by thomaisv | Dec 21, 2018 | News
41 NGOs, including MIO-ECSDE express their strong support on the ECHA database of substances of very high concern and underline that this information is crucial to the circular economy and to the protection of human health and the environment.
by thomaisv | Dec 19, 2018 | News
Clean, healthy and abundant seas by 2020. This is what European countries committed to achieve when they adopted the Marine Strategy Framework Directive 10 years ago. With little more than a year until the deadline, all countries of the European Union are failing on...
by thomaisv | Dec 19, 2018 | News
After months of negotiations with the European Commission and Parliament, the European Union has reached today a landmark agreement to slash plastic pollution from single-use items. This earth-shattering political decision signs off on measures that include bans on...
by thomaisv | Nov 28, 2018 | News
From 17 – 29 November 2018, governments and civil society actors from across the world are gathering at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Egypt to take stock of the progress achieved towards tackling the global biodiversity crisis and craft a new deal for nature and...
by thomaisv | Nov 28, 2018 | News
Biodiversity often falls victim to competing claims on nature and its use. Despite the substantial efforts at EU and global level to protect, conserve and enhance the natural capital, assessments show that biodiversity is still being lost and that most ecosystems are...
by thomaisv | Nov 27, 2018 | News
Some 65 Members of Parliament, Journalists and NGOs from 20 or so countries gathered in Brussels on the 22nd of November 2018 to debate the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus in the Mediterranean. The aim of the event was to enhance the understanding of the...
