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A public consultation on the Birds and Habitats Directives is underway. Contributions will feed into a stress test of both.
New research shows that green walls and roofs are effective at both cooling the environment and offering physical and mental wellbeing benefits, reinforcing the value of green infrastructure in alleviating heat stress in cities.
The new regulations will make Europe more water-resilient, while boosting its zero-pollution and water-resilience ambitions.
A new policy assessment to support the transition to circular economy has shown that a combination of approaches targeting consumption and production can reduce material extraction in Europe by 15% at an overall cost of about 1% of GDP.
Research from Germany suggests that plant biodiversity boomed in Europe’s Medieval centre, despite a concurrent rise in farming and trade – and that current land management policy could learn from the approaches of these long-passed times.
The Commission is looking for experts to join the European Bioeconomy Investment Deployment Group, a new platform designed to accelerate funding for sustainable, bio-based innovation.
The report on the simplification of the revised EUDR and a set of further measures aim to make the law's implementation more effective.
Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné and Commissioner Jessika Roswall led the discussions with key stakeholders.
Under current EU rules, the export of mixed municipal waste for recovery to non-EEA countries, such as Switzerland, will soon be banned.
The Commission launched a public consultation on new rules exempting more products from battery removability and replaceability rules.