Biodiversity

COP16 talks in Rome yielded agreement on funding nature restoration in poorer countries — but some details remain vague.

Rich and poor countries are battling over who will fund nature conservation in the shadow of a radically anti-green U.S. administration.

Goals on boosting carbon sequestration, the circular economy, organic farming and reducing the EU’s consumption footprint are most at risk.

The new rules mean clothing companies and manufacturers will have to pay a fee to cover the costs of collection and treatment of textile waste. 

EU countries are using green farm subsidies to reward status quo practices instead of driving real environmental action, NGOs say.

Normally taciturn officials spar online over climate policy and reveal a deep split within the EU.

Greenpeace’s victory means that PM Dick Schoof must achieve emission-reduction targets by 2030 or face the penalty.

The rich oil state has built a team of silver-tongued U.N. negotiators with a simple mandate: keep plastic production growing.

Bucharest’s emergency approvals for banned insecticides pit its sunflower sector against EU law — and expose weaknesses in Brussels’ enforcement.

EU countries are behind on most, if not all, their sustainability commitments.

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A legal fight looms as EU and Mercosur countries don’t see eye to eye on a key clause of their fresh trade deal.

Radically transforming the way we live is challenging, experts say, but it’s necessary to address nature destruction as well as social inequity.

Make the green transition affordable instead of slowing it down, former Commissioner Janez Lenarčič tells Brussels.

Christophe Hansen says his new vision for agriculture and food will be “different” and exclude “eat it or die” targets.

Sinkevičius promises the Greens will be a “constructive power” working from the sidelines.

Plastic waste is choking the planet. Green groups hope a summit in Busan, South Korea, will end with a deal as momentous as the 2015 Paris climate agreement.

Europe’s top farming university is calling for smaller livestock herds and a shift toward plant-based diets.

The outcome left African and Latin American nations furious and prompted some to refuse to engage on other biodiversity issues.

The European Commission hopes capitalism can help solve the biodiversity crisis. Britain might have the answer.

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