World leaders gathered in Sharm el-Sheikh for the climate implementation summit on 7-8 November to kick off the 27th United Nations climate change conference (COP27). The EU was represented by European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. During his address to the COP27 plenary, President Michel stressed the [...]
Nations have agreed to protect a third of the planet for nature by 2030 in a landmark deal aimed at safeguarding biodiversity. There will also be targets for protecting vital ecosystems such as rainforests and wetlands and the rights of indigenous peoples. The agreement at the COP15 UN biodiversity summit in Montreal, Canada, came early [...]
The EU’s Sustainable Taxonomy was intended to complement the Green Deal, provide investors with certainty about the sustainability of their investments, and help channel billions into sustainable, low-carbon processes and technologies. Source: pv-magazine.com Read the whole article here
Yesterday (March 22), the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) in the European Parliament approved the twin Own-initiative reports on "A European Strategy for Energy System Integration" (ESI INI) and on "A European Strategy for Hydrogen" (Hydrogen INI). Source: globalrenewablenews.com Read the whole article here
The European Green Deal of 11 December 2019 underlined the need for long-term signals to direct financial and capital flows to green investments. It announced that the Commission will present a renewed sustainable finance strategy in the third quarter of 2020, focusing on a number of actions, including making it easier for investors to identify sustainable investments and ensuring [...]