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New law on more sustainable, circular and safe batteries enters into force
The new law will ensure that batteries are collected, reused and recycled in Europe and will support the shift to a circular economy.
G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Ministerial Meeting: EU reaffirms its international environmental and climate ambition
Today, Commissioner Sinkevičius is attending the G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Ministers’ Meeting in Chennai, India.
Green Deal: New guidelines for sustainable forest management and payment schemes for forest ecosystem services
The Commission has published the “closer to nature” guidelines and the guidance on payment schemes for forest ecosystem services.
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Euronews "The Road To Green", Episode 3: Textiles
In this episode of the Road to Green, Euronews takes us to Italy and Lithuania to discover how the textiles sector is being transformed.
Green claims
New criteria to stop companies from making misleading claims about environmental merits of their products and services.
Nature restoration law
Discover the EU's initiative to restore degraded ecosystems through nature restoration targets, as part of the biodiversity strategy for 2030.
Pollinators
Reversing the decline of wild pollinators in the EU and contributing to the global action.
Success stories
Street LIFE: helping EU cities cope with extreme weather
Sustainable climate adaptation solutions can help protect cities against the devastating effects of climate change. Rotterdam is leading the way through the LIFE URBAN-ADAPT project.
- Project locations
- Netherlands
‘Olives for life’ connect agriculture and biodiversity
The LIFE Olivares Vivos project developed an innovative model of olive growing that can be used elsewhere in Europe.
- Project locations
- Spain
How LIFE is protecting Europe's degraded peatlands
Restoring and managing peatlands improves water retention and quality, stores carbon, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and increases biodiversity. Since 1992 LIFE has been working hard on this.
- Project locations
- Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland
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