GLOBAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY INDEX SLOWS DOWN
According to a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), energy efficiency has enormous potential to boost economic growth and avoid greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but the global progress index s 'is slowing down, a trend that has important implications for consumers, businesses and the environment. The intensity of global primary energy, […]
FRANCE: MOBILITIES LAW ADOPTED
Last November 18, the National Assembly of France gave the green light to the Mobility Orientation Law (LOM, according to its acronym in French). The Minister of Ecological Transition praises the adoption of various measures for cleaner mobility. Among them, the inclusion in the law of the goal of neutral land transport in […]
SIX EU ISLANDS PUBLISH THEIR AGENDA FOR THE TRANSITION TOWARDS CLEAN ENERGY
Six European islands have this Wednesday published their clean energy transition agendas, taking a firm step towards the decarbonisation of their energy systems with a strong focus on citizen participation. On November 20, the Aran Islands (Ireland), the Cres-Island archipelago (Croatia), Culatra (Portugal), La Palma (Spain), Salina (Italica) and Sifnos (Greece) published [...]
TEXTILES: THE FOURTH CAUSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURE IN THE EU AFTER FOOD, HOUSING AND TRANSPORT
According to a report published this week by the European Environment Agency (EEA), the consumption of clothing, footwear and home textiles in the European Union (EU) annually amounts to around 1.3 tons of raw materials and more of 100 cubic meters of water per person. A large-scale shift to the economy [...]
TOWARDS CLIMATE NEUTRALITY
The EU will need to update its long-term climate goal in 2020. The Parliament wants to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The European Parliament will vote in the plenary session, from 25 to 28 November, a resolution in which it will urge the EU to set the goal of achieving carbon neutrality [...]
SPAIN UPDATES THE NATIONAL PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STOCKHOLM CONVENTION AND THE COP REGULATION
The Council of Ministers, at the proposal of the Ministry for Ecological Transition, has agreed to update the National Plan for the implementation of the Stockholm Convention and Regulation (EC) 850/2004 on persistent organic pollutants (POP). POPs are chemical substances that gather four characteristics at the same time: they are highly toxic, very persistent, bioaccumulative and, at [...]
MEPs PRESS IN FAVOR OF CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2050
According to the Environment Committee of the European Parliament, the European Union (EU) should commit to carbon neutrality by 2050 and strengthen its ambition for 2030 to reduce emissions. Before the United Nations Conference on Climate Change to be held in Madrid in December, MEPs [...]
NEW TECHNOLOGIES COULD ALLOW THE RECYCLING OF ALL PLASTIC WASTE
Researchers in Sweden claim to have developed technology that will allow all plastic waste to be recycled, and transformed into new products from this material. According to the Chalmers University of Technology group, the process can break down any plastic waste at a molecular level and the resulting gases can be transformed into new plastics, of the same quality [...]
COLLABORATION BETWEEN ALL THE AGENTS IN THE PLASTIC VALUE CHAIN AND INNOVATION TO END PLASTIC WASTE THAT END UP POLLUTING THE ENVIRONMENT
According to the latest studies carried out by various sources, about 80 percent of the plastic in the oceans comes from land-based garbage, much of which ends up in the sea through one of the world's ten most important rivers. Also, 60 percent of the oceanic plastics go to five countries in [...]
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY CONGRESS
The international congress on Environmental Sustainability encompasses exchange between academics, scientists, political leaders, regional and local authorities, celebrities, experts, NGOs, civil society and companies to channel global economies towards sustainable and environmentally friendly development. Participants will be able to inform themselves, educate themselves and connect with other leaders in a multicultural, multisectoral space [...]
