Environment

France to host IUCN World Conservation Congress 2020

The French Ministry for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition and IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, on May 18, signed an agreement to jointly organise the next IUCN World Conservation Congress, to be held in 2020 in Marseille.

Environment Committee MEPs vote to upgrade EU civil protection capacity

Upgrades to the EU civil defence mechanism, which was tested to its limits by deadly forest fires, storms and floods in 2017, were approved in committee on Thursday.

Earthjustice Statement On The Farm "Harm" Bill

On May 18, Earthjustice’s Vice President of Policy and Legislation, Martin Hayden, released the following statement after the House voted down the Farm Bill (H.R. 2).

Activists set up solar panels on European Parliament as EU talks on renewables enter crucial stage

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