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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12793
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Climate

With nearly $80 billion in 2019, climate finance is still short of $100 billion target

Climate finance to help developing countries cope with and adapt to climate change reached $79.6 billion in 2019, more than $20 billion short of the $100 billion target collectively set by developed countries, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said on Friday 17 September.

However, this represents a 2% increase on the 78.3 billion mobilised in 2018, thanks to a 15% increase in public climate finance provided by multilateral institutions. Bilateral official...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: DSA, Slovenian Presidency of EU Council clarifies its position on exemption of hosting services from liability
CLIMATE: EU prepares to sign declaration for global commitment to reduce methane emissions
CLIMATE: with nearly $80 billion in 2019, climate finance is still short of $100 billion target
CLIMATE: current climate plans would lead to a level of global emissions in 2030 that is 16.3% higher than in 2010, according to United Nations
CLIMATE: Council of EU seeks to finalise its position ahead of COP26
ENVIRONMENT: Delara Burkhardt fears lack of ambition in future European law against global deforestation imported into EU
FISHERIES: European Commission proposes 2022 fishing opportunities for certain stocks in Mediterranean and Black Sea
HEALTH: HERA, European Commission details its plan for a network of “ever-warm”production capacities for vaccine and medicine manufacturing
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: EU Member States prepare to further relax content of Minimum Wage Directive
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: report on recognition of gender violence adopted in European Parliament despite new blockages on abortion
HEALTH: MEPs denounce opacity of European procurement and distribution process for Covid-19 vaccines
FOOD SAFETY: European Parliament approves proposals on human-only antimicrobial list
TAXATION: European Parliament criticises European Commission’s slowness in enforcing EU rules on tax information exchange
CUBA: European Parliament calls for sanctions against Cubans responsible for human rights violations
KENYA: European Parliament calls for respect for rights of refugees in Kakuma camp
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: European Parliament calls for release of human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
ECONOMY: Slovenian recovery plan pre-financed with 231 million euros
COHESION: REACT-EU, Italy receives €4.7 billion
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: confirmation of concerns of several EU countries regarding forest strategy
CULTURE: 20 winners awarded in 2021 edition of competitions launched in framework of new European Bauhaus
DEFENCE: EU denies Dutch proposal for EU-UK security agreement
DEMOCRACY: Transparency International deplores shortcomings of European ethics committee as envisaged by MEPs
ECONOMY: euro area inflation confirmed at 3.0% in August
SOCIAL: SMEunited maintains its position against directive on digital platforms
TRANSPORT: passenger traffic still down in European airport network
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European institutions: until 24 September 2021
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other events: until 24 September 2021