Tag: European Commission

The European Wind Industry Requires 200,000 New Workers by 2030

The wind energy sector in Europe faces significant challenges and opportunities as it prepares for substantial expansion over the next six years. With ambitious climate goals and the need to increase energy...

Ecomondo 2024: Italy at the Forefront of the Ecological Transition

With an overall recycling rate of 72 percent, well above the European average of 58 percent, and a circular material use rate of 18.7 percent, compared to the EU average of 11.5...

Challenges of Competitive Energy Production in the Global Market

Forming a unified European energy market is crucial for the Energy Community (EC), which includes European Union members and nine other signatory countries. Although significant progress has been made over the past...

New Law to Make Products on the EU Market More Sustainable

An EU law has come into force that will enable the setting of ecodesign requirements and information for almost all categories of physical goods that come onto the EU market. The new...

Green Projects of Serbian Scientists – Biopesticides for Protection of Trees From Deadly Pests

The spongy moth is one of the most dangerous forest pests in Europe, Asia, North America, and Africa. This invasive pest can weaken and destroy trees by defoliating, i.e. destroying the leaves....

First Net-Zero Academy to Train 100,000 Workers in the EU Solar Photovoltaic Value Chain

The Commission has launched the European Solar Academy, the first in a series of EU Academies to be set up under the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) to have in place the necessary...

China Anti-Subsidy Investigation: Provisional Duties

ACEA takes note that the European Commission has decided to impose provisional countervailing duties on imports of electric cars manufactured in China, based on initial findings of an anti-subsidy investigation initiated last...

Global Temperature Record Streak Continues

It was the warmest April on record – the eleventh month in a row of record global temperatures. Sea surface temperatures have been record high for the past 13 months. Extreme weather...

STRONGER DETERMINATION AND POLITICAL WILL TO CHANGE THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS RESOURCES

What should Serbia do to reduce environmental pollution, preserve biodiversity and adequately respond to the challenges of climate change? Will the legal framework be realigned with the Green Agenda? We looked for...

Energy Crisis Forces More Ambition in EU Green Buildings Law

Soaring energy prices are mounting pressure on Europe to renovate its ageing, inefficient buildings as governments scramble to protect citizens from rising utility bills. Europe’s buildings are responsible for 40 per cent of...

EU Lawmakers Vote to Include Maize, Meat Imports in Anti-Deforestation Rules

The European Parliament has voted to extend the agricultural goods covered by the bloc’s new law against imports linked to deforestation to include maize, poultry and pig meat in a move hailed...

France Gets Help From EU Partners as Wildfires Rage

Firefighting teams and equipment from six EU nations started to arrive in France on Thursday (11 August) to help battle a spate of wildfires, including a fierce blaze in the parched southwest...

EU plan to cut gas use by 15 per cent set to come into effect

An EU plan to cut gas consumption across the bloc by 15 per cent to cope with an energy price crisis spurred by Russia’s war in Ukraine comes into effect on Tuesday...

EU Solar Set to Save Additional 4.6 BCM Gas in 2022

As the European Commission launches its solidarity action to reduce gas consumption this winter, SolarPower Europe reveals the bloc is set to exceed even the highest projections of solar power generation in...

Save Gas for a Safe Winter: Commission Proposes Gas Demand Reduction Plan to Prepare EU for Supply Cuts

The European Union faces the risk of further gas supply cuts from Russia, due to the Kremlin's weaponisation of gas exports, with almost half of our Member States already affected by reduced...

EU – New Zealand Trade Agreement: Unlocking sustainable economic growth

The EU and New Zealand have today concluded negotiations for a Trade Agreement, which is set to open significant economic opportunities for companies and consumers on both sides. The deal also includes...

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