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    Wind turbines in sunflower field/ CC0 Gustavo Quepon
    Wind turbines in sunflower field/ CC0 Gustavo Quepon
    Opinion |

    6 ways to make EU industry climate neutral

    Michael Bloss Damien Carême Henrike Hahn
    Opinion by Michael Bloss & Damien Carême & Henrike Hahn
    We need a greener European industry, to keep our air fresh, our planet cool and to get a competitive, resilient and sustainable economy.
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    Young climate protesters holding signs/ CC0 Callum Shaw
    Young climate protesters holding signs/ CC0 Callum Shaw
    Opinion |

    The end of fossil fuels

    There are many obvious and urgent climate policies like implementing a greenhouse gas budget, reforestation, halting destructive trade agreements, putting the money where it should be. But why don’t we just stop all fossil fuels?
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    CC BY USDA
    Installing Roof Solar Panels
    Press release |

    Green industrial policy for climate protection & jobs

    The decarbonisation of our industry will pave the way to climate neutrality and create jobs. Protecting the climate is a job creator. We must switch from subsidising coal-fired power stations to investing in renewables. The Green Deal can make the European Union the market leader in energy-efficient and resource-saving industrial processe…
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    There is no plan b sign during climate march/ CC0 Markus Spiske
    There is no plan b sign during climate march/ CC0 Markus Spiske
    Opinion |

    Getting out of the red: The Greenhouse Gas Budget

    When the European Union decided to propose a European Green Deal to try and reach the climate targets of the Paris Agreement, they had to start with one important thing: reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Commission laid out their plans and proposed their own targets. Unfortunately, the targets that have been set are not being backed …
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    Jigsaw and money © alexsl
    Jigsaw and money
    Press release |

    Long-term budget stronger on climate, biodiversity & rule of law

    Negotiators for the European Parliament, Council and Commission agreed on a text for the EU's seven year budget, the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021-2027. The Parliament succeeded in gaining an additional €16 billion in top-ups for EU programmes such as EU4health, Horizon, Erasmus and Rights and Values, on top of the €1,074…
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    VDL CAP Green Deal
    VDL CAP Green Deal
    News |

    Update: Von Der Leyen promises to fix the CAP despite her refusal to withdraw it

    On Friday October 24, Bas Eickhout, together with more than 40 other Members of the European Parliament - supported by over 3000 citizens - sent a letter to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen asking her to withdraw the CAP proposal, since it no longer aligns with the Commission's priorities on climate and biodiversity. Last week w…
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    Trees in Sequoia National Park/ CC0 Susan Yin
    Trees in Sequoia National Park/ CC0 Susan Yin
    Opinion |

    How Trees Can Stop Climate Change

    Trees are literally the lungs of the earth. They act as a ‘carbon sink’ absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and turning it into oxygen. After oceans, our forests are the world’s largest carbon sinks.
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    ©hassan-anayi
    European Parliament Strasbourg
    News |

    A Greens/EFA take on the plenary session

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), Digital Services Act, Artificial Intelligence, deforestation, gender equality in EU’s foreign and security policy, the state of the Energy Union, the Energy Charter Treaty, serious security threats through the sale of EU passports and visas and the T…
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    Press release |

    Energy Charter Treaty

    The Energy Charter Treaty is incompatible with the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal. We call for a fundamental reform of the Treaty. In the negotiations for its modernisation, the European Commission must work to align the Treaty with the climate objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Green Deal – this means: we must end the…
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    Photo European Parliament - Architecte : Association des architectes du CIC : Vanden Bossche sprl, C.R.V. s.a., CDG sprl, Studiegroep D. Bontinck
    Photo Hemicycle Brussels
    News |

    Plenary Flash October II 2020

    During this week plenary session, the European Parliament will debate and vote on the Common Agricultural Policy, Digital Services Act, Artificial Intelligence, Gender Equality in EU’s foreign and security policy, State of the Energy Union, ...