A delegation of the European Committee of the Regions represented EU cities and regions at the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16) which continues in Cali, Columbia, until 1 November…
Reducing harmful pollution in urban water, protecting citizens from asbestos and improving air quality were three of the main topics discussed at the meeting of the ENVE Commission of the European…
Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation continue at an alarming rate in the EU and worldwide. Up to 1 million of the estimated 8 million plant and animal species on Earth are at risk of…
The European Union's efforts to reduce its reliance on Russia for energy will feature prominently at a meeting of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) on 8-9 February, with a resolution…
Regions and cities implement two-thirds of the targets of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. At the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Montreal, state…
In the context of the United Nations (UN) Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) that is taking place in Montreal, EU cities and regions are pushing for more ambitious biodiversity targets while…
One million of the estimated eight million plant and animal species on Earth are at risk of extinction and around 80 percent of the European continent’s habitats are in “poor” shape. EU local and…
Wednesday 16 November marked the tenth day at COP27 climate talks, another busy day for the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) delegation to Sharm el-Sheikh. The CoR hosted an event in the EU…
"We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator". This was the COP27 opening message from UN secretary general António Guterres on Monday 7 November with 120…
