save our Forests" bus, collecting the voices of people affected by the bad practices of deforestation and also the ones who shared the good practices. We have been going around with a…
Domain(s): Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Producers, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 415514
• Published on 15/10/25 at 17:37