Luxembourg is looking for urban farmers
A new pilot project in the capital will try out multi-faceted farming in a built-up setting as a source of food and environmental awareness
EU executive confident that these sources can serve as bridges to a sustainable future
On 2 February, the European Commission presented the Taxonomy Complementary Climate Delegated Act – a legislative proposal that basically declares that nuclear and gas should be labelled as transitional sources of energy.
They can, thus, be included in the EU Taxonomy guide. The latter is a system that lets potential investors know whether the investments they are making are in line with the Green Deal objectives of the bloc.
Given the ongoing controversy and debates that have taken over the economic-political spheres in Europe in recent months, the Commission has stopped short of naming nuclear and gas energy as ‘sustainable’ opting instead for the term ‘transitional’
The objective is to step up the transition, by drawing on all possible solutions to help us reach our climate goals. Taking account of scientific advice and current technological progress, the Commission considers that there is a role for private investment in gas and nuclear activities in the transition.
More specifically, the Complementary Climate Delegated Act, serving as an addition to the Climate Delegated Act (which entered into force in January 2022), does two things:
The text of the Complimentary Act follows expert consultations with the Member States Expert Group on Sustainable Finance, and the Platform on Sustainable Finance. The Commission has also listened to feedback from the European Parliament on the matter. The Commission has carefully examined the input received from those groups and took it into consideration in the text presented today.
Once the legislative document has been translated to all the official languages of the Union, the European Parliament and the Council will have their chance to study it. These institutions can then object to any part of the proposal in the next four months, plus they can ask for additional two months for scrutiny.
Objections, expectedly, have already been raised by governments of the Member States which are opposing the idea of nuclear energy being labelled as green. The argument there is that not enough has been done to ensure that storage and disposal of nuclear waste can be done safely for future generations.
Officials from the archipelago paid a visit to Lower Saxony (Germany) to get acquainted with the power of hydrogen trains
After the Berlin Constitutional Court declared the September 2021 local election invalid, the city is getting ready for a re-do
The digital transformation has reached the geographical dimension
The digital transformation has reached the geographical dimension
Search for health, search for well-being - in any sense and category of these terms
The Agri-Tech centre in Osnabrück has a lab, workshop and test field all rolled into one
Officials from the archipelago paid a visit to Lower Saxony (Germany) to get acquainted with the power of hydrogen trains
Eleven museums have united their efforts to do concrete analyses on emissions and share know-how on how to bring down emissions
It is meant as a response and companion piece to the annual San Remo festival - Italy’s premier pop music event
Eleven museums have united their efforts to do concrete analyses on emissions and share know-how on how to bring down emissions
The city will kick off its stint as the European Capital of Culture for 2023 on 17 February
It is meant as a response and companion piece to the annual San Remo festival - Italy’s premier pop music event
The new itineraries are part of the DiscoverEU programme, which lets 18-year-olds travel by train between important European sites
The European Commission has published its first progress report charting the achievements of the socio-cultural movement that combines beauty, inclusion and sustainability
The 2023 edition of the creative initiative promises to be bigger, bolder and more inclusive
Veni Markovski’s take on dealing with disinformation in the European Union's poorest country – Bulgaria
A conversation with the mayor of Utrecht on the occasion of her mission to COP27
A conversation with the President of the European Committee of the Regions, about energy, climate change and the underrated importance of cohesion policy