VEGETABLE COVERS (Benefits of green roofs or vegetal covers)
Plant covers are indisputable allies in sustainable construction. This type of green system is a differentiating element for Bioconstruction projects, which merges aesthetics with the use of the planet's resources. A plant cover has important advantages and is a differentiating constructive element in Urban Bioconstruction projects. Plant covers are constructions […]
PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT ON MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER REUSE
The new rules, proposed by the Commission in May 2018, must establish harmonized minimum water quality requirements for the safe reuse in agricultural irrigation of treated urban wastewater. The text includes aspects such as the levels of microbes in the water or the frequency and characteristics of quality controls [...]
A CHANGE OF COURSE TO FACE THE CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE, REVERSE DEGRADATION AND GUARANTEE FUTURE PROSPERITY.
Europe needs "urgent" actions to face the loss of biodiversity, the impacts of climate change and the hyperconsumption of natural resources if it wants to meet the climate goals set for 2030. And, in addition, the current energy system will not allow us to achieve either the climate neutrality set for 2050, points out the environmental report, considered the "most [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The EU Council will debate the role of agricultural land in capturing CO2
Agriculture ministers will meet next week to discuss the potential to capture atmospheric CO2 through better soil management, as Finland's presidency of the EU Council seeks to advance talks on a long-term climate strategy term of Europe. Finland's Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Jari Leppä, has […]
THE EU MUST ACCELERATE AN AMBITIOUS CIRCULAR ECONOMY POLICY
The second day of the informal meeting of EU Environment and Climate Ministers focused on expanding the circular economy to new areas. The ministers discussed the solutions offered by the circular economy to mitigate climate change and stop the loss of biodiversity. The informal meeting of Ministers of the Environment [...]
