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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12792
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Climate

No sign of green recovery, according to UN report

After a drop due to the Covid-19 pandemic, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have started to rise again and are now at record levels, putting the climate objectives of the Paris Agreement at risk, says a report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) published on Thursday 16 September.

“Throughout the pandemic we have heard that we must build back better to set humanity on a more sustainable path (...) This report shows that so far in 2021 we are not going in the right direction”,...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
INDO-PACIFIC: EU wants to play a bigger role in region
HUMAN RIGHTS: Afghan women, Alexei Navalny, Jeanine Áñez and Sultana Khaya nominated for Sakharov Prize 2021
WTO: negotiations on fisheries subsidies must be concluded urgently, says Valdis Dombrovskis
CHINA: European Commission extends anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
AFGHANISTAN: European Parliament calls for support for Afghan people and deplores Taliban takeover
LEBANON: European Parliament calls on EU to help country
CHINA: European Parliament says EU needs to develop a stronger strategy towards China
RUSSIA: European Parliament calls on EU to review its policy towards Russia
DEMOCRACY: shape of future European ethics committee, according to European Parliament
RULE OF LAW: European Parliament calls on Warsaw to stop attacks on media and rule of European law
EMPLOYMENT: European Parliament calls for ambitious EU legislative initiative to protect digital platform workers
HEALTH: plenary session discussions on Health Union package raise tensions over subsidiarity
ANIMAL HEALTH: European Parliament calls for faster end to use of laboratory animals
DEVELOPMENT: MEPs want EU to lead global transition to sustainable food systems
JUSTICE: MEPs adopt two reports on processing of personal data in judicial context
MIGRATION: European Parliament confirms new EU rules for highly skilled migrants
ENLARGEMENT: European Parliament approves Interinstitutional Agreement on new pre-accession instrument
FISHERIES: European Parliament wants to create an association of young European fishers to promote generational renewal
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE Interview: MEP Benoît Biteau calls on European Parliament to seize opportunity to “rewrite” Common Agricultural Policy
ENERGY: TEN-E revision, European Parliament negotiators agree to exclude public funding of natural gas projects
CLIMATE: no sign of green recovery, according to UN report
DIGITAL: high level cyber security, Slovenian Presidency of EU Council focuses on small and medium-sized entities
MIGRATION: Afghan asylum seekers becoming almost as numerous as Syrian asylum seekers, says EASO
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: Commission unveils its new European Health Emergency preparedness and Response Authority
ECONOMY: Mrs von der Leyen praises Maltese recovery plan as one of greenest plans received so far
HEALTH: EU has disbursed EUR 34 billion of EUR 46 billion committed to fighting Covid-19 in partner countries
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: relative absence of social issue in State of Union speech dissatisfies MEPs and trade unions
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
MEDIA: Věra Jourová fears that recommendation on safety of journalists will be taken more seriously by States with few problems
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
STATE AID: Court of Justice of EU refers case on Belgian tax exemptions granted to 55 multinationals back to General Court
STATE AID: EU General Court rejects appeal against approval of subsidised offshore wind farms
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
STATE AID: green light for Hungary and Slovakia’s map for granting regional aid 2022-2027
NEWS BRIEFS
SPACE: Slovenian EU Council Presidency submits new conclusions to strengthen European space sector
SPACE: European initiative on constellation for secure connectivity to be presented in 2022
INTERNAL MARKET: European initiative on universal chargers to be presented on Thursday 23 September