This report provides a comprehensive assessment of Europe’s environment, based on the work of the European Environment Information and Observation Network (Eionet), in order to support governance and inform the public. It presents the global context that shapes Europe’s development (Part 1), European environmental and sectoral trends and outlooks (Part 2), the factors constraining or enabling transformative change (Part 3), and reflections on how Europe can shift its trajectory and achieve a sustainable future (Part 4).
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has published its Strategic Orientation for 2020-22. The strategy sets out ESMA’s future focus and objectives, which are translated into concrete actions through the annual Programming Document and work programme. The strategic direction on promoting sustainable finance and long-term oriented capital markets highlights ESMA's role in supporting the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and combatting climate change.
This report explores how to develop the required infrastructure at the regional level to enable green entrepreneurs to flourish. It focuses on critical issues such as the role of finance in supporting green entrepreneurship in the Mediterranean and the need for specific mechanisms that can help new ideas grow and become successful green startups.
This Policy Brief looks at how circular economy can support EU climate policy, emphasizing that circular economy is more than just another ‘product standards’ policy. It calls for a framework that is able to systematically address trade-offs, a mechanism to steer and monitor progress, and the need to develop and then scale up successful products and processes to create opportunities for new value chains while addressing risks, such as dependency on raw materials.
The Updated policy pathways for the energy transition in Europe and selected European countries, MUSTEC takes the first steps towards identifying the potential future role for dispatchable renewables – specifically CSP with thermal storage – as a function of policy decisions that either increase the need for power system flexibility (e.g. fluctuating renewables) or provide flexibility (e.g. storage, dispatchable renewables, flexible demand).