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Press release - Deal on new EU rules to make sustainable products the norm
On Monday night, Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on revising the EU’s ecodesign framework for sustainable products.Committee on the Environment, Public Health and...
European Affairs
Environment
A religious revolution is under way in the Middle East
Can it survive the Gaza war?
Biology
Press release - Pollution: deal with Council to reduce industrial emissions
The new rules will reduce air, water and soil pollution, and steer large agro-industrial installations in the green transition.Committee on the Environment, Public Health and...
European Affairs
Environment
Press release - Personal health data: better portability and safe sharing
The Environment and Civil Liberties committees adopted their position on creating a European Health Data Space to boost personal health data portability and more secure...
European Affairs
Engineering
Many small islands have no room for manoeuvre at COP28
Simply put, their goal is staving off annihilation
Press release - Deal reached on stricter EU rules for waste shipments
On Thursday night, Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on revising EU procedures and control measures for waste shipments.Committee on the Environment, Public Health...
European Affairs
Environment
Press release - Deal on improving transparency in the short-term rental sector
Parliament and Council negotiators agreed on new rules on collection and data sharing on short-term rentals to help local authorities improve tourism services.Committee on the...
European Affairs
Cybersecurity
Combined effects of air pollution and heat exposure in Europe: time for action
Our health and well-being are significantly impacted by our local environment, and we are exposed to many different sources of environmental risks (e.g. various forms...
Environment
Health
From Gaza to Ukraine, wars and crises are piling up
How diplomats and generals are running out of bandwidth
World News
Biology
Press release - EU Nature restoration law: MEPs strike deal to restore 20% of EU’s land and sea
The new law, agreed with member states, sets a target for the EU to restore at least 20% of the EU’s land and sea areas...
European Affairs
Environment
Why migration is in such a mess once more
Violence and poverty are pushing the desperate towards jobs and safety
Top story - The European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize 2023 - Parliament honours Jina Mahsa Amini and Iranian women protesters
The European Parliament's 2023 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought has been awarded to Jina Mahsa Amini and the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran....
European Affairs
Cybersecurity
Top story - The European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize 2023 - Parliament honours Jina Mahsa Amini and Iranian women protesters
The European Parliament's 2023 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought has been awarded to Jina Mahsa Amini and the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran....
European Affairs
Cybersecurity
Israel is more popular than social-media posts suggest
In properly weighted opinion polls, support for the Palestinians is much less marked
The culture war over the Gaza war
The conflict is raging on streets and screens in the West
The three steps on America’s ladder of military escalation
Could America be dragged back into another Middle East war?
Israel needs to resist irrational retaliation
The lessons from past wars on terror
The global backlash against climate policies has begun
Cost, convenience and conspiracy-mongering undercut support for greenery
World News
Climate & Environment
Press release - Greening the bond markets: MEPs approve new standard to fight greenwashing
MEPs on Thursday adopted a new voluntary standard for the use of a “European Green Bond” label, the first of its kind in the world.Committee...
European Affairs
Economics
Africa’s coups are part of a far bigger crisis
Democracy is under threat from graft, stagnation and violence
States are becoming more brazen about killing foes abroad
Some countries are finding new justifications for political murders
Politics
Meet the world’s new arms dealers
Where to buy drones, fighters and tanks on the cheap
Robotics
World News
Editorial — Preparing Europe for a changing climate
From wildfires to disastrous floods across southern Europe, the summer of 2023 will be remembered by extreme weather. How prepared are we for such events...
Climate & Environment
European Affairs