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EU Green Week 2022 News (648)
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What better way to celebrate the new winners than by having a reunion of the European Green Capital Network members?
![EU Clean Air Forum poster depicting buildings, houses, vehicles, trees and wind generators.](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-04/general_visual_779964623.png?itok=6d57Ra42)
On 23 and 24 November 2023, the fourth EU Clean Air Forum is bringing together decisionmakers, stakeholders and experts from across the EU to focus on how to further reduce and prevent air pollution.
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The Commission is proposing a Forest Monitoring Law that will plug existing gaps in the information on European forests and create a comprehensive forest knowledge base.
![Aerial view of plastic pollution on a beach](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-11/GettyImages-1208182476.jpg?itok=q-pyz7rY)
The International Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution has agreed on a draft that will be the basis for further negotiations in April.
![Patch of arid land surrounded by thick forest.](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-06/GettyImages-1461631614_0.jpg?itok=JTfyfXvg)
The European Commission welcomes the provisional agreement reached today between the European Parliament and the Council on the protection of the environment through criminal law.
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The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached last night between the European Parliament and the Council on waste shipments.
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Thanks to the programme's co-funding requirements, it will mobilise a total investment of more than €722 million.
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'The Road to Green' looks into the issue of air pollution in European cities and tracks down potential solutions.
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The Commission welcomes the provisional agreement just reached between the European Parliament and the Council on the Nature Restoration Law.
![Managing Megafires: an experiment in participatory governance yields new management strategies](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-11/NA1481_shutterstock_1788639788.jpg?itok=B_zP-SGs)
Issue 612: This study explores participatory fire-management strategies, including landscape values from experts and local people, to strengthen wildfire-prone regions by creating resilient landscapes that protect ecological and social functions.