OPEC: Under siege by climate campaigners
The OPEC chief and ministers from major African oil producing countries on Monday defended investments in fossil fuels, saying Africa’s…
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EU investments of over 110 mln. euro in LIFE projects for the environment and climate, in 11 countries
European Commission announced an investment of more than 110 million euro in integrated projects of the LIFE program for environmental…
AHK Romania: 2022- the “year of sustainability”, after 20 years from foundation
For AHK Romania, 2022 is a special year, because, for 20 years now, AHK Romania has been successfully operating as…
Coal continues to benefit from huge funding, despite the green transition
Coal, the most polluting fossil fuel, continues to raise billions of dollars worth of funding, despite promises by the industry…
EPG: Romania should join a climate club, by assuming the EU’s ambition for climate neutrality by 2050
Romania needs to become a more active, informed and committed participant in measures to combat climate change, and the next…
Bankwatch: Progress in green recovery through PNRR, slowed by investment in fossil fuels
EU Member States’ efforts to target 672 billion euro in recovery and resilience funds to climate action are undermined by…
ECB will conduct new climate stress tests
The European Central Bank has announced the launch of stress tests on climate risks to assess the ability of eurozone…
European Parliament to move earlier the payment deadline for airline emissions
Airlines should pay for all their CO2 emissions in Europe as early as 2026, one year earlier than originally expected…
Eurostat: EU greenhouse gas emissions – down 24% since 2008
The greenhouse gas emissions generated by the economic activities of the resident units of the European Union stood at 3.5…
Minister of the Environment: In 2022 there will be no car, environmental or first registration tax
No new taxes will be introduced in 2022, and this means that there will certainly be no new car tax,…
Emissions trading revenue in Germany reaches 12.5 bln. euro
The German government raked in a record 12.5 billion euro from European and national emissions trading programmes in 2021, the…
Bucharest plan for air quality, carried out by a consortium of four companies
The Integrated Air Quality Plan (PICA) in Bucharest is to be developed by a consortium of four companies, including Cambridge…
Romania set a target of switching to ecologically certified areas of only 5.5% by 2030
Romania has set a target of switching to certified organic areas of only 5.5% by 2030, which is extremely small,…
EC will tax 25% of the revenue from the sale of carbon certificates
European Commission proposed on Wednesday three new taxes in the EU bloc, which over the next few decades would allow…
Efficient Romania: From 2030, all new buildings could have zero carbon emissions
The European Commission proposes that, from 2030, all new buildings and those undergoing major renovation should have zero carbon emissions,…
Energy Policy Group launches a project to assess the impact of carbon taxation in Romania
Energy Policy Group launched the “Distributive Impact of Carbon Taxation in Central and Eastern Europe” project on Friday, funded by…
AFM extended the budgets of Rabla Clasic and Rabla Plus by 600 mln. lei
The administration of the Environmental Fund (AFM) announces that it has supplemented the budgets of the Rabla Clasic and Rabla…
EC: PNRR does not oblige Romania to impose a ban on wood-based heating until 2023
The National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) does not provide for any provision that would oblige the Romanian authorities to…
Embassy of Sustainability: Romanian entrepreneurs must focus on the circular economy to have a sustainable business
Romanian entrepreneurs should focus on the circular economy, optimizing existing resources or a clean energy area to develop a sustainable…
Carbon certificate reaches a new high –74 euro and looks set to reach the 100 euro threshold
EUAs rose to a new record reaching 72.91 euro on Wednesday, at the closing on the ICE ECX exchange from…
Romania, one of the last in EU for the circularity of the materials used
The circularity rate of materials used in the European Union increased in 2020 by 0.8 percentage points, to 12.8%, but…
Minister of Energy: A Norwegian company wants to invest 800 mln. euro in Romania
A Norwegian company wants to invest 800 million euros in Romania in the production capacity of a fuel that can…
EC proposes new targets for the energy efficiency of buildings and the revision of the directive
European Commission has proposed several amendments to the energy efficiency directive for buildings, which will be discussed on December 14,…