Tag: European Commission
EP amendments establish red lines with regard to the TTIP
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership aims at integrating the European Union and the United States the largest trade agreement in the world. The...
EU Commissioner Cañete: “The call of Pope Francis to combat climate...
The Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, Mr. Miguel Arias Cañete, talks about challenges facing the EU as regards these matters and the contribution for the...
Adaptation or needed resilience
The impact of climate change will become more intense and its effects will be irreversible. We will have to adapt to new physical and...
EU treads a tightrope dealing with Juncker plan
The European Parliament (EP) discussed last month, April 20th, the European Strategic Investment Fund (EFSI) known as the core of the Plan Juncker, but...
Call for an European mobilization for water
Citizens coming from all over Europe, representing the nearly two million people that supported the first successful European Citizen's Initiative for the Right to...
Towards COP21: impacts of climate change
The next UN Conference on Climate Change, COP 21, will open in Paris on 30 November 2015. A lot is expected of this Conference...
Ensuring robust EU legislation on responsible mineral sourcing
Recommendations to strengthen the European Commission’s proposal for a ‘regulation setting up a Union system for supply chain due diligence self-certification of responsible importers...
Disappointing EU Initiative on conflict resources
An initiative proposed by the European Commission on responsible sourcing of minerals is not strong enough to prevent European companies’ mineral purchases from financing...
