THE WORLD MUST REDUCE EMISSIONS BY 7.6% ANNUALLY IN THE NEXT DECADE TO ACHIEVE THE 1.5ºC GOAL
According to a new UN report, published last November 26, with the current climate commitments, the world is headed for a temperature increase of 3.2ºC by the end of the century. The technologies and policies required to reduce emissions already exist, and must be implemented immediately. Only 5 members of the […]
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 [...]
PROGRESS IS OBSERVED IN THE REDUCTION OF PLASTIC POLLUTION
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the United Nations Environment Program publish the first annual progress report of the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment (in English, New Plastics Economy Global Commitment). According to the report, companies establish actions to reduce problematic plastic packaging and increase the use of plastic [...]
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 [...]
SPAIN: JOINT SOLUTIONS TO ACT AGAINST MARINE GARBAGE ON BEACHES
It is estimated that the 26% of marine litter found on Spanish beaches predates tourist uses. The General Directorate of Sustainability of the Coast and the Sea of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO) has put together, with the tourism sector and local administrations, joint solutions to address the problem [...]
CIRCULAR ECONOMY, BIODIVERSITY AND AIR POLLUTION: PRIORITIES OF THE CANDIDATE APPOINTED AS FUTURE EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AND OCEANS COMMISSIONER.
The Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and Fisheries committees interviewed last Thursday the candidate designated as the future European Commissioner for Environment and Oceans, the Lithuanian Virginjus Sinkevicius listed three priorities for environmental matters, biodiversity, circular economy and pollution of zero air "I presented an action plan to the school [...]
IPCC: "The decisions we take now are fundamental for the future of the oceans and the cryosphere"
The latest special report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) highlights the need to act urgently in order to prioritize timely, ambitious and coordinated initiatives that allow addressing lasting changes in the oceans and the cryosphere which are unprecedented. The report highlights the benefits that would [...]
GLOBAL WATER QUALITY ALLIANCE LAUNCHES TO TACKLE THE GLOBAL WATER CRISIS
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the European Commission's Joint Research Center (JRC) have this week launched the World Water Quality Alliance (WWQA) in "Ispra" , Italy. The Alliance will provide governments and other stakeholders with relevant evidence-based assessments, scenarios and solutions and services [...]
Europe towards the Circular Economy
Robert Schuman, already 69 years ago, said that "Europe will not be made all at once or in a joint work: it will be made thanks to concrete realizations, which create in the first place a solidarity in fact", Europe continues to be made every day , and their future depends on these concrete actions. Like the European Union [...]
FEAD: "There will be a decrease in the recycling of plastic waste"
On 10 May, after two weeks of meetings between the Conference of the Parties (COP) and the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions in Geneva, 180 governments accepted the Norwegian proposal to amend the Basel Convention. Mixed plastic waste has moved from the "green list" to the "amber list" regime. [...]
