Latest unambitious domino falls as Poland publishes plan for EU recovery fund
March 25, 2021
A lack of ambition, vision and delivery sums up the Polish national recovery and resilience plan that was released on 26 February. The fundamental flaw is that the plan provides no path for the country to reach neither the EU’s climate neutrality target by 2050 nor the much less ambitious targets outlined in the recent Poland’s Energy Policy 2040 (PEP2040), like reducing the share of coal in the electricity mix to 56 per cent.
EU-Umweltminister*innen: viel Austausch, aber keine Entscheidungen
March 19, 2021
c. PixabaynDie EU-Umweltminister*innen berieten über die EU-Klimaanpassungsstrategie, tauschten sich über das „Greening“ des Europäischen …
Nature ignored in European recovery funding, say campaign groups
March 18, 2021
Member States plan pitiful amounts of spending from the €672 billion Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) to protect and preserve nature, in spite of EU requirements and the generally poor state of biodiversity across the continent, say civil society groups ahead of Thursday’s meeting of European environmental ministers.
The EU Recovery Funds: time to start properly investing in biodiversity and nature conservation
March 18, 2021
The state of nature is in crisis. A recent European Environmental Agency (EEA) report reveals that 81 per cent of habitats in Europe are in ‘poor condition’, and without swift action this dire situation will only become worse. We need systemic and wide
Există și așa ceva: România, dată ca exemplu pozitiv în UE! Celelate state, nu
March 18, 2021
România a fost lăudată că a alocat fonduri generoase pentru natură.
Verbände fordern die EU-Umweltminister auf den ökologischen Übergang mit Investitionen zu beschleunigen
March 17, 2021
NGOs call on the EU Environment Ministers to improve Recovery and Resilience Plans to accelerate ecological transitionn(WK-intern) – Ahead …
More of the same secrecy in Latvia and Romania as EU recovery funds planning gets underway
March 10, 2021
National Recovery and Resilience Plans have to be submitted to the European Commission by 30 April, 2021. Yet less than two months before the deadline, the latest updates from the Romanian and Latvian recovery plans raise alarm on public participation and on unambitious climate and energy targets.
Climate campaigners grapple with constraints of corona-era activism
March 9, 2021
Press play to listen to this articlenWhen Milan first went into lockdown one year ago, fear and anxiety swept over the city as coronavirus …
Climate campaigners grapple with constraints of corona-era activism
March 8, 2021
Environmentally damaging construction continues while activists’ ability to respond is hampered by virus restrictions.
EU Recovery funds: where is the support for District Heating?
March 5, 2021
District Heating is an efficient way to heat homes, particularly in a country like Latvia where 58% of its primary energy consumption is used for heating. But Selīna Vancāne at Riga City Council is very concerned that the draft EU Recovery plans do not include any support under the climate goals for district heating projects. Perhaps it’s because of a blind spot: most of Europe is prioritising individual heating units powered by electricity. Meanwhile, Latvia is tacking the issue of fuel sources for district heating. There’s gas (not clean, must be imported from Russia), woodchips (plenty of local supply, but has sustainability limits), and much better solutions like solar. Vancāne offers the case study of Salaspils Siltums, built in 6 months, which provides solar district heating to 85% of a town of 18,000 people. She urges the EU to fund both district heating and the new clean solutions it can use. The results can be cost effective, sustainable, efficient and curb emissions.
