Green Deal

The European People’s Party (EPP) group has called for another postponement of the planned Farm to Fork Strategy (F2F) until at least after the summer, citing the “crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic”, but its position has been met with criticism from some stakeholders. In a statement released on Friday…

A few months ago, the universal basic income was a left-wing pipedream. Now governments across Europe and beyond are preparing to pay people between 60% and 80% of their salary for the next few months. Factories are being converted to mass-produce surgical masks and other protective equipment. State aid rules…

Nitrogen dioxide concentrations over France and its neighbors in March 2020 are much lower than ... March 2019. European Space Agency The dramatic slowdown in economic activity across Europe as a result of Coronavirus lockdowns can already be seen from space. Almost all of the European Union has gone into…

The Green Deal remains a flagship policy of the von der Leyen Commission and the EU should aim for a post-COVID-19 recovery that is green and sustainable, Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski told EURACTIV.com in an exclusive interview. Wojciechowski warned that “it is too early to indicate precisely how Green Deal policy…

Climate change, biodiversity loss and deforestation are contributing drivers behind pandemics. Like COVID-19, these cross-cutting challenges do not observe national borders and can be managed only through collective action, write Sandrine Dixson-Declève and Johan Rockström. Sandrine Dixson-Declève is co-president of The Club of Rome and co-founder of The Planetary Emergency…

View photos(Bloomberg) -- The world’s biggest carbon market is joining the long list of victims of the economic fallout from the coronavirus.The price of certificates allowing companies to emit carbon dioxide in the European Union has crashed by 40% so far this year, including two drops of more than 10%…

Europe has a choice between getting a good taxation directive this year or waiting years for something not yet defined that may never win agreement. For the sake of climate progress, it should take its chances with what it has now, writes Jim Power. Jim Power was the chief economist…

Five years after the public outcry against lowering EU standards via the TransAtlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTP) culminated in a petition signed by more than three million EU citizens, the new EU Commission is giving it another try. By 18 March, trade commissioner Phil Hogan wants to sign a…

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will review state aid rules and launch a project to produce clean hydrogen to replace fossil fuels to help European firms to maintain a competitive edge in global markets as they embark on large-scale emissions cuts. FILE PHOTO: Steam comes out of the chimneys…

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