Climate Action Tracker
Three Key Near-Term Actions Would Bring Projected Warming Below 2°C
If governments were to implement three key climate actions they already negotiated and agreed in 2023 they could cut global emissions by 18 billion tonnes in 2035 compared to current emission projections, according to new analysis released at COP30 today by the Climate Action Tracker.
European Environmental Bureau
Address Diets or Risk Missing Methane Pledges, NGOs Warn Nations at COP30
During the COP30 conference, the UN and Climate and Clean Air Coalition published an assessment of the global effort to reduce methane emissions revealing a rise rather than reduction in global methane emissions.
UNEP
Ministers Urge Decisive Methane Action as Global Report Shows Progress, Warns of Gaps
The report warns that only full-scale implementation of proven and available control measures will close the gap to the Global Methane Pledge’s target of a 30% cut from 2020 levels by 2030
European Environmental Bureau
Carbon Pricing Delay Jeopardises EU Support for Vulnerable Households and Climate Goals, NGOs Warn
Today, the European Parliament formally endorsed the one-year delay of the new EU carbon price for heating and transport fuels (ETS2) proposed by EU governments.
European Parliament
Sustainability Reporting and Due Diligence: MEPs Back Simplification Changes
On Thursday, Parliament endorsed reduced reporting duties and due diligence requirements for companies.
UNEP
Food Waste Breakthrough Launches to Help Cities Halve Food Waste, Cut Methane Emissions and Reduce Hunger
The world wastes over one billion tonnes of food every year, contributing up to 10 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
UN Climate Change Conference - COP 30 - Belém, Brazil, HIGH-LEVEL MINISTERIAL EVENT: Waste management and Circular Economy the Brazilian Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MMA) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Concept Note
Climate & Clean Air Coalition
Key Announcements on Methane Emission Mitigation in the Waste Sector at COP30 Brazil
Local Leaders Forum/C40 Cities World Mayors Summit 2025:
Landratsamt Neumarkt i.d.OPf. - Kommunaler Umweltschutz, Abfallwirtschaft -
Lean Gas Instead of High-Temperature Flare at the Blomenhof Landfill, Neumarkt i.d.OPf. - Climate Protection Through Landfill Remediation
The Blomenhof landfill in the district of Neumarkt i.d.OPf. is a clear example of how modern technology and strategic planning can go hand in hand to effectively reduce environmental pollution.
European Comission
The Proposals of the German Association for Waste Management and circular economy (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Abfall und Kreislaufwirtschaft e.V.) -DGAW -
on the topics of - critical raw materials and - EU 2030 -
UNEP
New Climate Pledges Only Slightly Lower Dangerous Global Warming Projections
A UN Environment Programme (UNEP) assessment of available new climate pledges under the Paris Agreement finds that the predicted global temperature rise over the course of this century has only slightly fallen, leaving the world heading for a serious escalation of climate risks and damages.
ESWET
ESWET joins call for a stronger Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act
The European Commission plans to propose an Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act in late 2025 to accelerate the clean transition of energy-intensive industries.
EEB - European Environmental Bureau
New data reveal the extent of Europe’s e-waste crisis, NGOs call for urgent action
New Eurostat data released today exposes the scale of Europe’s overconsumption of electronics and the continued failure to properly collect and recycle e-waste.
UNU-EHS
5 Expectations for COP 30 in Belém
COP 30 should be a milestone moment to boost ambition, finance and action as the world marks ten years since the Paris Agreement.
ESWET
EU Chemicals Agency proposes new PFAS restriction
On 20 August 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) released an updated proposal to restrict per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under the EU’s REACH Regulation.
Bayer. Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz
Cost-intensive aftercare of the Gallenbach household waste landfill, Germany
In the first twenty years after the closure of the Gallenbach landfill in 1991, a sum in the tens of millions of euros had to be spent on surface sealing measures and the capture of landfill gas.
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