In this Brussels Briefing on Environment, leading environment journalist Sonja van Renssen provides an overview of the latest EU environment policy developments:
- Deal on phasing out single use plastic bags
- Commission’s better regulation agenda: it may yet axe proposals on waste and air quality (although European Environment Agency report reveals unhealthy pollution levels)
- UN climate talks in Lima: will start on 1 December in the wake of the US-China climate deal, with $9 billion of climate finance in place, and the latest 2014 UNEP gap report
- A deal on monitoring CO2 emissions from shipping
- Talks on a market stability reserve for the EU ETS
- Biofuels and ILUC, which are climbing back up the agenda
- ENVI Committee vote on oil sands
- EU rules on novel foods: nanomaterials in food and food from clones
- Environmental crime: new Eurojust report calls on member states to up their game
Featuring statement by Frans Timmermans, First Vice President in charge of Better Regulation.
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