UK funds projects to address littering in local communities
The UK Government has opened calls for a share of £300,000 in funding for projects which aim to address littering in local communities. The funding...
How can the EU adopt a circular economy approach to plastics?
Antonino Furfari from Plastics Recyclers Europe highlights the key challenges to be overcome in order to make all plastics fit into the EU’s circular...
EU to increase imports of US liquefied natural gas
The EU has announced plans to boost its capacity for liquefied natural gas (LNG), and to support a further increase in LNG imports from...
Integrated farm management: transforming sustainability in agriculture
Martijn Buijsse from the European Initiative for Sustainable Development in Agriculture talks about European sustainable agriculture and how ‘integrated farm management’ could help to...
How viable is carbon capture, utilisation and storage for climate mitigation?
Carbon dioxide emissions need to be curbed if countries are to meet their Paris Climate Agreement commitments. Christoph Beuttler from Climeworks talks to Government...
UK to relax Green Belt boundaries and release land for housing
A new report from the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) warns that the UK Government’s plans to relax Green Belt boundaries would be...
EU’s Baltic member states to synchronise energy grids by 2025
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have reached a political agreement with Poland to synchronise their energy grids with the continental European network by 2025. The three...
EU makes rural development payments more flexible during drought
The European Commission will loosen its rules around farming and make rural development payments to farmers more flexible, to support agriculture through Europe’s current...
Germany reduces renewable energy surcharges to support electricity producers
Germany will launch a plan to support electricity users producing their own energy using efficient cogeneration plants by reducing renewable energy surcharges. The plan, which...
UK to extend ‘payment by results’ scheme for farmers
The UK will extend its pilot ‘payment by results’ scheme to pay farmers based on the environmental outcomes they achieve over the next two...