The European Commission has adopted a package of proposals to make the EU’s climate, energy, land use, transport and taxation policies fit for reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels. Achieving these emission reductions in the next decade is crucial to Europe becoming the world’s first climate-neutral […]
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Single European Sky: lowering emissions and reducing delays
MEPs want to modernise the EU’s airspace management to make it more efficient and greener. Learn more by watching this video. Updating Single European Sky rules should help the aviation sector become more efficient, ensuring shorter flights through more direct routes and thus lowering greenhouse gas emissions, say MEPs. The Single European Sky initiative was […]
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Bulletin No. 53 is now available!
Bulletin No. 53 is now available! In this edition, we highlight the section of interviews carried out by our Director, Ana Fe Gil Serra, to Diego Luis Valera Martínez, Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation of the UAL; and to Tomás Martínez Moya, Professor and Researcher at the University of Almería. In the EU News section […]
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EFSA’s direction of travel set for 2022-2027
EFSA’s Management Board has adopted our 2022-2027 Strategy, setting out the priorities for the organisation, the results we aim to achieve and the high-level actions that will help us to meet our objectives. The adoption follows two years of consultation with our partners, stakeholders, Management Board and the wider public – identifying challenges and opportunities […]
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Farm to Fork Strategy: the EU Code of Conduct on Responsible Food Business and Marketing Practices
Today, the Commission, alongside industry stakeholders, officially launched the EU Code of Conduct on Responsible Food Business and Marketing Practices, another deliverable under the Commission’s Farm to Fork Strategy. This Code is an essential part of the EU’s efforts to increase the availability and affordability of healthy and sustainable food options that help reduce our […]
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European urban mobility takes to the skies
A new partnership formed by three EU-funded projects is tackling European cities’ traffic congestion problems by shaping their urban airspaces. As cities grow bigger, traffic problems increase and transport systems are pushed to their limits. So what’s the logical solution to this problem? Why, taking urban mobility to the airspace above cities, of course. However, […]
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Building the future of rural areas together
A vibrant tapestry of life and landscapes, Europe’s rural areas provide us with our food, homes, jobs, and essential ecosystems services. To ensure that rural areas can continue to play these essential roles, a European Commission communication sets out a long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas up to 2040. It identifies areas of action […]
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Commercial air transport in June 2021: preparing for take-off?
To prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries around the world have taken a variety of restrictive measures since the beginning of 2020. The air transport industry was hit immediately, yet the most recent figures on commercial flights show first signs of recovery. The first impact on commercial air transport was visible in March […]
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EUROPEAN AGENDA: Agriculture, Livestock Farming and Fisheries
The European institutions work to adopt measures in the areas of agriculture and rural development, fisheries and all aspects of the common agricultural policy (CAP). To this effect, we point out below significant events in this agenda: Next meetings Institution Meetings / Date European Parliament 1st and 6th September 2021 16th July 2021, Extraordinary […]
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