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80% of marine litter is plastics.
EU Parliament and Council agree drastic cuts to plastic pollution of environment
Single-use plastic items such as plates, cutlery, straws and cotton buds, will be banned in the EU under plans provisionally agreed between Parliament and Council, this week. 
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 European Development Days (EDD 2018)
European Commission announces 16 Young Leaders who will take part of the EU Development Days
Sixteen young people aged 21 to 26 from across the globe have been invited by the European Commission to take part in the Young Leaders Programme at this year´s European Development Days (EDD 2018). By providinga platform to these young and bright talents, the Young Leaders Programme aims to enrich the debate about gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, the main topic of this year´s edition of the EDD.
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5 June: World Environment Day
Humans are both creatures and moulders of their environment, which gives them physical sustenance and affords them the opportunity for intellectual, moral, social and spiritual growth. In the long and tortuous evolution of the human race on this planet a stage has been reached when, through the rapid acceleration of science and technology, humans have acquired the power to transform their environment in countless ways and on an unprecedented scale.
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 Youth Academy
Finland innovates with digital ´climate game´ to focus youth on the planet
An exciting digital game which sends a young person into the year 2044 via a time machine to solve climate change challenges is one of the ways Finland is engaging youth in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).
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Nippon Foundation-Nereus Program
Who is eating who? How climate change is modifying fish predator prey interactions
Climate change is expected to have many impacts on the oceans; one of them is where fish are located in the ocean. Ocean warming is expected to cause fish to shift to different locations that are cooler -- generally toward the poles and into deeper waters. But not all fish are moving in the same directions and at the same speeds. This is changing what fish are eating and who are eating them.
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 Basque Center for Climate Change
Megacities at high risk due to climate change, study says
Several coastal cities of the USA and China are in danger due to sea-level rise that will take place if adaptation measures against climate change are not taken. A study led by the Basque Center for Climate Change on the 120 largest cities in the world warns of the fate that will run large cities such as New Orleans, Canton, Shanghai, Boston and New York.
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Waste management
Europe back plans to boost recycling and cut landfilling
The share of municipal waste to be recycled will rise to 55% by 2025, from 44% today, under legislation on circular economy backed by Environment MEPs on Tuesday. Although waste management in the EU has improved considerably in recent decades, almost a third of municipal waste is still landfilled and less than half is recycled or composted, with wide variations between member states.
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At the World Urban Forum in Malaysia,
Commission reports on progress under global commitments for sustainable urban development
Today at the World Urban Forum in Malaysia, the Commission takes stock of what was achieved under the three commitments put forward by the EU and its partners 15 months ago.
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Nature effect
Students more engaged and attentive following outdoor lesson in nature, study finds
Following an outdoor lesson in nature, students were more engaged with their schoolwork, and their teachers could teach uninterrupted for almost twice as long.
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Clean Mobility Package
Commission takes action to reinforce EU´s global leadership in clean vehicles
The Commission proposes new targets for the EU fleet wide average CO2 emissions of new passenger cars and vans to help accelerate the transition to low- and zero emission vehicles
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Simon Fraser University
Pollution responsible for 16 % of early deaths globally, according to a report
Diseases caused by pollution were responsible in 2015 for an estimated 9 million premature deaths -- 16 percent of all deaths worldwide, according to a report.
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WWF
381 new species discovered in the Amazon
A new WWF and Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development report, released on 30 August, reveals that a new animal or plant species is discovered in the Amazon every 2 days, the fastest rate to be observed this century. The findings come as huge parts of the forest are increasingly under threat, sparking further concern over the irreversible - and potentially catastrophic - consequences unsustainable policy and decision-making could have.
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EU Emission Trading System
Intercontinental flights to stay exempt from paying for CO2 emissions until 2020
Airlines would remain exempt from paying for CO2 emissions from intercontinental flights until 2020 under plans backed by MEPs on Wednesday.
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University of Castile-La Mancha
Countries in Europe with the richest biodiversity do not always receive more funding
A recent study, published in the journal ´Conservation Biology´, reveals that the investments and resources allotted for conservation only partially tally with the levels of biodiversity in the European Union. Thus, countries such as Portugal, Slovakia, Greece and the Czech Republic receive less funding than they would be entitled to as per their biodiversity.
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Climate change
Three quarters of Europeans want the EU to do more to protect the environment
Some 75% of Europeans would like the EU to do more on environmental protection, according to a Eurobarometer survey published in April 2017. This is eight percentage points more than last year. The EU works to protect nature and over the years MEPs have adopted important legislation in issues such as plastic carrier bags and illegal waste shipments. Many more proposals are to follow.
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Global warning
Oceans are warming rapidly, study says
More than 90% of the earth´s energy imbalance (EEI) in the climate system is sequestered in the ocean and consequently the ocean heat content (OHC) is increasing.
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Institute for Environmental Studies
Cities temperature may increase 8 degrees by 2100, study finds
Under a dual onslaught of global warming and localized, urban heating, some of the world´s cities may be as much as 8 C warmer by 2100, researchers warned Monday.
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 Eurostat
CO2 emissions in the EU slightly decreased compared with 2015
Eurostat estimates that in 2016 carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel combustion decreased by 0.4% in the European Union (EU), compared with the previous year. CO2 emissions are a major contributor to global warming and account for around 80% of all EU greenhouse gas emissions. They are influenced by factors such as
climate conditions, economic growth, size of the population, transport and industrial activities.
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Launched by Shell
The UK gets its first forecourt hydrogen refuelling station
Launched by Shell at Cobham services on the M25 motorway, the new station was supplied by ATM as part of the EU funded HYFIVE project. It´s the first of three hydrogen stations to be opened by Shell in the UK in 2017.
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 Charging electric vehicle
The European Commission gives green-light to Germany´s green cars infrastructure
The European Commission has decided that Germany´s scheme to roll out a network of user-friendly infrastructure for charging electric vehicles across the country is in line with EU state aid rules. It addresses a real gap in the market without unduly affecting competition in the Single Market.
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EU Emissions Trading System
Europe tackles growing aviation emissions
The Commission is amending the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) making it fit for tackling CO2 emissions from aviation. This comes following an agreement by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to stabilise international aviation emissions.
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Foreign Affairs and Environment committees
MEPs Protect the Arctic from emerging risks
As the geopolitical importance of the Arctic region is growing, with climate change effects and competition for natural resources bringing new environmental and security risks for the region and for the world, the EU should speak with one voice and push to keep the Arctic an area of cooperation, says a resolution adopted by the Foreign Affairs and Environment committees on Tuesday.
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Transformation from coal industry to the greenest city
Essen becomes the European Green Capital for 2017
The impressive transformation from coal and steel industry to the greenest city in North Rhine-Westphalia is proof of Essen´s successful structural change.
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 European Commission
EU promotes sustainable urban mobility by funding the extension of the Warsaw Metro
In line with the objectives of the Energy Union´s low-emission mobility strategy, the EU is investing over €432 million from the Cohesion Fund in the extension of the Warsaw Metro.
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 Clean Air Programme for Europe
EU approves new rules for Member States to drastically cut air pollution
The European Parliament and the Council have signed into law the new National Emissions Ceilings (NEC) Directive, based on a Commission proposal that sets stricter limits on the five main pollutants in Europe. It will enter into force on 31 December 2016.
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