The Gap Fund will support city and local governments facing barriers to financing for climate-smart projects in developing and emerging countries.
Germany's Environment Minister Schulze remarked: “It is imperative that we, as EU environment ministers, are actively involved in the ongoing discussion on shaping Europe's economic recovery."
In a letter addressed to the CEOs, Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze has invited nearly 430 of Europe's major companies to participate in the European Sustainable Finance Survey.
"Globally, we have to shape economic stimulus so that we are also able to achieve the targets of the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals."
Due to COVID-19 the meeting of around 30 climate ministers will take place online for the first time
Committed nature conservation in many regions of the world is the key to preventing new infectious diseases
The Federal Environment Ministry (BMU) is supporting adaptation to climate change via projects which benefit people and strengthen ecosystems at the same time.
UN summits week is all about climate and sustainable development
Europe's President-elect Ursula von der Leyen has introduced her new team and her agenda
The European Commission calls on its Member States to strengthen their ambitions in the plans to implement the Paris Climate Agreement.
Franco-German Climate Working Group discusses pathways to climate neutrality by 2050
The representatives of 35 countries expressed their expectation that the international community will submit revised climate targets and long-term strategies to the United Nations by the year 2020.
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a scheme to support electricity production from renewable energy sources in Lithuania.
The European Commission has found four French projects promoting electricity generation from renewable wind energy sources to be in line with EU State aid rules.
It's not a real plan, but merely a vision and sense of direction for the European members.
The European Parliament has adopted two new targets for the EU in 2030: a binding renewable energy target of at least 32% and an energy efficiency target of at least 32.5%
The EU has approved three measures to support the growth of renewable energy in Denmark
The Summit between the European Union and the People's Republic of China this week brought some new commitments fighting climate change.
The new regulatory framework includes a binding renewable energy target for the EU for 2030 of 32% with an upwards revision clause by 2023.
France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania and the United Kingdom are referred to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to respect agreed air quality limit values and for failing to take appropriate measures to keep exceedance periods as short as possible.
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