Activists Take Bucharest City Hall to Court for Poor Air Quality
- Environment
Centre for Sustainable Policies "Ecopolis" with the support of 2Celsius and backed by the international legal NGO ClientEarth has started a legal challenge against the...
Forest biomass – madness. Sustainable forestry – remunerated. Labels for deforestation – odd.
- Forests
On the way to a fancy pants conference on forests and climate at the European Commission, a bunch of activists get soaked in the Brussels...
Biomass and consequent biodiversity loss are the tricky issues for the Green Deal
- Environment
In a meeting at the European Commission in Brussels with representatives of Climate Action Network Europe and 2Celsius, vice-president designate of the European Commission Frans...
People’s Climate Case: EU insists to prevent access to justice for families hit by the climate crisis
- Climate justice
On 3 December, the European Parliament and the Council have submitted their responses on the appeal of the legal action challenging the EU’s 2030 climate target. Despite...
First step towards a Carpathian Macroregion
Voting on the Carpathian Macroregion report in the Committee of the Regions plenary at the European Parliament in Brussels. Photo: 2C The governor of Podkarpackie...

2021 auction calendars published December 20, 2020
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) published today the 2021 EU ETS auction calendars. The auctions will start on 29 January 2021 with an auction by Germany. The auctions on the common auction platform will start on 1 February 2021 and will also include the volumes for the Innovation Fund and the Modernisation Fund. The first […]
The EU is successfully cutting harmful HFC greenhouse gases December 17, 2020
The Commission has published a report on the functioning of the EU-wide quota system for hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). The system was put in place in 2015 to drastically reduce the use of these greenhouse gases with a particularly potent warming effect. The gases have a range of applications in refrigeration and air conditioning equipment, as well […]
Commission sets annual emissions budgets for 2021-2030 under the Effort Sharing Regulation December 16, 2020
The Commission yesterday adopted an implementing decision setting out the annual emission allocations (AEAs) for 2021-2030 under the Effort Sharing Regulation. Adopting this decision is an important step in ensuring Member States take the right path to achieving an EU-wide emission reduction of 30% by 2030 compared to 2005 in sectors not covered under the […]
European Climate Pact and Count Us In campaign launch partnership to mobilise EU citizens for climate change December 15, 2020
The European Climate Pact – part of the European Green Deal – is today joining forces with global climate campaign Count Us In to mobilise millions of people across the EU to take concrete steps to reduce their carbon pollution and catalyse rapid action from leaders.
Temporary suspension of the Union Registry for technical maintenance and software upgrade from 31 December 2020 to 4 January 2021 December 14, 2020
From 16:00 CET of Thursday 31 December 2020 until 09:00 CET of Monday 4 January 2021, access to the Union Registry will be suspended to undertake a technical maintenance and a software upgrade.
Speech by President von der Leyen at the Climate Ambition Summit December 13, 2020
Dear guests of the Climate Ambition Summit! 55% – That is now indeed Europe's calling card. I am glad that the 27 European Leaders have signed up to the European Commission's proposal for taking climate action to a new level of ambition. Together with the agreement on our next 7-year-budget, the 55% agreement is the […]
Further information on the start of phase 4 of the EU ETS in 2021: emission allowances to be issued for aircraft operators and the Market Stability Reserve December 10, 2020
The Commission has adopted a Notice providing further details on the quantity of allowances to be issued in respect of aircraft operators in 2021 in the absence of an agreement with the UK, and on the Market Stability Reserve.
The European Climate Pact: empowering citizens to shape a greener Europe December 8, 2020
The European Commission today launched the European Climate Pact, an EU-wide initiative inviting people, communities and organisations to participate in climate action and build a greener Europe. As part of the European Green Deal, the Climate Pact offers a space for everyone to share information, debate and act on the climate crisis, and to be […]
Draft implementing regulation determining revised benchmark values for the period 2021-2025 open for 4-week stakeholder feedback December 7, 2020
Under the EU’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), the concerned stationary industrial installation may receive free allocation of emission allowances up to the relevant benchmark levels, which reflect the best performing installations in the EU.
Expert workshop on the Market Stability Reserve November 30, 2020
As part of a contract with the European Commission, Vivid Economics organises an expert workshop on the Market Stability Reserve.

Posts published in “Forests”

GRAIN Report: Biofuels Drive 300 Large-Scale Landgrabs

By Raul Cazan on February 21, 2013

Biofuels have driven nearly 300 large-scale land grabs worldwide, a new report by GRAIN reveals today, on the eve of a meeting of EU…

Florestania: Amazonian Social Development in the Heart of the Forest

By Raul Cazan on October 15, 2009

Building on the legacy of Chico Mendes’ socio-environmentalism, in the last twenty years his followers in the state of Acre have developed and implemented the…