EU Green Week 2022 News

European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Sinkevičius and Guyanese Minister of Natural Resources Bharrat signed a legally binding trade agreement to promote sustainable trade of legal timber to the EU.

Today the European Commission adopted the 10th edition of the European List of ship recycling facilities.

Today the United Nations Biodiversity Conference COP15 meeting starts in Montréal. From 7 to 19 December, countries will aim to reach a global agreement for the protection of nature and the planet with long-term goals by 2050 and milestones for 2030.

The Commission welcomes the provisional political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council aiming to make all batteries placed on the EU market more sustainable, circular and safe.

Today, the Commission adopted a recommendation to promote research and innovation for safer and more sustainable chemicals and materials.

Today, the Commission is publishing its first Zero Pollution Monitoring and Outlook report and its third Clean Air Outlook report - together setting pathways to cleaner air, water and soil.

Issue 591: Nearly half of all discarded waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in Europe is not properly collected and recycled, suggests a new study.

Issue 591: Analysing two decades of data on stranded turtles in the North East Atlantic, researchers have found that 14% of turtles were entangled in litter and 86% of those examined after death had ingested plastic.

Issue 591: Nature-based solutions (NBS) offer multiple benefits to address urban sustainable-development problems, especially related to climate change and biodiversity loss. However, NBS implementation in cities still faces barriers.