Environment

India ratifies Paris climate pact at UN, brings it ever closer to taking effect

Bringing the Paris Agreement on climate change ever closer to its entry into force, India on 2 October joined the new global accord at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and became the 62nd country to deposit its legal instrument of...

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Paris climate agreement: Parliament to vote on EU ratification after Council green light

The European Parliament will vote on Tuesday to give its consent to the ratification of the Paris climate agreement by the European Union, after Council gave its green light on Friday. For Environment Committee chair Giovanni La Via (EPP, IT) the...

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Cleaner cars: Internal Market MEPs debate changes to type-approval rules

MEPs’ plans to tighten up EU car “type approval” rules, in the wake of the VW scandal, were discussed in the Internal Market Committee on Thursday. These include stricter supervision of tests done before a car can be placed on the market and more...

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Kering, ITC and IUCN release new data on the sustainability and livelihood benefits of python trade

Three new reports published on 26 September by the Python Conservation Partnership (PCP), a partnership between Kering, the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Species Survival Commission Boa and Python Specialist Group of the International Union...

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