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Security of gas supply - What role for gas infrastructure?
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- Security of gas supply - What role for gas infrastructure?
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- 1:33:21
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to new geopolitical and energy market realities. It required the EU to dramatically accelerate its clean energy transition while also looking for solutions to increase its energy independence.
In response to these hardships, the European Commission presented the REPowerEU Plan. The plan aims to rapidly reduce dependence on Russian fossil fuels, fast forward the green transition, and increase the resilience of the EU-wide energy system. The watchwords are diversifying, saving, and accelerating clean energy
Join this EURACTIV Hybrid Conference where stakeholders will discuss the policy tools that can strengthen EU security of supply. Questions to be addressed include:
- How can gas supplies be secured in the most efficient and sustainable way, while at the same time ensuring the protection of EU citizens and industries? Is a holistic approach achievable?
- What is the role of gas infrastructure? Can gas i...
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- What did the French Presidency achieve and what still needs to be done?
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- 1:25:06
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Advancing Europe's strategic autonomy is a key objective of the European Commission - particularly with regards to the digital domain.
The COVID pandemic has demonstrated the need to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more digital and more resilient economic and industrial model in order to maintain and strengthen Europe's aspirations for sustainable competitiveness.
Under the French Presidency the EU passed a groundbreaking piece of legislation - the Digital Markets Act. It will limit the power of gatekeeping platforms and aims to keep digital markets fair and open to competition - a prerequisite for sovereignty. Paris also supported the Commission’s plans to create trusted alternatives to non-EU offerings, by developing a European cloud ecosystem and proposing a European Digital Identity. With the new chip act, Commissioner Breton wants to reduce dependencies in the semiconductor sector, as the race for the most advanced chips is a race for technologi...
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- Shaping the CAP - How to ensure food security and green ambitions in times of crisis
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- 1:16:39
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Recently, the agrifood sector has faced unprecedented challenges due to global warming, the Covid-19 crisis, and the war in Ukraine. Since the start of the war, calls to strengthen food security have dramatically increased across Europe.
The conflict has exacerbated surges in agricultural prices, jeopardising the ability of more vulnerable countries to import the required quantity of food. At a European level, EU officials declared that despite the consequences of the war on the agrifood sector, food security is not at risk in the bloc.
However, as we cannot predict how the situation will evolve in the near future, EU Member States are encouraged to increase their food production in order to address food security concerns. To cope with this crisis, the European Commission has asked Member States to adjust their CAP national strategic plans in consideration of the evolving geopolitical context.
In parallel, many argue that it's necessary to keep in...
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- The City of Paris aims to phase out diesel by 2024, and thermal cars by 2030
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- 1:34
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The objectives set by the Climate Air Energy Plan for Paris seek to meet the European and WHO standards on air pollution. In the French capital city, “this implies the phasing out of diesel vehicles in 2024 and the phasing out of gasoline-powered vehicles in 2030,” Dan Lert, deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of ecological transition, said.
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- Finnish wait, Balkan Euco and Kaliningrad (Tweets of the Week S5 E36)
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- 4:39
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Finland’s PM endures the big public Waiting, EU Council expansion arguments are cvgrating and Lithuania indulges a spot of Russia baiting.
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- Achieving more transparency in EU policymaking - The potential of AI
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- 1:20:23
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Building bridges between citizens, organisations, EU institutions and European governments remains a fundamental challenge towards making European policymaking accessible and transparent for all citizens across Europe.
As stated in Article 10 of the Treaty on European Union, ‘open decision-making is carried out as closely as possible to the citizens’. Access to public information, also known as the ‘right to know’, is vital for a functioning democracy.
With the rise of disinformation these past years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is seen as a prominent tool that could help strengthen democracies, if properly implemented and regulated. By using data-based scrutiny, AI could help achieve more transparency in the EU, preventing disinformation as well as ensuring better access to quality information for citizens.
AI is increasingly being used in the media sector as an essential tool to improve the quality of its content and provide more accura...
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- Reducing European methane emissions – The potential of EU livestock
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- 1:31:16
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is the second largest contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide. Reducing methane emissions is one of the main priority initiatives of the European Green Deal and essential for reaching 2030 climate targets and 2050 climate-neutrality goals. The EU is also one of the instigators of the Global Methane Pledge adopted at COP26 in Glasgow, which commits its signatories to 30% methane reductions by 2030 (compared to 2020 baseline).
Most of anthropogenic methane emissions come from the agriculture, energy and waste sectors. In the EU, the livestock sector is responsible for 53% of methane emissions. However, there are currently no legislative measures in place to drive reductions from that sector. The EU Methane Regulation, published in December 2021, focuses exclusively on energy.
Civil society voices have called for a renewed focus on tackling methane emissions from the livestock sector. Efforts to reduce methane emission...
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- The boys go to Kyiv, Northern Ireland Protocol and Poland Recovery (Tweets of the Week S5 E35)
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- 4:32
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Macron, Scholz and Draghi in last minute Ukraine dash, UK plans to chuck NI protocol in the trash, and Von der Leyen agrees to inject Poland with cash
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- Fostering democracy in the EU - The role of education
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- 1:21:11
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Education is a key driver in empowering a solid European identity and protecting European democracy and values. With the rise of populism and euroscepticism across the EU, many say that the need to promote democratic culture through education and inform European citizens of their rights has never been greater.
Consequently, teachers play a fundamental role in building a strong European identity and strengthening our democracy. It is argued that they should be supported and empowered through measures to create an open learning culture and deal with diverse learning groups in order to teach civic competences, transmit Europe’s shared heritage, communicate common values, and act as role models for learners.
Furthermore, especially since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is increasingly obvious that teachers should be equipped with new digital teaching and learning methods. It is also important to create digital learning platforms focused on democratic cult...
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- Mind the Gap - Can biofuels play a strategic role in reaching EU energy and food security?
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- 1:27:31
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the urgency of reducing the EU’s dependence on fossil fuels and supporting its energy and food independence. This effort will require mobilising an array of domestic resources.
Fit for 55 had already raised the stakes with major revamps of several laws affecting the EU biofuels sector – including the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), CO2 standards for cars, the revamp of the Effort Sharing Regulation and the Emissions Trading System with the possible inclusion of transport, and the Energy Taxation Directive.
Now, with the European Commission’s recent Communications on energy security and food security unveiled as a result of the war in Ukraine, those stakes are even higher.
This event, in the run-up to crucial European Parliament votes on Fit for 55 legislation, will answer key questions confronting the EU as it drives toward carbon neutrality, including: How can the EU scale up renewables in tr...
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- Green ICT - How can the digital sector accelerate the green transition?
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- 1:35:16
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The UN Sustainable Development Goals, EU Green Deal, Paris Climate Agreement, and numerous national initiatives adopted by individual governments all reveal there is no dearth of fora and mechanisms to demonstrate the public interest and global political will to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. According to the recently published March 2022 BEREC draft report on sustainability in the connectivity sector, the digital sector’s impact is 2-4% compared to other industries.
Some industry stakeholders within the connectivity sector have gone beyond being content with these statistics. Many have already begun working towards tackling the energy intensive aspects of their operations and are currently prioritising sustainability. A number of operators have also announced their voluntary commitments to meeting ambitious goals by joining the European Green and Digital Coalition.
There is broad agreement that the ICT sector and digitalisation can have a favourable impac...
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- Braucht Deutschland eine neue Waldpolitik? Potential und Problematik der Waldstrategie 2050
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- 1:18:36
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Deutschland ist eines der waldreichsten Länder in Europa. Wälder machen fast 30 % der Gesamtfläche aus und erbringen vielfältige ökologische und wirtschaftliche Leistungen. Die Zukunft von Wäldern in Deutschland bleibt jedoch ungewiss - Aspekte wie Forstwirtschaft, Artenschutz und Klimaneutralität sorgen für Uneinigkeit in der nationalen Politik.
Die Waldstrategie 2050 wurde von Deutschlands vorherigen Ministerin für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft, Julia Klöckner, ins Leben gerufen. Ein großes Ziel besteht darin, Wälder an ihre klimatischen Bedingungen anzupassen, um so der Klimakrise entgegenzuwirken. Doch es gibt auch Kritik, vor allem im Punkt der Holzerzeugung. Während sich Klöckner in der Strategie weiter für die Nutzung von Holz als Baumaterial ausspricht, fordern viele die Senkung von wirtschaftlichen Interessen im Wald.
Mit den Bundestagswahlen 2021 hat sich der politische Fokus in
Deutschland verschoben. Die neue Regierung will die...
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- How to achieve a socially just EU Renovation Wave?
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- 1:26:46
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Renovating both public and private buildings has been singled out in the European Green Deal as a key initiative to drive energy efficiency in the sector. To pursue this dual ambition of energy gains and economic growth, in 2020 the Commission published the strategy "A Renovation Wave for Europe – Greening our buildings, creating jobs, improving lives".
This strategy comes at a moment when the EU is facing several challenges. First of all, there is the climate emergency. Buildings, currently making up 36% of EU’s energy-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, are an important sector to be decarbonised to ensure the EU reaches its legally binding target to cut emissions by at least 55% by 2030.
Then, there is a social crisis. Energy poverty is on the rise in Europe. Data from the Energy Poverty Advisory Hub indicates that the number of energy-poor citizens in the EU is between 50 and 125 million. These citizens find themselves struggling to pay their bills ...
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- Fit for the next time, Common Charger and Merkel regrets nothing (Tweets of the Week S5 E34)
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- 4:59
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- How the EU can quit Russian fossil fuels
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- 3:47
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Since the outbreak of war in Ukraine, the EU has sent over €50 billion to Russia in payment for fossil energy.
As the war continues and more EU countries face cut-offs of their Russian gas supply, it is becoming increasingly important for Europe to reach energy independence from Russia.
The European Commission’s plan to do that, called REPower EU, aims at increasing energy savings, renewable energy and, in the short term, alternative fossil fuel supplies to break free from Russia.
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- Sanctions part 6, Poland, Croatia and Denmark Tales (Tweets of the Week S5 E33)
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- 4:45
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- This week it’s Hungary’s Oil ban rout, Poland gets its EU payout, AND Denmark ends the opt-out.
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- Monkeypox - how concerned should we be?
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- 2:09
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- By the end of May, there have been over 200 cases of monkeypox confirmed outside endemic countries. As mysterious monkeypox cases are appearing among people who have never traveled to endemic countries, it is time to look at what we know so far about this zoonotic disease and how it spreads.
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- Conference on the Future of Europe is over, what's the outcome?
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- 5:22
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- This is the end of the journey, but not the end of the story. Citizens approved their recommendations in the context of the Confere on the Future of Europe (COFOE), the first EU deliberative democracy experiment where ordinary citizens took part in EU policy making. This time, we went to Strasbourg at the final ceremony of the COFOE, to bring you the "spirit" of citizens participation. We interviewed citizens and explained the next steps of such an experiment.
CoFoE Final Report
https://futureu.europa.eu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBeUl0QVE9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--899f1bfedf2d3fc6c36d4a9bc0dd42f54046562e/CoFE_Report_with_annexes_EN.pdf
Check out our other videos of this series
The Conference on the Future of Europe, explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tTmQRAeh8Y
CoFoE: citizens discuss EU foreign policy and migration
https://www.youtube.com/wat...
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- Nato Enlargement, Northern Irleand and Re-Power-EU (Tweets of the Week S5 E32)
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- 4:32
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- A revised EPBD - Faster decarbonisation of the EU's building stock?
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- 1:22:06
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Buildings are one of the largest sources of energy consumption as they account for 40% of the EU’s final energy consumption and 36% of its greenhouse gas emissions. Boosting their energy performance and moving to low-carbon forms of energy is crucial as it would reduce emissions, tackle energy poverty, support the economic recovery after the Covid-19 crisis, and create new job opportunities across the EU.
The recast of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) is an essential element in completing the objectives of the Fit for 55 package. The new EPBD emphasises the need to modernise the EU building stock by increasing the rate and depth of buildings’ renovations, improving information on energy performance and sustainability of buildings, as well as ensuring that all buildings will be in line with the 2050 climate neutrality requirements. Consequently, the EPBD will also be instrumental to implementing the REPowerEU plan, whose objective is to faster reduce...
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- Sustainable and healthy buildings - Reaching the goals of the EU Green Deal
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- 1:20:01
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) revision plays a central role in the overall Fit For 55 package and is an important contributor to unlocking ambitious environmental, societal and financial benefits.
It is also an opportunity to integrate a multiple benefits approach, rather than primarily focusing on energy.
To create a sustainable, future-proof and energy-efficient building stock, we need to put people at the centre. Typically, we spend around 90% of our time indoors, so bettering the conditions of our indoor climate – and thus our health and well-being - is an important driver for renovation, alongside improving energy efficiency, mitigating climate change, and reducing the energy bill and dependence.
The EPBD proposal goes further than energy performance requirements by introducing carbon emission reduction targets, and putting more emphasis on multiple benefits of energy efficiency, including improving indoor environment...
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- Interpretive CoFoE, Finlandization and Eurovision - (Tweets of the Week S5 E31)
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- 4:56
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Interpretive dance in Parliament is just pure cringe, when it comes to NATO, Finland is no longer on the fringe, and Ukraine in Eurovision delivers an emotional twinge.
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- Due diligence and responsible sourcing: Can a common approach for all sectors work?
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- 1:22:16
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The European Commission has recently adopted a proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence, which aims to foster sustainable and responsible corporate behaviour throughout global value chains. Companies are at the heart of the proposal and they will be required to identify and, where necessary, prevent, end or mitigate adverse impacts of their activities on human rights and on the environment. A number of Member States have already introduced national rules on due diligence and some companies have taken measures at their own initiative.
The due diligence regulation is very important for industries, especially the ones that largely depend on the import of critical raw materials, such as battery manufacturing. On 17 March, the European Council adopted a so-called “general approach” to the batteries regulation, following a proposal tabled by the European Commission in December 2020. The regulation aims to set up a circular economy sector by targetin...
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- Switch to EVs won’t solve ‘road dust’ pollution, it could make it worse
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- 1:08
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Electric vehicles are set to end tailpipe emissions, significantly improving air quality in urban areas. But particulate matter emitted from brakes and tyres will continue to pose health risks and could even increase after the EV revolution, studies show.
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- Transnational lists, Oil and Lavrov (Tweets of the Week S5 E30)
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- 3:59
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Transnational lists idea finally engages, EU struggles to agree oil ban in stages, and Russian disinfo goes full Middle Ages.
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- The Scottish take on participatory budgeting
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- 6:29
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- In 2017, Scottish councils agreed to spend 1% of their budgets through participatory budgeting (PB). But how does the process work in Scotland and what are the obstacles authorities and communities face when they carry it out?
As part of the H2020 DEMOTEC, EURACTIV travelled to Edinburgh to explore how Scottish councils are using this innovative co-decision process. We spoke with local decision-makers and experts to take stock of PB in the country, investigate the impact of COVID-19 on the process, and learn about the long-term goals for local authorities and their communities.
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- Circularity of bottles: Contributing to the EU Green Deal
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- 1:19:01
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The EU's Single Use Plastics Directive (SUPD) introduces a 90% collection target for beverage PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles by 2029 and also mandates that they should contain at least 25% recycled plastic by 2025, and 30% by 2030. To meet EU food safety and quality standards, PET bottles must be of food-grade quality. Effective bottle-to-bottle recycling is therefore a prerequisite to ensure that the targets laid down in the EU SUPD are met.
However, the versatility of PET bottles brings high demand from a variety of industries. An increasing number of non-food industries are using PET materials in their products. Some analysts claim this leaves the beverage industry with unfair competition and difficulty in delivering EU Green Deal objectives to increase resource efficiency and accelerate the transition to a circular economy.
The beverage industry is thus calling on the European Commission to introduce a "right of first refusal mechanism" on recycl...
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- Over a Coffee with Jamie Brannan, President of International Operations at Zoetis
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- 19:34
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Brian Maguire talks to Jamie Brannan, President of International Operations at Zoetis Inc. about their pets and what pet care actually means, how the demographics of pet ownership are changing, how livestock care is changing and what challenges are ahead in the livestock sector.
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- Musk on Twitter, French-Slovenia and Rouble Gas (Tweets of the Week S5 E29)
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- 4:08
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Musk buying Twitter is just pure sass, Macron win causes relief en masse and Vladimir Putin threatens to cut off the gas.
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- The role of food supplements in improving health in the EU
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- 1:15:41
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Food supplements are concentrated sources of nutrients (or other substances) with a nutritional or physiological effect. They are typically taken in “dose” form, such as pills, tablets, capsules, liquids in measured doses.
The European Commission's Food Supplements Directive of 2002 aims to protect consumers against potential health risks from food supplements products and to ensure that they are not provided with misleading information. It also establishes a core framework for the marketing of supplements in the EU. With respect to the safety of food supplements, the Directive lays down a harmonised list of vitamins and minerals that may be added for nutritional purposes in food supplements.
Over the past 20 years, the market in supplements has developed significantly and there has been a much greater recognition by consumers. In addition to the 2002 framework, a wide range of EU food legislation is in place which covers food supplements. This includes ad...
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- Carbon removals - How best to implement and validate?
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- 1:23:56
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- In December 2021, the European Commission adopted a Communication on Sustainable Carbon Cycles, in which it identifies complementary solutions to CO2 emissions reductions to achieve the EU’s goal of climate neutrality by 2050.
Indeed, to maintain the atmospheric concentration of CO2 at levels compatible with the objective of the Paris Agreement, solutions to capture carbon emissions directly from the atmosphere are needed. Some of these solutions include promoting carbon farming practices under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and standardising the monitoring, reporting and verification methodologies needed to provide a clear and reliable certification framework for carbon farming and carbon removals.
There are two types of carbon removal solutions: nature-based and industry-based ones. These involve different levels of maturity and market readiness and have different impacts on the involved stakeholders. Each solution has specific advantages and challe...
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- What are Belgians doing to help Ukrainian refugees?
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- 4:35
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Since Russia invaded Ukraine, over 5.2 million people have fled the country, UNHCR reports. The vast majority of refugees headed to the EU, entering neighbouring countries such as Poland, Slovakia, Romania and Hungary. Others relocated to other EU countries, thanks to the Temporary Protection Directive that allows Ukrainians simplified access to protection around the Union, as of 3 March 2022.
In the past two months, 35.000 Ukrainians arrived in Belgium, RTBF reports, assisted by different governmental and non-governmental organisations. In Brussels, the refugees arriving by train are welcomed in Gare du Midi by the Red Cross, Samusocial Bruxelles, and other small organisations. They provide assistance for meeting their basic needs, registration, and in providing temporary accommodation in an orientation centre established for this purpose.
Most of the hotels in Brussels provide free accommodation for Ukrainian refugees, Samusocial says.
The organisation...
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- EU ETS: How to mitigate instability?
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- 1:21:11
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The price of European Union allowances in the EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) reached an all-time high this winter, with a record high close to 100 €/t of CO2 in February 2022. This surge in allowance price levels and volatility occurs in the context of a crisis in European energy markets, with a sharp increase in commodities prices, and in a context of uncertainty about the scope and the ambition of the ongoing reform of the EU ETS.
Last July, the Commission presented a legislative proposal which aims for emissions from the current EU ETS sectors to be reduced by 61% by 2030, compared to 2005 levels. To reach this target, the Commission proposes a steeper annual emissions reduction of 4.2%, following a one-off reduction of the overall emissions cap by 117 million allowances.
Under the EU ETS, regulated entities buy or receive emissions allowances, which they can trade with one another as needed. At the end of each year, regulated entities must surrender...
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- How has the Ukraine war impacted the EU's food security?
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- 4:37
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Between soaring food prices and feed shortages, the war in Ukraine has rocked the EU’s agri-food sector and thrown an age-old issue back into the limelight: food security.
According to the European Commission, despite the challenges that have arisen from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, food security is not at risk in the bloc.
So why, then, is the EU executive ramping up production across member states? What is the real issue here - food availability, or accessibility? And what can the EU do to combat this?
In this video explainer, EURACTIV’s agrifood team takes a closer look at what’s going on with all things food security.
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- CBAM - How do we ensure that we cut emissions - not move them?
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- 1:17:41
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The EU’s proposed carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) was adopted by the European Commission in July 2021 to complement the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). The goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions cost-effectively in line with the Fit for 55 objectives. Products from the following sectors will be impacted: cement, aluminium, fertiliser, electricity, iron and steel.
CBAM aims to impose a CO2 charge on products entering the EU so that European industry can play on an equal footing with foreign manufacturers. According to the European Commission, the main objective of CBAM is to counteract the risk of carbon leakage, which will increase due to higher European carbon prices. In the long term, CBAM should gradually replace the free allowances distributed through the EU ETS. The issue of exports recently heated up at the European Council, where Member States agreed on the general approach on CBAM, leaving the exports issue for a later stage.
Howe...
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- Policy response to human trafficking of migrants from Ukraine
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- 7:59
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- In the weeks since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, reports and stories have emerged of potential abusive and exploitative situations in Ukraine and among those fleeing to neighboring countries.
The European Council called on Member States to intensify their efforts in a continued spirit of unity and solidarity, and it invited the Commission to take the necessary initiatives to facilitate such efforts. At the extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council of 28 March, Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life, Margaritis Schinas and Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, in coordination with the French Presidency of the Council represented by Minister Gérald Darmanin, presented a 10-Point Plan for stronger European coordination on welcoming people fleeing the war against Ukraine.
More information can be found here:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/stronger-europe-world/eu-solidarity-ukraine/eu-assist...
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- Russian Oil, Conditionality and French Elections
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- 4:21
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- MEPs vote to embargo Russian oil, EU relations with Hungary continue to spoil; and Macron-Le Pen battle comes to the boil
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- EU Commission expects safety guarantees for new ‘ghost’ migration camp in Lesvos
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- 10:17
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Negotiations, Elections and Belgian Parliament (Tweets of the Week S5 E27)
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- 4:12
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Roman Abramovich googles poison detection, Viktor Oban unravels before Hungary election, and Zelenskyy makes a Belgian connection.
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- Kazakhstan - Building back better following a turbulent January
- Runtime
- 1:13:46
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- In January this year, Kazakhstan experienced a series of large protests, sparked by the sudden increase of fuel prices, after the government had removed a previously enforced price cap.
The protestors first came out into the streets in the petroleum-producing city of Zhanaozen in western Kazakhstan but then spread rapidly across the country, first to other oil and mineral producing regions and then to other districts of Kazakhstan.
Protestors' demands and grievances varied widely. They included oil workers as well as liberal activists in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city. Young people throughout the country also joined in.
An array of related challenges were brought forward: inflation, inequality of opportunity, corruption, injustice, lack of benefits, fuel prices, low wages, and lack of labour bargaining power. According to Kazakh officials, peaceful demonstrations were hijacked by violent criminals.
Kazakhstan’s President Kassym...
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- How to develop the heating sector to ensure better air quality?
- Runtime
- 1:19:51
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The European Environment Agency estimates that long-term exposure to poor air quality is responsible for over 400,000 premature deaths in Europe every year. The worst air quality read-outs are reported during winter, when temperatures are very low and there is high demand for heat. In some countries, one of the causes of poor air quality is the employment of old and inefficient coal or wood-burning stoves used in households.
Very often, fuels of the poorest quality are used in old stoves. This results in the emission of significant amounts of dangerous substances such as PM2.5, PM10 and various chemical compounds. Moreover, the emissions are released from chimneys that are not very tall and located close to other residential buildings. The volume of these so-called “low-level emissions'' mean that they have a considerable impact on air quality.
A practical way to resolve the problem could be replacing old, inefficient household heat sources and encouraging t...
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- Conference on the future of Europe, the citizens finalized their recommendations. What's next?
- Runtime
- 4:47
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Finally, it happened! All four thematic European panels have finalised their 178 recommendations. Proposals relate to a wide range of subjects: education, job, environment, health, climate change, EU foreign policy, migration, youth, and many others. It is the result of 800 randomly elected citizens discussing and debating for five months through online and in-person meetings.
Recommendations approved are the core part of the Conference on the Future of Europe, the EU democracy experiment which is not limited to listening to citizens but rather, deeply involving them in EU policy-making.
If you want an explanation of the whole event, we invite you to watch the first video we recorded on the subject, to get an idea. In the video above we talk about the last panel meeting that was held in Dublin at the end of February, where citizens came up with 48 recommendations.
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- Summits, Mariupol' and Rubles (Tweets of the Week S5 E26)
- Runtime
- 3:52
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- 3 major summits head Brussels’ way, war in Ukraine enters 30th day, and it you want Putin’s gas, you’ll have to pay… in rubles!
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- What will Europe’s digital economy look like after the Digital Services Act?
- Runtime
- 1:17:42
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
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- Title
- All you really need to know about the French presidential election
- Runtime
- 4:52
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- On 10 and 24 April, the French will go to the polls to choose the president of the republic for the next five years.
Amid a health crisis, an ecological emergency and a war on Europe's doorstep, this election will be historic, both for France and for Europe. EURACTIV France explains everything you need to know about this election.
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- Title
- The Mayor, Elon Musk and the Bubble
- Runtime
- 3:24
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Kyiv mayor stands defiant in front of the rubble, getting Elon Musk involved is just asking for trouble and what really annoys people in the EU Bubble
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- Title
- Efficient district heating systems: How to achieve cost-effective decarbonisation?
- Runtime
- 1:37:06
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Last summer, the European Commission published a proposal for recasting the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), aimed at further stimulating EU efforts to promote energy efficiency and progress towards achieving climate neutrality by 2050.
Heating and cooling play a significant role in the Union’s ambition to transition to a clean and carbon-neutral economy. In the EED, a particular focus is put on district heating and cooling, where the definition of efficient systems will gradually be tightened to move away from fossil fuel-based systems. In cogeneration, the aim is to introduce additional criteria for specific emissions in high-efficiency cogeneration (270 gCO2/kWh).
These proposed measures in the recast EED should be seen alongside the new targets proposed in the revised Renewable Energy proposal for including renewables in heating and cooling (at least 1.1%) and for district heating and cooling (2.1%), which aim to ensure wider use of renewables and w...
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- Scouts and volunteers send help to Ukraine from Belgium
- Runtime
- 2:28
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- A group of members of the Ukrainian Scouts and volunteers in Belgium has been collecting and sending humanitarian material and military equipment in Ukraine since the start of the war.
EURACTIV meet them in their warehouse-base in Puurs.
The group of volunteers has gathered clothes, food, medicines and some military equipment for weeks, and it is sending them to Lviv, Ukraine on a regular basis. Right now they are especially seeking for medicines and medical equipment and volunteers to help to organize the logistic.
Find out how to help them here https://move-tm.be/humanitairehulp
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- Title
- Autonomous Vehicles: Full speed ahead towards sustainable and digital mobility?
- Runtime
- 1:19:56
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- With the evolution of digital technologies, such as robotics, internet of things, artificial intelligence, high-performance computers and powerful communication networks, vehicles in general, and cars in particular, are changing. Consequently, EU policies and legislation related to digital technology, liability, data use, privacy and radio spectrum/connectivity are of increasing relevance to the transport sector.
The European Commission's strategy on Connected and Automated Mobility aims to make Europe a world leader in the development and deployment of connected and automated vehicles. These vehicles can bring down the number of road fatalities to near zero; increase accessibility of mobility services; and help to reduce harmful emissions from transport by making traffic more efficient.
Under the Horizon Europe programme, research and innovation on Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility is a key priority. By leveraging the digitalisation of transport ...
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- Bombs, Salvini's shirt and Macron's pictures (Tweets of the Week S5 E24)
- Runtime
- 4:14
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- This week it’s childrens hospitals shelled in Ukraine.
Salvini’s Poland visit pain
And Emmanuell’s phone call strain.
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