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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13396
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Climate

Kurt Vandenberghe stresses need to act despite uncertainty to manage impacts of climate change

At an event on resilience in Europe and Belgium through climate and environmental risk assessment organised by the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union on Monday 22 April, the Director-General of the Commission’s Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA), Kurt Vandenberghe, said: “It’s pretty hard for companies to admit that we need crises to spur us into action. But it would be even worse not to act at all”. 

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Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: Europeans promise to continue military support, without any concrete announcements
EXTERNAL ACTION
MIDDLE EAST: ministers agree in principle on expanding drone-related sanctions to cover missiles and transfers to proxies
SUDAN: European foreign ministers want to strengthen EU cooperation with UN
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: TikTok lambasted for second time by EU in connection with Digital Services Act
DIGITAL: ‘European Data Protection Board’ sets out its priorities for ensuring compliance with ‘GDPR’ regulation
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission defines concept of “essential uses” of harmful chemical substances
HEALTH: European ministers to address healthcare workforce and medicine supply security challenges in April 23-24 debate
CLIMATE: Kurt Vandenberghe stresses need to act despite uncertainty to manage impacts of climate change
CLIMATE: record number of days of “extreme heat stress” in 2023, Copernicus and World Meteorological Organization confirm worrying trends
AGRICULTURE: on 24 April, European Parliament will vote on amendments to proposal simplifying certain rules of Common Agricultural Policy
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament still has to finalise its position regarding plant reproductive material on 24 April
TRANSPORT: European Court of Auditors warns of difficulties in reducing sector’s CO2 emissions
HOME AFFAIRS: European police forces want to do away with end-to-end encryption
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: eleven EU Member States potentially facing excessive deficit procedures
ECONOMY/DEVELOPMENT: ten multilateral development banks present measures to enhance their impact
MONEY LAUNDERING: FATF member states ministers pledge to step up their efforts
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
EDUCATION: Belgian Presidency of EU Council launches new strategy note on global citizenship education
NEWS BRIEFS
TRADE: Ursula von der Leyen assures EU’s naivety on trade issues has come to an end
DEFENCE: EU to become Djibouti Code of Conduct observer
YOUTH: United Kingdom refuses to relaunch mobility programme with European Union
JAPAN: progress towards definitive conclusion of EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement
MIDDLE EAST: Belgian and Dutch foreign ministers call for additional sanctions against violent settlers
HEALTH: joint EU, WHO and UNICEF statement on progress in immunisation
SOCIAL/ECONOMY: several European trade unions call on European Parliament to reject new European fiscal rules
SPORT: 11 grants for pilot projects and preparatory actions awarded by European Commission