Environment policy in the European Union
The European Commission’s proposed reform of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), the EU’s most important climate tool, is incompatible with the EU’s target of reducing emissions by 90% by 2040. This is the conclusion of a new analysis by the Öko-Institut, commissioned by WWF Germany.
The EU Fisheries Package presented today by the European Commission sends mixed signals for the future of European fisheries, marine ecosystems and coastal communities over the coming decades.
The European Commission and the EU’s foreign policy chief presented Tuesday a new Strategy for the Arctic, with security and climate change placed firmly at its core.
The European Commission has today granted more than €390 million to 135 new projects across Europe under the EU’s LIFE programme for environment and climate action.
The European Commission has selected 77 European net-zero technology projects to receive funding support worth €3.4 billion under the call for net-zero technologies of the Innovation Fund.
The EU Commission has awarded the New European Bauhaus Prizes 2026 to 13 laureates from several EU countries, Ukraine and North Macedonia, as well as Japan and Brazil, which won the international competition of the awards.
EU leaders must honour their global biodiversity commitments and stop undermining nature protection at home, WWF warns ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP17), taking place in Yerevan, Armenia, from 19 to 30 October.
