Views: 19This June, new EU states’ regional and local authorities joined European adaptation measures to climate change within the “Mission Implementation Platform”, which will be operational in early 2023. The regional entities will get assistance in developing pathways towards climate resilience while having access to the EU-climate data and methodologies for climate risk assessments; besides […]
Month: June 2022
New European environmental program: an impetus to reach for SDGs
Views: 19In May 2022 the EU institutions adopted the eight in a row European environment action program (8th EAP), which provided the EU member states with the legal background for the continental environment policy up to 2030. The action program reiterates the EU’s long-term vision to 2050 of “living well, within planetary boundaries”.
European historic climate legislation to be finalized in mid-2022
Views: 16 The world’s most ambitious set of climate laws is being discussed among the EU institutions; e.g. the European Parliament voted recently on about half the Commission’s “Fit for 55” mega-law package, setting the stage for negotiations with EU governments in the Council after the summer break. With eight proposals and hundreds of amendments, […]
Global progress in sustainability: SDSN assessment report
Views: 14Since 2015, the global sustainable reports provide for global community most updated information concerning the ranks in performance of 17 global Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs. The report-2022 is written by a group of independent experts from the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, SDSN; this edition also includes the SDG-ranking index and various dashboards.
Sustainability in the European priorities: cohesion policy and business
Views: 15Contemporary global challenges greatly affect all EU-wide development, in particular the European regional and cohesion policies: both are having solid sustainability’s implications and therefore are presently heavily supported from the European financial sources and funds. Progress in reaching SDGs in the EU and OECD countries is reflected below.
EU law and justice system: recent scoreboard’s vision
Views: 16The rule of law is an important part of the Union’s integration process; thus, the new scoreboard is particularly vital in post-pandemic crisis, highlighting importance of digitalisation of justice as one of the means to keep courts open and provide open access to justice. Together with the annual “rule of law report”, the EU […]
Sustainable development goals in Europe: new progress assessment
Views: 49Implementing sustainability goes hand-in-hand with transformations in the EU’s economic model: the member states have to take necessary measures in boosting resilience and recovery. In this liaison, the national and the EU-wide efforts, coped with the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are becoming both the “compass and measure of success” in perspective socio-economic growth, […]
Diversification of supply: resolving European energy crisis
Views: 48Newly created the EU Energy Platform in the beginning of April 2022, is aimed at coordinating measures in securing energy supplies for the EU states, incl. through voluntary common purchase of pipeline gas, LNG and hydrogen. Thus, new platform’s “task force” has an objective of reducing EU’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels by enabling […]
European climate and energy challenges: changes in modern states’ governance
Views: 21It is generally recognized that the best available science is important for effective climate actions and decision-making in national energy policy. The urgency is vital in enhancing ambition and action concerning mitigation, adaptation and finances to implement the goals of Paris-2015 Agreement and secure European energy independence during present critical decade.