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Governments need to triple rate of emissions cuts
A raft of new legislation adopted under the EU's flagship Green Deal agenda means the bloc is on the right path to meet its climate and environment policy goals, the European Commission has said, while acknowledging the real test will be how effectively governments implement it.
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European Commission slammed for ‘tepid’ response to changing climate
In the wake of a stark warning from the EU’s environmental watchdog over the looming human and economic cost of climate change in Europe, the European Commission has outlined its strategy for managing the risks faced by the fastest warming continent on the planet.
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Misleading green claims to cost up to 4% of companies’ annual turnover
Lawmakers are taking on the greenwashing fight to protect consumers, citizens and law-abiding businesses while NGOs are calling on EU countries to speed up the closure of the Green Claims Directive before the June elections.
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Oslo defends seabed mining plans amid environmental concerns
Norway has declared its full support for a UN treaty to protect marine biodiversity in the high seas, despite drawing fire over plans to open up swathes of its own territorial waters to exploration for critical raw materials, potentially a step towards granting seabed mining concessions.
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European leaders ‘outpaced’ by increasing risk from climate change
The situation is already critical as climate change leads to increasingly frequent and severe flooding, drought and rising sea levels. Without urgent action by governments and EU leaders the impact is likely to become 'catastrophic' over the coming years, the European Environment Agency warns.
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Eurelectric chief talks data harmony and the future of e-mobility
As carmakers gathered for Autoworld in Brussels this week (6-7 March) transport and energy industry leaders are mulling regulatory affairs, including how to break deadlocks over data to smooth the path for electric vehicles (EVs) to reach European mass market adoption.
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Euroviews. Delay, depress, destroy: How Big Tech subverts the EU's new laws
When the DSA and DMA were passed in 2022, major tech industry associations praised the new laws as significant achievements. It is time for Big Tech corporations to stop pouting and live up to their responsibility, Jan Penfrat writes.