Agreement on the revised EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive

BREAKING NEWSCongrats to Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius and his Team for reaching agreement on the revised Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive. With the new measures in place, more nutrients will be removed from (EU) urban wastewaters and new standards will be applied to micropollutants.The Directive is a key element of the European Green Deal and the Zero Pollution Action Plan.Following the ‘polluter pays' principle, the new law will ensure that the costs for this protection will be partially covered by the responsible industry, rather than by the water tariffs or the public budget. In addition, it…

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The Circularity Gap Report 2024 is available now!

The Circularity Gap Report 2024 is available now! 👇While the circular economy grows in popularity as an alternative economic model, human consumption of natural resources is growing in tandem, causing global rates of circularity to fall year after year.In 2023, the flagship report showed that circular solutions can keep us within the healthy limits of our planet. This year, the Circularity Gap Report 2024 offers actionable recommendations to make this happen. It identifies key enablers for policy, finance and labour to accelerate progress towards the circular economy.Read the full Circularity Gap Report 2024 here:…

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EU negotiators secure agreement at COP28

At the end of the COP28 UN Climate Conference in Dubai, European Union negotiators succeeded, with partners from around the world, to keep alive the possibility of delivering on the commitment in the Paris Agreement to limit global average temperature increase to 1.5 Celsius above pre-industrial levels. With a particular focus on the energy sector in the talks, Parties agreed to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels this decade, to take action to reduce emissions by 43% by 2030, and set the world on a pathway to reaching net zero emissions by 2050, in line with…

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