Pandemic: CoR signs Action Plan with WHO and warns against territorial vaccine divide
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Pandemic: CoR signs Action Plan with WHO and warns against territorial vaccine divide Description: The European Committee of the Regions and the World Health Organization (WHO) today signed an Action Plan to improve the resilience of regional and local health systems through joint research and policymaking. The Action Plan, which builds on long-standing cooperation launched in November 2016, also responds to the need to address some key challenges of the pandemic by improving coordination between different levels of health governance. It will allow the joint assessment of health policies
Bridging European institutions and citizens: European Citizens' Initiatives must impact the legislative process of the EU
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Bridging European institutions and citizens: European Citizens Description: Local and regional leaders are ready to promote citizens
Preventing chemical pollution requires a new approach for designing safe and sustainable products
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Preventing chemical pollution requires a new approach for designing safe and sustainable products Description: The recent European Union chemicals strategy for sustainability aims to ensure that chemicals make a positive contribution to society without harming the environment and people’s health. A European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing, published today, describes key approaches to make chemicals and products safe and sustainable by design, before they enter the market.
Press release - Carbon levy on EU imports needed to raise global climate ambition
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Carbon levy on EU imports needed to raise global climate ambition | News | European Parliament Description: To raise global climate ambition and prevent ‘carbon leakage’, the EU must place a carbon price on imports from less climate-ambitious countries, say Environment MEPs.
EIB Group increases investment in Slovenia to €254 million despite COVID-19 crisis
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: EIB Group increases investment in Slovenia to €254 million despite COVID-19 crisis Description: The European Investment Bank Group provided €254 million in Slovenia during 2020 in loans, equity and guarantees in Slovenia, an increase at the Group level of €4 million compared to the previous year. The two parts of the EIB Group, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF), invested €221 million and €33 million respectively.
Article - Coming up in plenary: vaccines, recovery, Russia
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Coming up in plenary: vaccines, recovery, Russia | News | European Parliament Description: MEPs will deal with the EU’s Covid-19 vaccination strategy, the Recovery and Resilience Facility and events in Russia and Myanmar during the February plenary.